diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/SequenceRenderersFactory.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/SequenceRenderersFactory.java
index 2c4dffda7b..67ff6efc6b 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/SequenceRenderersFactory.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/SequenceRenderersFactory.java
@@ -573,12 +573,6 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
       super.onPositionReset(positionUs, joining);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    protected void onStarted() throws ExoPlaybackException {
-      super.onStarted();
-      videoSink.startRendering();
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected boolean maybeInitializeProcessingPipeline() throws ExoPlaybackException {
       if (videoSink.isInitialized()) {
@@ -592,12 +586,6 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
       }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    protected void onStopped() {
-      super.onStopped();
-      videoSink.stopRendering();
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected void onStreamChanged(
         Format[] formats,