diff --git a/content/renderer/pepper/pepper_plugin_instance_impl.cc b/content/renderer/pepper/pepper_plugin_instance_impl.cc
index 9178bd1bba71ae..936342189d1ce2 100644
--- a/content/renderer/pepper/pepper_plugin_instance_impl.cc
+++ b/content/renderer/pepper/pepper_plugin_instance_impl.cc
@@ -699,8 +699,6 @@ void PepperPluginInstanceImpl::Delete() {
     fullscreen_container_ = NULL;
   }
 
-  throttler_.reset();
-
   // Force-unbind any Graphics. In the case of Graphics2D, if the plugin
   // leaks the graphics 2D, it may actually get cleaned up after our
   // destruction, so we need its pointers to be up-to-date.
diff --git a/content/renderer/pepper/pepper_webplugin_impl.cc b/content/renderer/pepper/pepper_webplugin_impl.cc
index b2c2a052c09cd5..25b96337996d6b 100644
--- a/content/renderer/pepper/pepper_webplugin_impl.cc
+++ b/content/renderer/pepper/pepper_webplugin_impl.cc
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ void PepperWebPluginImpl::destroy() {
   // Tell |container_| to clear references to this plugin's script objects.
   if (container_)
     container_->clearScriptObjects();
-  container_ = nullptr;
 
   if (instance_.get()) {
     ppapi::PpapiGlobals::Get()->GetVarTracker()->ReleaseVar(instance_object_);
@@ -132,7 +131,6 @@ void PepperWebPluginImpl::destroy() {
     instance_->Delete();
     instance_ = NULL;
   }
-  throttler_.reset();
 
   base::MessageLoop::current()->DeleteSoon(FROM_HERE, this);
 }