diff --git a/rtc_base/thread_annotations.h b/rtc_base/thread_annotations.h
index de0c5c90da..8569fab16a 100644
--- a/rtc_base/thread_annotations.h
+++ b/rtc_base/thread_annotations.h
@@ -27,22 +27,16 @@
 
 // Document if a shared variable/field needs to be protected by a lock.
 // GUARDED_BY allows the user to specify a particular lock that should be
-// held when accessing the annotated variable, while GUARDED_VAR only
-// indicates a shared variable should be guarded (by any lock). GUARDED_VAR
-// is primarily used when the client cannot express the name of the lock.
+// held when accessing the annotated variable.
 #define RTC_GUARDED_BY(x) RTC_THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(guarded_by(x))
-#define RTC_GUARDED_VAR RTC_THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(guarded_var)
 
 // Document if the memory location pointed to by a pointer should be guarded
-// by a lock when dereferencing the pointer. Similar to GUARDED_VAR,
-// PT_GUARDED_VAR is primarily used when the client cannot express the name
-// of the lock. Note that a pointer variable to a shared memory location
-// could itself be a shared variable. For example, if a shared global pointer
-// q, which is guarded by mu1, points to a shared memory location that is
-// guarded by mu2, q should be annotated as follows:
+// by a lock when dereferencing the pointer. Note that a pointer variable to a
+// shared memory location could itself be a shared variable. For example, if a
+// shared global pointer q, which is guarded by mu1, points to a shared memory
+// location that is guarded by mu2, q should be annotated as follows:
 //     int *q GUARDED_BY(mu1) PT_GUARDED_BY(mu2);
 #define RTC_PT_GUARDED_BY(x) RTC_THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(pt_guarded_by(x))
-#define RTC_PT_GUARDED_VAR RTC_THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(pt_guarded_var)
 
 // Document the acquisition order between locks that can be held
 // simultaneously by a thread. For any two locks that need to be annotated
diff --git a/rtc_base/thread_annotations_unittest.cc b/rtc_base/thread_annotations_unittest.cc
index 2dc2ee7a54..d8a4af1ac3 100644
--- a/rtc_base/thread_annotations_unittest.cc
+++ b/rtc_base/thread_annotations_unittest.cc
@@ -34,67 +34,50 @@ class ThreadSafe {
  public:
   ThreadSafe() {
     pt_protected_by_lock_ = new int;
-    pt_protected_by_anything_ = new int;
   }
 
   ~ThreadSafe() {
     delete pt_protected_by_lock_;
-    delete pt_protected_by_anything_;
   }
 
   void LockInOrder() {
-    anylock_.EnterWrite();
+    beforelock_.EnterWrite();
     lock_.EnterWrite();
     pt_lock_.EnterWrite();
 
     pt_lock_.Leave();
     lock_.Leave();
-    anylock_.Leave();
+    beforelock_.Leave();
   }
 
-  void UnprotectedFunction() RTC_LOCKS_EXCLUDED(anylock_, lock_, pt_lock_) {
+  void UnprotectedFunction() RTC_LOCKS_EXCLUDED(lock_, pt_lock_) {
     // Can access unprotected Value.
     unprotected_ = 15;
     // Can access pointers themself, but not data they point to.
     int* tmp = pt_protected_by_lock_;
-    pt_protected_by_lock_ = pt_protected_by_anything_;
-    pt_protected_by_anything_ = tmp;
+    pt_protected_by_lock_ = tmp;
   }
 
   void ReadProtected() {
     lock_.EnterRead();
-    unprotected_ = protected_by_anything_;
     unprotected_ = protected_by_lock_;
     lock_.Leave();
 
     if (pt_lock_.TryEnterRead()) {
-      unprotected_ = *pt_protected_by_anything_;
       unprotected_ = *pt_protected_by_lock_;
       pt_lock_.Leave();
     }
-
-    anylock_.EnterRead();
-    unprotected_ = protected_by_anything_;
-    unprotected_ = *pt_protected_by_anything_;
-    anylock_.Leave();
   }
 
   void WriteProtected() {
     lock_.EnterWrite();
-    protected_by_anything_ = unprotected_;
     protected_by_lock_ = unprotected_;
     lock_.Leave();
 
     if (pt_lock_.TryEnterWrite()) {
-      *pt_protected_by_anything_ = unprotected_;
       *pt_protected_by_lock_ = unprotected_;
       pt_lock_.Leave();
     }
-
-    anylock_.EnterWrite();
-    protected_by_anything_ = unprotected_;
-    *pt_protected_by_anything_ = unprotected_;
-    anylock_.Leave();
   }
 
   void CallReadProtectedFunction() {
@@ -125,17 +108,15 @@ class ThreadSafe {
 
   const Lock& GetLock() RTC_LOCK_RETURNED(lock_) { return lock_; }
 
-  Lock anylock_ RTC_ACQUIRED_BEFORE(lock_);
+  Lock beforelock_ RTC_ACQUIRED_BEFORE(lock_);
   Lock lock_;
   Lock pt_lock_ RTC_ACQUIRED_AFTER(lock_);
 
   int unprotected_ = 0;
 
   int protected_by_lock_ RTC_GUARDED_BY(lock_) = 0;
-  int protected_by_anything_ RTC_GUARDED_VAR = 0;
 
   int* pt_protected_by_lock_ RTC_PT_GUARDED_BY(pt_lock_);
-  int* pt_protected_by_anything_ RTC_PT_GUARDED_VAR;
 };
 
 }  // namespace