diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
index 443f410..604ec65 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     static int32_t sSequence;
 
 public:
+    friend class LayerBE;
     LayerBE& getBE() { return mBE; }
     LayerBE& getBE() const { return mBE; }
     mutable bool contentDirty;
@@ -415,16 +416,6 @@
     void draw(const RenderArea& renderArea);
 
     /*
-     * drawNow uses the renderEngine to draw the layer.  This is different than the
-     * draw function as with the FE/BE split, the draw function runs in the FE and
-     * sets up state for the BE to do the actual drawing.  drawNow is used to tell
-     * the layer to skip the state setup and just go ahead and draw the layer.  This
-     * is used for screen captures which happens separately from the frame
-     * compositing path.
-     */
-    virtual void drawNow(const RenderArea& renderArea, bool useIdentityTransform) = 0;
-
-    /*
      * doTransaction - process the transaction. This is a good place to figure
      * out which attributes of the surface have changed.
      */