diff --git a/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc b/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc
index 5d45e7210f27..f88df67cf0b5 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc
+++ b/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc
@@ -165,49 +165,14 @@ gfx::Image Clipboard::ReadImage(mate::Arguments* args) {
   return gfx::Image::CreateFrom1xBitmap(bitmap);
 }
 
-// TODO(ferreus): Replace with sk_tools_utils::copy_to when it's available
-bool copy_to(SkBitmap* dst, SkColorType dstColorType, const SkBitmap& src) {
-  SkPixmap srcPM;
-  if (!src.peekPixels(&srcPM)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  SkBitmap tmpDst;
-  SkImageInfo dstInfo = srcPM.info().makeColorType(dstColorType);
-  if (!tmpDst.setInfo(dstInfo)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  // allocate colortable if srcConfig == kIndex8_Config
-  sk_sp<SkColorTable> ctable = nullptr;
-  if (dstColorType == kIndex_8_SkColorType) {
-    if (src.colorType() != kIndex_8_SkColorType) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    ctable = sk_ref_sp(srcPM.ctable());
-  }
-  if (!tmpDst.tryAllocPixels(ctable.get())) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  SkPixmap dstPM;
-  if (!tmpDst.peekPixels(&dstPM)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (!srcPM.readPixels(dstPM)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  dst->swap(tmpDst);
-  return true;
-}
-
 void Clipboard::WriteImage(const gfx::Image& image, mate::Arguments* args) {
   ui::ScopedClipboardWriter writer(GetClipboardType(args));
-
-  SkBitmap dst;
-  SkBitmap src = image.AsBitmap();
-  src.lockPixels();
-  if (copy_to(&dst, src.colorType(), src)) {
-    writer.WriteImage(dst);
+  SkBitmap bmp;
+  if (image.AsBitmap().deepCopyTo(&bmp)) {
+    writer.WriteImage(bmp);
+  } else {
+    writer.WriteImage(image.AsBitmap());
   }
-  src.unlockPixels();
 }
 
 #if !defined(OS_MACOSX)