diff --git a/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoderOps.cpp b/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoderOps.cpp
index ad8c6f258..bb13e113d 100644
--- a/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoderOps.cpp
+++ b/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoderOps.cpp
@@ -142,20 +142,6 @@ at::Tensor create_from_tensor(
   return wrapDecoderPointerToTensor(std::move(uniqueDecoder));
 }
 
-at::Tensor create_from_buffer(
-    const void* buffer,
-    size_t length,
-    std::optional<std::string_view> seek_mode) {
-  VideoDecoder::SeekMode realSeek = VideoDecoder::SeekMode::exact;
-  if (seek_mode.has_value()) {
-    realSeek = seekModeFromString(seek_mode.value());
-  }
-
-  std::unique_ptr<VideoDecoder> uniqueDecoder =
-      std::make_unique<VideoDecoder>(buffer, length, realSeek);
-  return wrapDecoderPointerToTensor(std::move(uniqueDecoder));
-}
-
 void add_video_stream(
     at::Tensor& decoder,
     std::optional<int64_t> width,
diff --git a/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoderOps.h b/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoderOps.h
index a3cc821ad..034a8842a 100644
--- a/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoderOps.h
+++ b/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoderOps.h
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ at::Tensor create_from_tensor(
     at::Tensor video_tensor,
     std::optional<std::string_view> seek_mode = std::nullopt);
 
-// This API is C++ only and will not be exposed via custom ops, use
-// videodecoder_create_from_bytes in Python
-at::Tensor create_from_buffer(
-    const void* buffer,
-    size_t length,
-    std::optional<std::string_view> seek_mode = std::nullopt);
-
 // Add a new video stream at `stream_index` using the provided options.
 void add_video_stream(
     at::Tensor& decoder,
diff --git a/test/decoders/CMakeLists.txt b/test/decoders/CMakeLists.txt
index 21791dde3..3350c92c5 100644
--- a/test/decoders/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/decoders/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,15 +21,8 @@ add_executable(
   VideoDecoderTest.cpp
 )
 
-add_executable(
-  VideoDecoderOpsTest
-  VideoDecoderOpsTest.cpp
-)
-
 target_include_directories(VideoDecoderTest SYSTEM PRIVATE ${TORCH_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 target_include_directories(VideoDecoderTest PRIVATE ../../)
-target_include_directories(VideoDecoderOpsTest SYSTEM PRIVATE ${TORCH_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-target_include_directories(VideoDecoderOpsTest PRIVATE ../../)
 
 target_link_libraries(
   VideoDecoderTest
@@ -37,12 +30,5 @@ target_link_libraries(
   GTest::gtest_main
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(
-  VideoDecoderOpsTest
-  ${libtorchcodec_target_name}
-  GTest::gtest_main
-)
-
 include(GoogleTest)
 gtest_discover_tests(VideoDecoderTest)
-gtest_discover_tests(VideoDecoderOpsTest)
diff --git a/test/decoders/VideoDecoderOpsTest.cpp b/test/decoders/VideoDecoderOpsTest.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index f2414797d..000000000
--- a/test/decoders/VideoDecoderOpsTest.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
-// All rights reserved.
-//
-// This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
-// LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-
-#include "src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoderOps.h"
-
-#include <gtest/gtest.h>
-#include <filesystem>
-#include <fstream>
-#include <iostream>
-
-#ifdef FBCODE_BUILD
-#include "tools/cxx/Resources.h"
-#endif
-
-using namespace ::testing;
-
-namespace facebook::torchcodec {
-
-std::string getResourcePath(const std::string& filename) {
-#ifdef FBCODE_BUILD
-  std::string filepath = "pytorch/torchcodec/test/resources/" + filename;
-  filepath = build::getResourcePath(filepath).string();
-#else
-  std::filesystem::path dirPath = std::filesystem::path(__FILE__);
-  std::string filepath =
-      dirPath.parent_path().string() + "/../resources/" + filename;
-#endif
-  return filepath;
-}
-
-TEST(VideoDecoderOpsTest, TestCreateDecoderFromBuffer) {
-  std::string filepath = getResourcePath("nasa_13013.mp4");
-  std::ostringstream outputStringStream;
-  std::ifstream input(filepath, std::ios::binary);
-  outputStringStream << input.rdbuf();
-  std::string content = outputStringStream.str();
-  void* buffer = content.data();
-  size_t length = outputStringStream.str().length();
-  at::Tensor decoder = create_from_buffer(buffer, length);
-  add_video_stream(decoder);
-  auto result = get_next_frame(decoder);
-  at::Tensor tensor1 = std::get<0>(result);
-  EXPECT_EQ(tensor1.sizes(), std::vector<long>({3, 270, 480}));
-  EXPECT_EQ(std::get<1>(result).item<double>(), 0);
-  EXPECT_NEAR(std::get<2>(result).item<double>(), 0.033367, 1e-6);
-}
-
-} // namespace facebook::torchcodec