diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_setupintrarecon.c b/vp9/common/vp9_setupintrarecon.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 6784103e4b949489002583cb29119d76f03cc23e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_setupintrarecon.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  Copyright (c) 2010 The WebM project authors. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
- *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
- *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
- *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
- *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
- */
-
-
-#include "vp9/common/vp9_setupintrarecon.h"
-#include "vpx_mem/vpx_mem.h"
-
-void vp9_setup_intra_recon(YV12_BUFFER_CONFIG *ybf) {
-  int i;
-
-  // luma
-  vpx_memset(ybf->y_buffer - 1 - ybf->y_stride, 127, ybf->y_width + 5);
-  for (i = 0; i < ybf->y_height; i++)
-    ybf->y_buffer[ybf->y_stride * i - 1] = 129;
-
-  // chroma
-  vpx_memset(ybf->u_buffer - 1 - ybf->uv_stride, 127, ybf->uv_width + 5);
-  vpx_memset(ybf->v_buffer - 1 - ybf->uv_stride, 127, ybf->uv_width + 5);
-  for (i = 0; i < ybf->uv_height; i++) {
-    ybf->u_buffer[ybf->uv_stride * i - 1] = 129;
-    ybf->v_buffer[ybf->uv_stride * i - 1] = 129;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_setupintrarecon.h b/vp9/common/vp9_setupintrarecon.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e389f3c91627a236236010b09ab4d9e50f5f69d7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_setupintrarecon.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  Copyright (c) 2010 The WebM project authors. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
- *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
- *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
- *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
- *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
- */
-
-#ifndef VP9_COMMON_VP9_SETUPINTRARECON_H_
-#define VP9_COMMON_VP9_SETUPINTRARECON_H_
-
-#include "vpx_scale/yv12config.h"
-
-void vp9_setup_intra_recon(YV12_BUFFER_CONFIG *ybf);
-
-#endif  // VP9_COMMON_VP9_SETUPINTRARECON_H_
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c
index 2f713d3adbb3ff4e6f5daa328c643044a0ba4383..b85053d64662cdbac3d10e60374225cd4c7be168 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodframe.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.h"
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_quant_common.h"
 #include "vpx_scale/vpx_scale.h"
-#include "vp9/common/vp9_setupintrarecon.h"
 
 #include "vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.h"
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_extend.h"
@@ -1337,9 +1336,6 @@ int vp9_decode_frame(VP9D_COMP *pbi, const uint8_t **p_data_end) {
     CHECK_MEM_ERROR(pc->last_frame_seg_map,
                     vpx_calloc((pc->mi_rows * pc->mi_cols), 1));
 
-  // set up frame new frame for intra coded blocks
-  vp9_setup_intra_recon(new_fb);
-
   vp9_setup_block_dptrs(xd);
 
   // clear out the coeff buffer
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
index f8665974bddfed2b051f45b40b749524aae247a2..d1b6a2a188e9fd340debe79c6372ccccfdbc06d5 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.h"
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_quant_common.h"
 #include "vp9/encoder/vp9_segmentation.h"
-#include "vp9/common/vp9_setupintrarecon.h"
 #include "vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeintra.h"
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_reconinter.h"
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_invtrans.h"
@@ -1561,9 +1560,6 @@ static void init_encode_frame_mb_context(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
                    0, 0, NULL, NULL);
   setup_dst_planes(xd, &cm->yv12_fb[cm->new_fb_idx], 0, 0);
 
-  // set up frame for intra coded blocks
-  vp9_setup_intra_recon(&cm->yv12_fb[cm->new_fb_idx]);
-
   vp9_build_block_offsets(x);
 
   vp9_setup_block_dptrs(&x->e_mbd);
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
index 4d28f1b76ca80ac7fb88fe0e701510efe613b646..84b01fc22ac93150db171a88744cab235cb0eadc 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h"
 #include "vp9/encoder/vp9_variance.h"
 #include "vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeintra.h"
-#include "vp9/common/vp9_setupintrarecon.h"
 #include "vp9/encoder/vp9_mcomp.h"
 #include "vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.h"
 #include "vpx_scale/vpx_scale.h"
@@ -486,8 +485,6 @@ void vp9_first_pass(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
 
   vp9_setup_block_dptrs(&x->e_mbd);
 
-  // set up frame new frame for intra coded blocks
-  vp9_setup_intra_recon(new_yv12);
   vp9_frame_init_quantizer(cpi);
 
   // Initialise the MV cost table to the defaults
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_mbgraph.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_mbgraph.c
index af62ec3941032bfbd43c4ca26ef95f4693879f40..93f459ab5c7ff26a61eafd916753358ff021772a 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_mbgraph.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_mbgraph.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeintra.h>
 #include <vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.h>
-#include <vp9/common/vp9_setupintrarecon.h>
 #include <vp9/common/vp9_blockd.h>
 #include <vp9/common/vp9_reconinter.h>
 #include <vp9/common/vp9_systemdependent.h>
diff --git a/vp9/vp9_common.mk b/vp9/vp9_common.mk
index 1ddd4f057d2f82929c0f0c2bf19498955b74cae0..bda17410fc6ed754ae6407fa2ad561cf8165fcec 100644
--- a/vp9/vp9_common.mk
+++ b/vp9/vp9_common.mk
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_sadmxn.h
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_subpelvar.h
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_seg_common.h
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_seg_common.c
-VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_setupintrarecon.h
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_swapyv12buffer.h
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_systemdependent.h
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_textblit.h
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_recon.c
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_reconinter.c
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_reconintra.c
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_reconintra4x4.c
-VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_setupintrarecon.c
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_swapyv12buffer.c
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-$(CONFIG_POSTPROC_VISUALIZER) += common/vp9_textblit.c
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_treecoder.c