diff --git a/mediapipe/gpu/gpu_buffer_multi_pool.cc b/mediapipe/gpu/gpu_buffer_multi_pool.cc
index 9c3c9a33e..d03ae06aa 100644
--- a/mediapipe/gpu/gpu_buffer_multi_pool.cc
+++ b/mediapipe/gpu/gpu_buffer_multi_pool.cc
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@
 #include "mediapipe/framework/port/logging.h"
 #include "mediapipe/gpu/gpu_shared_data_internal.h"
 
-#if MEDIAPIPE_GPU_BUFFER_USE_CV_PIXEL_BUFFER
-#include "CoreFoundation/CFBase.h"
-#include "mediapipe/objc/CFHolder.h"
-#include "mediapipe/objc/util.h"
-#endif  // MEDIAPIPE_GPU_BUFFER_USE_CV_PIXEL_BUFFER
-
 namespace mediapipe {
 
 // Keep this many buffers allocated for a given frame size.
@@ -87,20 +81,11 @@ GpuBuffer GpuBufferMultiPool::GetBuffer(int width, int height,
   std::shared_ptr<SimplePool> pool = RequestPool(key);
   if (pool) {
     // Note: we release our multipool lock before accessing the simple pool.
-    return GetBufferFromSimplePool(key, *pool);
+    return GpuBuffer(pool->GetBuffer());
   } else {
-    return GetBufferWithoutPool(key);
+    return GpuBuffer(
+        SimplePool::CreateBufferWithoutPool(width, height, format));
   }
 }
 
-GpuBuffer GpuBufferMultiPool::GetBufferFromSimplePool(
-    BufferSpec spec, GpuBufferMultiPool::SimplePool& pool) {
-  return GpuBuffer(pool.GetBuffer());
-}
-
-GpuBuffer GpuBufferMultiPool::GetBufferWithoutPool(const BufferSpec& spec) {
-  return GpuBuffer(SimplePool::CreateBufferWithoutPool(spec.width, spec.height,
-                                                       spec.format));
-}
-
 }  // namespace mediapipe
diff --git a/mediapipe/gpu/gpu_buffer_multi_pool.h b/mediapipe/gpu/gpu_buffer_multi_pool.h
index f48577854..7feb39ad4 100644
--- a/mediapipe/gpu/gpu_buffer_multi_pool.h
+++ b/mediapipe/gpu/gpu_buffer_multi_pool.h
@@ -82,11 +82,8 @@ class GpuBufferMultiPool {
   std::shared_ptr<SimplePool> MakeSimplePool(const BufferSpec& spec);
   // Requests a simple buffer pool for the given spec. This may return nullptr
   // if we have not yet reached a sufficient number of requests to allocate a
-  // pool, in which case the caller should invoke GetBufferWithoutPool instead
-  // of GetBufferFromSimplePool.
+  // pool, in which case the caller should invoke CreateBufferWithoutPool.
   std::shared_ptr<SimplePool> RequestPool(const BufferSpec& spec);
-  GpuBuffer GetBufferFromSimplePool(BufferSpec spec, SimplePool& pool);
-  GpuBuffer GetBufferWithoutPool(const BufferSpec& spec);
 
   absl::Mutex mutex_;
   mediapipe::ResourceCache<BufferSpec, std::shared_ptr<SimplePool>> cache_