diff --git a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
index 644ad8e395ea..be03e726db47 100644
--- a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
+++ b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
@@ -398,7 +398,6 @@ nsDocShell::nsDocShell(BrowsingContext* aBrowsingContext,
       mHasLoadedNonBlankURI(false),
       mBlankTiming(false),
       mTitleValidForCurrentURI(false),
-      mIsFrame(false),
       mWillChangeProcess(false),
       mWatchedByDevtools(false),
       mIsNavigating(false) {
@@ -11637,8 +11636,6 @@ nsresult nsDocShell::EnsureFind() {
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
-bool nsDocShell::IsFrame() { return mIsFrame; }
-
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsDocShell::IsBeingDestroyed(bool* aDoomed) {
   NS_ENSURE_ARG(aDoomed);
diff --git a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.h b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.h
index 6492c48cf1d4..2f9dabf4eb38 100644
--- a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.h
+++ b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.h
@@ -360,8 +360,6 @@ class nsDocShell final : public nsDocLoader,
   void SetInFrameSwap(bool aInSwap) { mInFrameSwap = aInSwap; }
   bool InFrameSwap();
 
-  void SetIsFrame() { mIsFrame = true; };
-
   const mozilla::Encoding* GetForcedCharset() { return mForcedCharset; }
 
   mozilla::HTMLEditor* GetHTMLEditorInternal();
@@ -1002,7 +1000,7 @@ class nsDocShell final : public nsDocLoader,
   void RecomputeCanExecuteScripts();
   void ClearFrameHistory(nsISHEntry* aEntry);
   void UpdateGlobalHistoryTitle(nsIURI* aURI);
-  bool IsFrame();
+  bool IsFrame() { return mBrowsingContext->GetParent(); }
   bool CanSetOriginAttributes();
   bool ShouldBlockLoadingForBackButton();
   bool ShouldDiscardLayoutState(nsIHttpChannel* aChannel);
@@ -1333,8 +1331,6 @@ class nsDocShell final : public nsDocLoader,
   // This flag indicates when the title is valid for the current URI.
   bool mTitleValidForCurrentURI : 1;
 
-  bool mIsFrame : 1;
-
   // If mWillChangeProcess is set to true, then when the docshell is destroyed,
   // we prepare the browsing context to change process.
   bool mWillChangeProcess : 1;
diff --git a/dom/base/nsFrameLoader.cpp b/dom/base/nsFrameLoader.cpp
index 11da7a0ebb0e..5f4c2986fbe6 100644
--- a/dom/base/nsFrameLoader.cpp
+++ b/dom/base/nsFrameLoader.cpp
@@ -2147,8 +2147,6 @@ nsresult nsFrameLoader::MaybeCreateDocShell() {
 
   if (OwnerIsMozBrowserFrame()) {
     docShell->SetFrameType(nsIDocShell::FRAME_TYPE_BROWSER);
-  } else if (mPendingBrowsingContext->GetParent()) {
-    docShell->SetIsFrame();
   }
 
   // Apply sandbox flags even if our owner is not an iframe, as this copies