diff --git a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/cropping_window_capturer.cc b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/cropping_window_capturer.cc
index d2cc0ae2e8..711fe0d1ba 100644
--- a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/cropping_window_capturer.cc
+++ b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/cropping_window_capturer.cc
@@ -101,12 +101,8 @@ void CroppingWindowCapturer::OnCaptureResult(
 }
 
 #if !defined(WEBRTC_WIN)
-// static
-DesktopCapturer* CroppingWindowCapturer::Create(
-    const DesktopCaptureOptions& options) {
-  return DesktopCapturer::CreateWindowCapturer(options).release();
-}
-
+// CroppingWindowCapturer is implemented only for windows. On other platforms
+// the regular window capturer is used.
 // static
 std::unique_ptr<DesktopCapturer> CroppingWindowCapturer::CreateCapturer(
     const DesktopCaptureOptions& options) {
diff --git a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/cropping_window_capturer.h b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/cropping_window_capturer.h
index fd6663e5c6..5b5a41d482 100644
--- a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/cropping_window_capturer.h
+++ b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/cropping_window_capturer.h
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ namespace webrtc {
 class CroppingWindowCapturer : public DesktopCapturer,
                                public DesktopCapturer::Callback {
  public:
-  // Deprecated, use CreateCapturer()
-  static DesktopCapturer* Create(const DesktopCaptureOptions& options);
   static std::unique_ptr<DesktopCapturer> CreateCapturer(
       const DesktopCaptureOptions& options);
 
diff --git a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/cropping_window_capturer_win.cc b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/cropping_window_capturer_win.cc
index 6ba815fc29..4cd9b8c1ee 100644
--- a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/cropping_window_capturer_win.cc
+++ b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/cropping_window_capturer_win.cc
@@ -209,12 +209,6 @@ DesktopRect CroppingWindowCapturerWin::GetWindowRectInVirtualScreen() {
 
 }  // namespace
 
-// static
-DesktopCapturer* CroppingWindowCapturer::Create(
-    const DesktopCaptureOptions& options) {
-  return new CroppingWindowCapturerWin(options);
-}
-
 // static
 std::unique_ptr<DesktopCapturer> CroppingWindowCapturer::CreateCapturer(
     const DesktopCaptureOptions& options) {