diff --git a/components/canvas/canvas_data.rs b/components/canvas/canvas_data.rs
index bd825af38aa..b1768fe8744 100644
--- a/components/canvas/canvas_data.rs
+++ b/components/canvas/canvas_data.rs
@@ -85,21 +85,6 @@ impl<'a> CanvasData<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn draw_image_self(
-        &self,
-        image_size: Size2D<f64>,
-        dest_rect: Rect<f64>,
-        source_rect: Rect<f64>,
-        smoothing_enabled: bool
-    ) {
-        // Reads pixels from source image
-        // In this case source and target are the same canvas
-        let image_data = self.read_pixels(source_rect.to_i32(), image_size);
-
-        // The dimensions of image_data are source_rect.size
-        self.draw_image(image_data, source_rect.size, dest_rect, source_rect, smoothing_enabled);
-    }
-
     pub fn save_context_state(&mut self) {
         self.saved_states.push(self.state.clone());
     }
diff --git a/components/canvas/canvas_paint_thread.rs b/components/canvas/canvas_paint_thread.rs
index a6050d93564..3e66194e94c 100644
--- a/components/canvas/canvas_paint_thread.rs
+++ b/components/canvas/canvas_paint_thread.rs
@@ -153,19 +153,6 @@ impl<'a> CanvasPaintThread <'a> {
                     smoothing_enabled,
                 )
             },
-            Canvas2dMsg::DrawImageSelf(
-                image_size,
-                dest_rect,
-                source_rect,
-                smoothing_enabled
-            ) => {
-                self.canvas(canvas_id).draw_image_self(
-                    image_size,
-                    dest_rect,
-                    source_rect,
-                    smoothing_enabled
-                )
-            },
             Canvas2dMsg::DrawImageInOther(
                 other_canvas_id,
                 image_size,
@@ -173,9 +160,10 @@ impl<'a> CanvasPaintThread <'a> {
                 source_rect,
                 smoothing
             ) => {
-                let mut image_data = self.canvas(canvas_id).read_pixels(
-                            source_rect.to_i32(),
-                            image_size);
+                let image_data = self.canvas(canvas_id).read_pixels(
+                    source_rect.to_i32(),
+                    image_size,
+                );
                 self.canvas(other_canvas_id).draw_image(
                     image_data.into(),
                     source_rect.size,
diff --git a/components/canvas_traits/canvas.rs b/components/canvas_traits/canvas.rs
index a2af3a70d42..a9d47d252a4 100644
--- a/components/canvas_traits/canvas.rs
+++ b/components/canvas_traits/canvas.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ pub enum Canvas2dMsg {
     Arc(Point2D<f32>, f32, f32, f32, bool),
     ArcTo(Point2D<f32>, Point2D<f32>, f32),
     DrawImage(Option<ByteBuf>, Size2D<f64>, Rect<f64>, Rect<f64>, bool),
-    DrawImageSelf(Size2D<f64>, Rect<f64>, Rect<f64>, bool),
     DrawImageInOther(
         CanvasId, Size2D<f64>, Rect<f64>, Rect<f64>, bool),
     BeginPath,
diff --git a/components/script/dom/canvasrenderingcontext2d.rs b/components/script/dom/canvasrenderingcontext2d.rs
index 12e3ad17959..0da01cc8453 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/canvasrenderingcontext2d.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/canvasrenderingcontext2d.rs
@@ -361,25 +361,13 @@ impl CanvasRenderingContext2D {
         if let Some(context) = canvas.context() {
             match *context {
                 CanvasContext::Context2d(ref context) => {
-                    if self.canvas.as_ref().map_or(false, |c| &**c == canvas) {
-                        self.send_canvas_2d_msg(Canvas2dMsg::DrawImageSelf(
-                            image_size,
-                            dest_rect,
-                            source_rect,
-                            smoothing_enabled,
-                        ));
-                    } else {
-                        context.get_ipc_renderer().send(CanvasMsg::Canvas2d(
-                            Canvas2dMsg::DrawImageInOther(
-                                self.get_canvas_id(),
-                                image_size,
-                                dest_rect,
-                                source_rect,
-                                smoothing_enabled,
-                            ),
-                            context.get_canvas_id(),
-                        )).unwrap();
-                    }
+                    context.send_canvas_2d_msg(Canvas2dMsg::DrawImageInOther(
+                        self.get_canvas_id(),
+                        image_size,
+                        dest_rect,
+                        source_rect,
+                        smoothing_enabled,
+                    ));
                 },
                 _ => return Err(Error::InvalidState),
             }