diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/PlaybackVideoGraphWrapper.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/PlaybackVideoGraphWrapper.java
index 820dccdb51..a8ec59b725 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/PlaybackVideoGraphWrapper.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/PlaybackVideoGraphWrapper.java
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ public final class PlaybackVideoGraphWrapper implements VideoSinkProvider, Video
   }
 
   private boolean isReady(boolean rendererOtherwiseReady) {
-    return videoFrameRenderControl.isReady(
+    return videoFrameReleaseControl.isReady(
         /* rendererOtherwiseReady= */ rendererOtherwiseReady && pendingFlushCount == 0);
   }
 
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoFrameRenderControl.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoFrameRenderControl.java
index 16710225cd..20346534ad 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoFrameRenderControl.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoFrameRenderControl.java
@@ -121,11 +121,6 @@ import androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlaybackException;
     }
   }
 
-  /** Returns whether the renderer is ready. */
-  public boolean isReady(boolean rendererOtherwiseReady) {
-    return videoFrameReleaseControl.isReady(rendererOtherwiseReady);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Returns whether the renderer has released a frame after a specific presentation timestamp.
    *
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoFrameRenderControlTest.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoFrameRenderControlTest.java
index 727f4dd57c..f4d26d00b2 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoFrameRenderControlTest.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/VideoFrameRenderControlTest.java
@@ -37,15 +37,6 @@ public class VideoFrameRenderControlTest {
   private static final int VIDEO_WIDTH = 640;
   private static final int VIDEO_HEIGHT = 480;
 
-  @Test
-  public void isReady_afterInstantiation_returnsFalse() {
-    VideoFrameRenderControl videoFrameRenderControl =
-        new VideoFrameRenderControl(
-            mock(VideoFrameRenderControl.FrameRenderer.class), createVideoFrameReleaseControl());
-
-    assertThat(videoFrameRenderControl.isReady(/* rendererOtherwiseReady= */ true)).isFalse();
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void releaseFirstFrame() throws Exception {
     VideoFrameRenderControl.FrameRenderer frameRenderer =
@@ -60,7 +51,6 @@ public class VideoFrameRenderControlTest {
     videoFrameRenderControl.onOutputFrameAvailableForRendering(/* presentationTimeUs= */ 0);
     videoFrameRenderControl.render(/* positionUs= */ 0, /* elapsedRealtimeUs= */ 0);
 
-    assertThat(videoFrameRenderControl.isReady(/* rendererOtherwiseReady= */ true)).isTrue();
     InOrder inOrder = Mockito.inOrder(frameRenderer);
     inOrder
         .verify(frameRenderer)
@@ -92,7 +82,6 @@ public class VideoFrameRenderControlTest {
     videoFrameRenderControl.onOutputFrameAvailableForRendering(/* presentationTimeUs= */ 10_000);
 
     videoFrameRenderControl.render(/* positionUs= */ 0, /* elapsedRealtimeUs= */ 0);
-    assertThat(videoFrameRenderControl.isReady(/* rendererOtherwiseReady= */ true)).isTrue();
     InOrder inOrder = Mockito.inOrder(frameRenderer);
     inOrder
         .verify(frameRenderer)
@@ -141,7 +130,6 @@ public class VideoFrameRenderControlTest {
     videoFrameRenderControl.onOutputFrameAvailableForRendering(/* presentationTimeUs= */ 0);
     videoFrameRenderControl.render(/* positionUs= */ 0, /* elapsedRealtimeUs= */ 0);
 
-    assertThat(videoFrameRenderControl.isReady(/* rendererOtherwiseReady= */ true)).isTrue();
     InOrder inOrder = Mockito.inOrder(frameRenderer);
     inOrder
         .verify(frameRenderer)