diff --git a/aom_dsp/aom_dsp_rtcd_defs.pl b/aom_dsp/aom_dsp_rtcd_defs.pl
index 99c577e..230faae 100755
--- a/aom_dsp/aom_dsp_rtcd_defs.pl
+++ b/aom_dsp/aom_dsp_rtcd_defs.pl
@@ -1288,12 +1288,6 @@
   #
   # Specialty Variance
   #
-  add_proto qw/void aom_get16x16var/, "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride, unsigned int *sse, int *sum";
-  add_proto qw/void aom_get8x8var/, "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride, unsigned int *sse, int *sum";
-
-  specialize qw/aom_get16x16var                neon/;
-  specialize qw/aom_get8x8var             sse2 neon/;
-
   add_proto qw/void aom_get_var_sse_sum_8x8_quad/, "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride, uint32_t *sse8x8, int *sum8x8, unsigned int *tot_sse, int *tot_sum, uint32_t *var8x8";
   specialize qw/aom_get_var_sse_sum_8x8_quad        avx2 sse2 neon/;
 
@@ -1312,9 +1306,6 @@
 
   if (aom_config("CONFIG_AV1_HIGHBITDEPTH") eq "yes") {
     foreach $bd (8, 10, 12) {
-      add_proto qw/void/, "aom_highbd_${bd}_get16x16var", "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride, unsigned int *sse, int *sum";
-      add_proto qw/void/, "aom_highbd_${bd}_get8x8var", "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride, unsigned int *sse, int *sum";
-
       add_proto qw/unsigned int/, "aom_highbd_${bd}_mse16x16", "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int  source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int  recon_stride, unsigned int *sse";
       add_proto qw/unsigned int/, "aom_highbd_${bd}_mse16x8", "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int  source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int  recon_stride, unsigned int *sse";
       add_proto qw/unsigned int/, "aom_highbd_${bd}_mse8x16", "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int  source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int  recon_stride, unsigned int *sse";
@@ -1724,15 +1715,6 @@
     add_proto qw/unsigned int aom_highbd_8_variance4x8/, "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride, unsigned int *sse";
     add_proto qw/unsigned int aom_highbd_8_variance4x4/, "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride, unsigned int *sse";
 
-    add_proto qw/void aom_highbd_8_get16x16var/, "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride, unsigned int *sse, int *sum";
-    add_proto qw/void aom_highbd_8_get8x8var/, "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride, unsigned int *sse, int *sum";
-
-    add_proto qw/void aom_highbd_10_get16x16var/, "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride, unsigned int *sse, int *sum";
-    add_proto qw/void aom_highbd_10_get8x8var/, "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride, unsigned int *sse, int *sum";
-
-    add_proto qw/void aom_highbd_12_get16x16var/, "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride, unsigned int *sse, int *sum";
-    add_proto qw/void aom_highbd_12_get8x8var/, "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride, unsigned int *sse, int *sum";
-
     add_proto qw/unsigned int aom_highbd_8_mse16x16/, "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int  source_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int  recon_stride, unsigned int *sse";
     specialize qw/aom_highbd_8_mse16x16 sse2/;
 
diff --git a/aom_dsp/arm/variance_neon.c b/aom_dsp/arm/variance_neon.c
index 0d6fe16..5e33996 100644
--- a/aom_dsp/arm/variance_neon.c
+++ b/aom_dsp/arm/variance_neon.c
@@ -374,17 +374,6 @@
 
 #undef VARIANCE_WXH_NEON
 
-void aom_get8x8var_neon(const uint8_t *src, int src_stride, const uint8_t *ref,
-                        int ref_stride, unsigned int *sse, int *sum) {
-  variance_8xh_neon(src, src_stride, ref, ref_stride, 8, sse, sum);
-}
-
-void aom_get16x16var_neon(const uint8_t *src, int src_stride,
-                          const uint8_t *ref, int ref_stride, unsigned int *sse,
-                          int *sum) {
-  variance_16xh_neon(src, src_stride, ref, ref_stride, 16, sse, sum);
-}
-
 // TODO(yunqingwang): Perform variance of two/four 8x8 blocks similar to that of
 // AVX2. Also, implement the NEON for variance computation present in this
 // function.
diff --git a/aom_dsp/variance.c b/aom_dsp/variance.c
index fbd62ab..63c1e5f 100644
--- a/aom_dsp/variance.c
+++ b/aom_dsp/variance.c
@@ -180,17 +180,6 @@
     return aom_variance##W##x##H(temp3, W, b, b_stride, sse);                  \
   }
 
-/* Identical to the variance call except it takes an additional parameter, sum,
- * and returns that value using pass-by-reference instead of returning
- * sse - sum^2 / w*h
- */
-#define GET_VAR(W, H)                                                         \
-  void aom_get##W##x##H##var_c(const uint8_t *a, int a_stride,                \
-                               const uint8_t *b, int b_stride, uint32_t *sse, \
-                               int *sum) {                                    \
-    variance(a, a_stride, b, b_stride, W, H, sse, sum);                       \
-  }
-
 void aom_get_var_sse_sum_8x8_quad_c(const uint8_t *a, int a_stride,
                                     const uint8_t *b, int b_stride,
                                     uint32_t *sse8x8, int *sum8x8,
@@ -274,9 +263,6 @@
 VARIANCES(64, 16)
 #endif
 
-GET_VAR(16, 16)
-GET_VAR(8, 8)
-
 MSE(16, 16)
 MSE(16, 8)
 MSE(8, 16)
@@ -407,25 +393,6 @@
     return (var >= 0) ? (uint32_t)var : 0;                                     \
   }
 
-#define HIGHBD_GET_VAR(S)                                                    \
-  void aom_highbd_8_get##S##x##S##var_c(const uint8_t *src, int src_stride,  \
-                                        const uint8_t *ref, int ref_stride,  \
-                                        uint32_t *sse, int *sum) {           \
-    highbd_8_variance(src, src_stride, ref, ref_stride, S, S, sse, sum);     \
-  }                                                                          \
-                                                                             \
-  void aom_highbd_10_get##S##x##S##var_c(const uint8_t *src, int src_stride, \
-                                         const uint8_t *ref, int ref_stride, \
-                                         uint32_t *sse, int *sum) {          \
-    highbd_10_variance(src, src_stride, ref, ref_stride, S, S, sse, sum);    \
-  }                                                                          \
-                                                                             \
-  void aom_highbd_12_get##S##x##S##var_c(const uint8_t *src, int src_stride, \
-                                         const uint8_t *ref, int ref_stride, \
-                                         uint32_t *sse, int *sum) {          \
-    highbd_12_variance(src, src_stride, ref, ref_stride, S, S, sse, sum);    \
-  }
-
 #define HIGHBD_MSE(W, H)                                                      \
   uint32_t aom_highbd_8_mse##W##x##H##_c(const uint8_t *src, int src_stride,  \
                                          const uint8_t *ref, int ref_stride,  \
@@ -696,9 +663,6 @@
 HIGHBD_VARIANCES(64, 16)
 #endif
 
-HIGHBD_GET_VAR(8)
-HIGHBD_GET_VAR(16)
-
 HIGHBD_MSE(16, 16)
 HIGHBD_MSE(16, 8)
 HIGHBD_MSE(8, 16)
diff --git a/aom_dsp/x86/highbd_variance_sse2.c b/aom_dsp/x86/highbd_variance_sse2.c
index d45885c..e897aab 100644
--- a/aom_dsp/x86/highbd_variance_sse2.c
+++ b/aom_dsp/x86/highbd_variance_sse2.c
@@ -98,43 +98,6 @@
   *sse = (uint32_t)ROUND_POWER_OF_TWO(sse_long, 8);
 }
 
-#define HIGH_GET_VAR(S)                                                       \
-  void aom_highbd_get##S##x##S##var_sse2(const uint8_t *src8, int src_stride, \
-                                         const uint8_t *ref8, int ref_stride, \
-                                         uint32_t *sse, int *sum) {           \
-    uint16_t *src = CONVERT_TO_SHORTPTR(src8);                                \
-    uint16_t *ref = CONVERT_TO_SHORTPTR(ref8);                                \
-    aom_highbd_calc##S##x##S##var_sse2(src, src_stride, ref, ref_stride, sse, \
-                                       sum);                                  \
-  }                                                                           \
-                                                                              \
-  void aom_highbd_10_get##S##x##S##var_sse2(                                  \
-      const uint8_t *src8, int src_stride, const uint8_t *ref8,               \
-      int ref_stride, uint32_t *sse, int *sum) {                              \
-    uint16_t *src = CONVERT_TO_SHORTPTR(src8);                                \
-    uint16_t *ref = CONVERT_TO_SHORTPTR(ref8);                                \
-    aom_highbd_calc##S##x##S##var_sse2(src, src_stride, ref, ref_stride, sse, \
-                                       sum);                                  \
-    *sum = ROUND_POWER_OF_TWO(*sum, 2);                                       \
-    *sse = ROUND_POWER_OF_TWO(*sse, 4);                                       \
-  }                                                                           \
-                                                                              \
-  void aom_highbd_12_get##S##x##S##var_sse2(                                  \
-      const uint8_t *src8, int src_stride, const uint8_t *ref8,               \
-      int ref_stride, uint32_t *sse, int *sum) {                              \
-    uint16_t *src = CONVERT_TO_SHORTPTR(src8);                                \
-    uint16_t *ref = CONVERT_TO_SHORTPTR(ref8);                                \
-    aom_highbd_calc##S##x##S##var_sse2(src, src_stride, ref, ref_stride, sse, \
-                                       sum);                                  \
-    *sum = ROUND_POWER_OF_TWO(*sum, 4);                                       \
-    *sse = ROUND_POWER_OF_TWO(*sse, 8);                                       \
-  }
-
-HIGH_GET_VAR(16)
-HIGH_GET_VAR(8)
-
-#undef HIGH_GET_VAR
-
 #define VAR_FN(w, h, block_size, shift)                                    \
   uint32_t aom_highbd_8_variance##w##x##h##_sse2(                          \
       const uint8_t *src8, int src_stride, const uint8_t *ref8,            \
diff --git a/aom_dsp/x86/variance_sse2.c b/aom_dsp/x86/variance_sse2.c
index 83dd6e8..faec9cf 100644
--- a/aom_dsp/x86/variance_sse2.c
+++ b/aom_dsp/x86/variance_sse2.c
@@ -238,14 +238,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-void aom_get8x8var_sse2(const uint8_t *src_ptr, int src_stride,
-                        const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride,
-                        unsigned int *sse, int *sum) {
-  __m128i vsse, vsum;
-  variance8_sse2(src_ptr, src_stride, ref_ptr, ref_stride, 8, &vsse, &vsum);
-  variance_final_128_pel_sse2(vsse, vsum, sse, sum);
-}
-
 void aom_get_var_sse_sum_8x8_quad_sse2(const uint8_t *src_ptr, int src_stride,
                                        const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride,
                                        uint32_t *sse8x8, int *sum8x8,