diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java
index b19ffac773..392d07d7c1 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java
@@ -1718,11 +1718,6 @@ public class MediaCodecVideoRenderer extends MediaCodecRenderer {
     return surface;
   }
 
-  /** Returns true if the first frame has been rendered (playback has not necessarily begun). */
-  protected final boolean haveRenderedFirstFrame() {
-    return renderedFirstFrame;
-  }
-
   protected static final class CodecMaxValues {
 
     public final int width;