--- a/components/web_resource/web_resource_service.cc
+++ b/components/web_resource/web_resource_service.cc
@@ -127,44 +127,7 @@ bool WebResourceService::GetFetchSchedul
 // Initializes the fetching of data from the resource server.  Data
 // load calls OnURLFetchComplete.
 void WebResourceService::StartFetch() {
-  // Set to false so that next fetch can be scheduled after this fetch or
-  // if we recieve notification that resource is allowed.
-  fetch_scheduled_ = false;
-  // Check whether fetching is allowed.
-  if (!resource_request_allowed_notifier_->ResourceRequestsAllowed())
-    return;
-
-  // First, put our next cache load on the MessageLoop.
-  ScheduleFetch(cache_update_delay_ms_);
-
-  // Set cache update time in preferences.
-  prefs_->SetString(last_update_time_pref_name_,
-                    base::NumberToString(base::Time::Now().ToDoubleT()));
-
-  // If we are still fetching data, exit.
-  if (in_fetch_)
-    return;
-  in_fetch_ = true;
-
-  GURL web_resource_server =
-      application_locale_.empty()
-          ? web_resource_server_
-          : google_util::AppendGoogleLocaleParam(web_resource_server_,
-                                                 application_locale_);
-
-  DVLOG(1) << "WebResourceService StartFetch " << web_resource_server;
-  url_fetcher_ = net::URLFetcher::Create(
-      web_resource_server, net::URLFetcher::GET, this, traffic_annotation_);
-  data_use_measurement::DataUseUserData::AttachToFetcher(
-      url_fetcher_.get(),
-      data_use_measurement::DataUseUserData::WEB_RESOURCE_SERVICE);
-  // Do not let url fetcher affect existing state in system context
-  // (by setting cookies, for example).
-  url_fetcher_->SetLoadFlags(net::LOAD_DISABLE_CACHE |
-                             net::LOAD_DO_NOT_SEND_COOKIES |
-                             net::LOAD_DO_NOT_SAVE_COOKIES);
-  url_fetcher_->SetRequestContext(request_context_.get());
-  url_fetcher_->Start();
+  in_fetch_ = false;
 }
 
 void WebResourceService::EndFetch() {