diff --git a/gyp/gpu.gyp b/gyp/gpu.gyp
index a4d7c18db..db506d70a 100644
--- a/gyp/gpu.gyp
+++ b/gyp/gpu.gyp
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@
         '../include/gpu/gl/SkNullGLContext.h',
         '../include/gpu/gl/SkDebugGLContext.h',
 
-        '../src/gpu/GrPrintf_skia.cpp',
         '../src/gpu/SkGpuCanvas.cpp',
         '../src/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp',
         '../src/gpu/SkGr.cpp',
diff --git a/include/gpu/GrConfig.h b/include/gpu/GrConfig.h
index 1dfe199f7..e25859be2 100644
--- a/include/gpu/GrConfig.h
+++ b/include/gpu/GrConfig.h
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ typedef unsigned __int64 uint64_t;
 // debug -vs- release
 //
 
-extern GR_API void GrPrintf(const char format[], ...);
+#define GrPrintf SkDebugf
 
 /**
  *  GR_STRING makes a string of X where X is expanded before conversion to a string
diff --git a/src/gpu/GrPrintf_printf.cpp b/src/gpu/GrPrintf_printf.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 909a4f0a6..000000000
--- a/src/gpu/GrPrintf_printf.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-
-/*
- * Copyright 2010 Google Inc.
- *
- * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
- * found in the LICENSE file.
- */
-
-
-
-#include "GrTypes.h"
-
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-void GrPrintf(const char format[], ...) {
-    const size_t MAX_BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;
-
-    char buffer[MAX_BUFFER_SIZE + 1];
-    va_list args;
-
-    va_start(args, format);
-    vsnprintf(buffer, MAX_BUFFER_SIZE, format, args);
-    va_end(args);
-
-    printf("%s", buffer);
-}
-
-
diff --git a/src/gpu/GrPrintf_skia.cpp b/src/gpu/GrPrintf_skia.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bab4193d..000000000
--- a/src/gpu/GrPrintf_skia.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-
-/*
- * Copyright 2010 Google Inc.
- *
- * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
- * found in the LICENSE file.
- */
-
-
-
-#include "GrTypes.h"
-
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-#include "SkTypes.h"
-
-void GrPrintf(const char format[], ...) {
-    const size_t MAX_BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;
-
-    char buffer[MAX_BUFFER_SIZE + 1];
-    va_list args;
-
-    va_start(args, format);
-    vsnprintf(buffer, MAX_BUFFER_SIZE, format, args);
-    va_end(args);
-
-    // skia has already mapped this to do the "right thing"
-    SkDebugf("%s", buffer);
-}
-
-