diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java
index e0a8de8d74..62210a3389 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java
@@ -573,7 +573,6 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
               context,
               addedTrackInfo.firstAssetLoaderInputFormat,
               transformationRequest,
-              firstEditedMediaItem.effects.videoEffects,
               compositionPresentation,
               videoFrameProcessorFactory,
               encoderFactory,
diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoSamplePipeline.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoSamplePipeline.java
index 575b9130af..8b8cb21aff 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoSamplePipeline.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoSamplePipeline.java
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ import org.checkerframework.dataflow.qual.Pure;
       Context context,
       Format firstInputFormat,
       TransformationRequest transformationRequest,
-      ImmutableList<Effect> effects,
       @Nullable Presentation presentation,
       VideoFrameProcessor.Factory videoFrameProcessorFactory,
       Codec.EncoderFactory encoderFactory,