diff --git a/videoencoder/IntelMetadataBuffer.cpp b/videoencoder/IntelMetadataBuffer.cpp
index eb9fe43..4a2b42f 100644
--- a/videoencoder/IntelMetadataBuffer.cpp
+++ b/videoencoder/IntelMetadataBuffer.cpp
@@ -263,11 +263,6 @@
     return IMB_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-IMB_Result IntelMetadataBuffer::SetBytes(uint8_t* data, uint32_t size)
-{
-    return UnSerialize(data, size);
-}
-
 IMB_Result IntelMetadataBuffer::Serialize(uint8_t* &data, uint32_t& size)
 {
     if (mBytes == NULL)
@@ -307,11 +302,6 @@
     return IMB_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-IMB_Result IntelMetadataBuffer::GetBytes(uint8_t* &data, uint32_t& size)
-{
-    return Serialize(data, size);
-}
-
 uint32_t IntelMetadataBuffer::GetMaxBufferSize()
 {
     return 256;
diff --git a/videoencoder/IntelMetadataBuffer.h b/videoencoder/IntelMetadataBuffer.h
index 2eacc5f..e133c57 100644
--- a/videoencoder/IntelMetadataBuffer.h
+++ b/videoencoder/IntelMetadataBuffer.h
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@
     IMB_Result GetExtraValues(int32_t* &values, uint32_t &num);
     IMB_Result SetExtraValues(int32_t *values, uint32_t num);
 
-    //for bytes input, also for parser, will be obsoleted
-    IMB_Result SetBytes(uint8_t* data, uint32_t size);
-    //for bytes output, also for generator, will be obsoleted
-    IMB_Result GetBytes(uint8_t* &data, uint32_t& size);
-
     //New API for bytes input/ouput, UnSerialize=SetBytes, Serialize=GetBytes
     IMB_Result UnSerialize(uint8_t* data, uint32_t size);
     IMB_Result Serialize(uint8_t* &data, uint32_t& size);