--- platform/graphics/GraphicsContext.cpp
+++ platform/graphics/GraphicsContext.cpp
@@ -419,19 +419,6 @@
     paint->setLCDRenderText(couldUseLCDRenderedText());
 }
 
-bool GraphicsContext::couldUseLCDRenderedText() const
-{
-    ASSERT(m_canvas);
-    // Our layers only have a single alpha channel. This means that subpixel
-    // rendered text cannot be composited correctly when the layer is
-    // collapsed. Therefore, subpixel text is contextDisabled when we are drawing
-    // onto a layer.
-    if (contextDisabled() || m_canvas->isDrawingToLayer() || !isCertainlyOpaque())
-        return false;
-
-    return shouldSmoothFonts();
-}
-
 void GraphicsContext::setCompositeOperation(CompositeOperator compositeOperation, WebBlendMode blendMode)
 {
     if (contextDisabled())