diff --git a/include/core/SkStream.h b/include/core/SkStream.h
index 516b036..8e3f375 100644
--- a/include/core/SkStream.h
+++ b/include/core/SkStream.h
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@
     SkScalar readScalar();
     size_t   readPackedUInt();
 
-    /**
-     *  Reconstitute an SkData object that was written to the stream
-     *  using SkWStream::writeData().
-     */
-    SkData* readData();
-
 //SkStreamRewindable
     /** Rewinds to the beginning of the stream. Returns true if the stream is known
      *  to be at the beginning after this call returns.
@@ -210,16 +204,6 @@
     bool    writeStream(SkStream* input, size_t length);
 
     /**
-     * Append an SkData object to the stream, such that it can be read
-     * out of the stream using SkStream::readData().
-     *
-     * Note that the encoding method used to write the SkData object
-     * to the stream may change over time.  This method DOES NOT
-     * just write the raw content of the SkData object to the stream.
-     */
-    bool writeData(const SkData*);
-
-    /**
      * This returns the number of bytes in the stream required to store
      * 'value'.
      */
diff --git a/src/core/SkPaint.cpp b/src/core/SkPaint.cpp
index 5d7c2cc..1c2f8e8 100644
--- a/src/core/SkPaint.cpp
+++ b/src/core/SkPaint.cpp
@@ -2307,17 +2307,20 @@
 }
 
 #ifndef SK_IGNORE_TO_STRING
+
+static SkFontDescriptor typeface_getDescriptor(const SkTypeface* face) {
+    SkDynamicMemoryWStream ostream;
+    face->serialize(&ostream);
+    SkAutoTUnref<SkStreamAsset> istream(ostream.detachAsStream());
+    return SkFontDescriptor(istream);
+}
+
 void SkPaint::toString(SkString* str) const {
     str->append("<dl><dt>SkPaint:</dt><dd><dl>");
 
     SkTypeface* typeface = this->getTypeface();
     if (typeface) {
-        SkDynamicMemoryWStream ostream;
-        typeface->serialize(&ostream);
-        SkAutoTUnref<SkData> data(ostream.copyToData());
-
-        SkMemoryStream stream(data);
-        SkFontDescriptor descriptor(&stream);
+        SkFontDescriptor descriptor(typeface_getDescriptor(typeface));
 
         str->append("<dt>Font Family Name:</dt><dd>");
         str->append(descriptor.getFamilyName());
diff --git a/src/core/SkStream.cpp b/src/core/SkStream.cpp
index b04bc16..e290b21 100644
--- a/src/core/SkStream.cpp
+++ b/src/core/SkStream.cpp
@@ -64,17 +64,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-SkData* SkStream::readData() {
-    size_t size = this->readU32();
-    if (0 == size) {
-        return SkData::NewEmpty();
-    } else {
-        SkData* data = SkData::NewUninitialized(size);
-        this->read(data->writable_data(), size);
-        return data;
-    }
-}
-
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 SkWStream::~SkWStream()
@@ -189,16 +178,6 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-bool SkWStream::writeData(const SkData* data) {
-    if (data) {
-        this->write32(SkToU32(data->size()));
-        this->write(data->data(), data->size());
-    } else {
-        this->write32(0);
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 SkFILEStream::SkFILEStream(const char file[]) : fName(file), fOwnership(kCallerPasses_Ownership) {