diff --git a/vp8/encoder/encodemb.c b/vp8/encoder/encodemb.c
index 7ed2fe1a1d305b25a23afc1a955f2f12bd46f34c..eb0619d959768effafbd73a71fbf9578f605c545 100644
--- a/vp8/encoder/encodemb.c
+++ b/vp8/encoder/encodemb.c
@@ -258,13 +258,6 @@ static void optimize_b(MACROBLOCK *mb, int ib, int type,
     b = &mb->block[ib];
     d = &mb->e_mbd.block[ib];
 
-    /* Enable this to test the effect of RDO as a replacement for the dynamic
-     *  zero bin instead of an augmentation of it.
-     */
-#if 0
-    vp8_strict_quantize_b(b, d);
-#endif
-
     dequant_ptr = d->dequant;
     coeff_ptr = b->coeff;
     qcoeff_ptr = d->qcoeff;
diff --git a/vp8/encoder/quantize.c b/vp8/encoder/quantize.c
index 51dd2b8b649fed285c9819e47e1e3b9390560ffa..9953bd686f4242ef00c7ad22ce46734dbc22be48 100644
--- a/vp8/encoder/quantize.c
+++ b/vp8/encoder/quantize.c
@@ -101,64 +101,6 @@ void vp8_regular_quantize_b_c(BLOCK *b, BLOCKD *d)
     *d->eob = (char)(eob + 1);
 }
 
-/* Perform regular quantization, with unbiased rounding and no zero bin. */
-void vp8_strict_quantize_b_c(BLOCK *b, BLOCKD *d)
-{
-    int i;
-    int rc;
-    int eob;
-    int x;
-    int y;
-    int z;
-    int sz;
-    short *coeff_ptr;
-    short *quant_ptr;
-    short *quant_shift_ptr;
-    short *qcoeff_ptr;
-    short *dqcoeff_ptr;
-    short *dequant_ptr;
-
-    coeff_ptr       = b->coeff;
-    quant_ptr       = b->quant;
-    quant_shift_ptr = b->quant_shift;
-    qcoeff_ptr      = d->qcoeff;
-    dqcoeff_ptr     = d->dqcoeff;
-    dequant_ptr     = d->dequant;
-    eob = - 1;
-    vpx_memset(qcoeff_ptr, 0, 32);
-    vpx_memset(dqcoeff_ptr, 0, 32);
-    for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
-    {
-        int dq;
-        int rounding;
-
-        /*TODO: These arrays should be stored in zig-zag order.*/
-        rc = vp8_default_zig_zag1d[i];
-        z = coeff_ptr[rc];
-        dq = dequant_ptr[rc];
-        rounding = dq >> 1;
-        /* Sign of z. */
-        sz = -(z < 0);
-        x = (z + sz) ^ sz;
-        x += rounding;
-        if (x >= dq)
-        {
-            /* Quantize x. */
-            y  = ((((x * quant_ptr[rc]) >> 16) + x) * quant_shift_ptr[rc]) >> 16;
-            /* Put the sign back. */
-            x = (y + sz) ^ sz;
-            /* Save the coefficient and its dequantized value. */
-            qcoeff_ptr[rc] = x;
-            dqcoeff_ptr[rc] = x * dq;
-            /* Remember the last non-zero coefficient. */
-            if (y)
-                eob = i;
-        }
-    }
-
-    *d->eob = (char)(eob + 1);
-}
-
 void vp8_quantize_mby_c(MACROBLOCK *x)
 {
     int i;