diff --git a/lib/browser.ts b/lib/browser.ts
index 2aa658f1e..76f51e01b 100644
--- a/lib/browser.ts
+++ b/lib/browser.ts
@@ -955,21 +955,4 @@ export class ProtractorBrowser extends Webdriver {
     };
     this.debugHelper.init(debuggerClientPath, onStartFn, opt_debugPort);
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Create a new instance of Browser by wrapping a webdriver instance.
-   *
-   * @param {webdriver.WebDriver} webdriver The configured webdriver instance.
-   * @param {string=} baseUrl A URL to prepend to relative gets.
-   * @param {string=} rootElement The css selector for the element which is the
-   *     root of the Angular app.
-   * @param {boolean=} untrackOutstandingTimeouts Whether Browser should
-   *     stop tracking outstanding $timeouts.
-   * @returns {Browser} a new Browser instance
-   */
-  static wrapDriver(
-      webdriver: WebDriver, baseUrl?: string, rootElement?: string,
-      untrackOutstandingTimeouts?: boolean): ProtractorBrowser {
-    return new ProtractorBrowser(webdriver, baseUrl, rootElement, untrackOutstandingTimeouts);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index f5a17abdd..dbf197023 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ export {ProtractorExpectedConditions} from './expectedConditions';
 export {ProtractorBy} from './locators';
 export {Ptor} from './ptor';
 
-export let wrapDriver = ProtractorBrowser.wrapDriver;
-
 export let utils = {
   firefox: require('selenium-webdriver/firefox'),
   http: require('selenium-webdriver/http'),
diff --git a/lib/runner.ts b/lib/runner.ts
index 7ad8d2eac..1ccb2a5d5 100644
--- a/lib/runner.ts
+++ b/lib/runner.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ export class Runner extends EventEmitter {
     protractor.$$ = browser_.$$;
     protractor.element = browser_.element;
     protractor.by = protractor.By = ProtractorBrowser.By;
-    protractor.wrapDriver = ProtractorBrowser.wrapDriver;
     protractor.ExpectedConditions = browser_.ExpectedConditions;
 
     if (!this.config_.noGlobals) {
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ export class Runner extends EventEmitter {
     var config = this.config_;
     var driver = this.driverprovider_.getNewDriver();
 
-    var browser_ = ProtractorBrowser.wrapDriver(
+    var browser_ = new ProtractorBrowser(
         driver, config.baseUrl, config.rootElement, config.untrackOutstandingTimeouts);
 
     browser_.params = config.params;
diff --git a/spec/basic/lib_spec.js b/spec/basic/lib_spec.js
index 6afb5891f..219e9b985 100644
--- a/spec/basic/lib_spec.js
+++ b/spec/basic/lib_spec.js
@@ -110,12 +110,6 @@ describe('protractor library', function() {
         toEqual('repeater');
   });
 
-  it('should allow self-wrapped webdriver instances', function() {
-    var driver = protractor.wrapDriver(browser.driver);
-    var url = require('url').resolve(browser.baseUrl, 'index.html');
-    driver.get(url);
-  });
-
   describe('helper functions', function() {
     it('should get the absolute URL', function() {
       browser.get('index.html');
diff --git a/spec/dependencyTest/protractor_spec.js b/spec/dependencyTest/protractor_spec.js
index 202f1e4c6..7dcc1ec4c 100644
--- a/spec/dependencyTest/protractor_spec.js
+++ b/spec/dependencyTest/protractor_spec.js
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ describe('require(\'protractor\')', () => {
     });
 
     describe('browser class', () => {
-      it('should have static method defined', () => {
-        var staticMethod = 'wrapDriver';
-        expect(typeof protractor.ProtractorBrowser['wrapDriver']).toEqual('function');
-      });
-
       it('should have static variables defined', () => {
         var staticVariables = ['By'];
         for (var pos in staticVariables) {
diff --git a/spec/install/typescript_spec.ts b/spec/install/typescript_spec.ts
index ff5370631..f1cca8214 100644
--- a/spec/install/typescript_spec.ts
+++ b/spec/install/typescript_spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ describe('typescript imports', () => {
     expect(protractor.$ === $).toBeTruthy();
     expect(protractor.$$ === $$).toBeTruthy();
     expect(protractor.ExpectedConditions === ExpectedConditions).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(typeof protractor.wrapDriver).toEqual('function');
   });
   it('should have selenium-webdriver components for the protractor namespace', () => {
     expect(typeof protractor.promise.all).toEqual('function');