diff --git a/ci/licenses_golden/excluded_files b/ci/licenses_golden/excluded_files
index 85d168f36966f..b6c99713fd4a1 100644
--- a/ci/licenses_golden/excluded_files
+++ b/ci/licenses_golden/excluded_files
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@
 ../../../flutter/impeller/geometry/size_unittests.cc
 ../../../flutter/impeller/geometry/trig_unittests.cc
 ../../../flutter/impeller/golden_tests/README.md
-../../../flutter/impeller/image/README.md
 ../../../flutter/impeller/playground
 ../../../flutter/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/test
 ../../../flutter/impeller/renderer/backend/metal/texture_mtl_unittests.mm
diff --git a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
index 7779485846a59..e87ee01ef7089 100644
--- a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
+++ b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
@@ -5307,12 +5307,6 @@ ORIGIN: ../../../flutter/impeller/golden_tests/vulkan_screenshotter.h + ../../..
 ORIGIN: ../../../flutter/impeller/golden_tests/vulkan_screenshotter.mm + ../../../flutter/LICENSE
 ORIGIN: ../../../flutter/impeller/golden_tests/working_directory.cc + ../../../flutter/LICENSE
 ORIGIN: ../../../flutter/impeller/golden_tests/working_directory.h + ../../../flutter/LICENSE
-ORIGIN: ../../../flutter/impeller/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.cc + ../../../flutter/LICENSE
-ORIGIN: ../../../flutter/impeller/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.h + ../../../flutter/LICENSE
-ORIGIN: ../../../flutter/impeller/image/compressed_image.cc + ../../../flutter/LICENSE
-ORIGIN: ../../../flutter/impeller/image/compressed_image.h + ../../../flutter/LICENSE
-ORIGIN: ../../../flutter/impeller/image/decompressed_image.cc + ../../../flutter/LICENSE
-ORIGIN: ../../../flutter/impeller/image/decompressed_image.h + ../../../flutter/LICENSE
 ORIGIN: ../../../flutter/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/allocator_gles.cc + ../../../flutter/LICENSE
 ORIGIN: ../../../flutter/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/allocator_gles.h + ../../../flutter/LICENSE
 ORIGIN: ../../../flutter/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/blit_command_gles.cc + ../../../flutter/LICENSE
@@ -8147,12 +8141,6 @@ FILE: ../../../flutter/impeller/golden_tests/vulkan_screenshotter.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/impeller/golden_tests/vulkan_screenshotter.mm
 FILE: ../../../flutter/impeller/golden_tests/working_directory.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/impeller/golden_tests/working_directory.h
-FILE: ../../../flutter/impeller/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.cc
-FILE: ../../../flutter/impeller/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.h
-FILE: ../../../flutter/impeller/image/compressed_image.cc
-FILE: ../../../flutter/impeller/image/compressed_image.h
-FILE: ../../../flutter/impeller/image/decompressed_image.cc
-FILE: ../../../flutter/impeller/image/decompressed_image.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/allocator_gles.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/allocator_gles.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/blit_command_gles.cc
diff --git a/impeller/BUILD.gn b/impeller/BUILD.gn
index 689935b16efc3..a504c6f5080ef 100644
--- a/impeller/BUILD.gn
+++ b/impeller/BUILD.gn
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ group("impeller") {
       "aiks",
       "display_list",
       "entity",
-      "image:image_skia_backend",
       "renderer",
       "renderer/backend",
       "typographer/backends/skia:typographer_skia_backend",
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ impeller_component("impeller_unittests") {
       "entity:entity_unittests",
       "fixtures",
       "geometry:geometry_unittests",
-      "image:image_unittests",
       "playground",
       "renderer:renderer_unittests",
       "scene:scene_unittests",
diff --git a/impeller/core/BUILD.gn b/impeller/core/BUILD.gn
index 2f15c1b28788e..e4587bda12a83 100644
--- a/impeller/core/BUILD.gn
+++ b/impeller/core/BUILD.gn
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ impeller_component("core") {
   deps = [
     "../base",
     "../geometry",
-    "../image",
     "//flutter/fml",
   ]
 }
diff --git a/impeller/entity/BUILD.gn b/impeller/entity/BUILD.gn
index c69386e177fb2..a4a99d1fddaf2 100644
--- a/impeller/entity/BUILD.gn
+++ b/impeller/entity/BUILD.gn
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ impeller_component("entity") {
     ":entity_shaders",
     ":framebuffer_blend_entity_shaders",
     ":modern_entity_shaders",
-    "../image:image_skia_backend",
     "../renderer",
     "../typographer",
   ]
diff --git a/impeller/playground/BUILD.gn b/impeller/playground/BUILD.gn
index 60f2605fd4581..2449bc3017291 100644
--- a/impeller/playground/BUILD.gn
+++ b/impeller/playground/BUILD.gn
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import("//flutter/impeller/tools/impeller.gni")
 import("//flutter/testing/testing.gni")
 
 impeller_component("playground") {
+  testonly = true
+
   sources = [
     "playground.cc",
     "playground.h",
@@ -46,9 +48,9 @@ impeller_component("playground") {
 
   public_deps = [
     "../fixtures:shader_fixtures",
-    "../image:image_skia_backend",
     "../renderer",
     "../scene/shaders",
+    "image:image_skia_backend",
     "imgui:imgui_impeller_backend",
     "//flutter/fml",
     "//flutter/third_party/glfw",
diff --git a/impeller/image/BUILD.gn b/impeller/playground/image/BUILD.gn
similarity index 78%
rename from impeller/image/BUILD.gn
rename to impeller/playground/image/BUILD.gn
index f3dc73c662710..ed44158f9b2fd 100644
--- a/impeller/image/BUILD.gn
+++ b/impeller/playground/image/BUILD.gn
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import("//flutter/impeller/tools/impeller.gni")
 
 impeller_component("image") {
+  testonly = true
   public = [
     "compressed_image.h",
     "decompressed_image.h",
@@ -16,22 +17,23 @@ impeller_component("image") {
   ]
 
   public_deps = [
-    "../base",
-    "../geometry",
+    "../../base",
+    "../../geometry",
   ]
 
   deps = [ "//flutter/fml" ]
 }
 
 impeller_component("image_skia_backend") {
+  testonly = true
   public = [ "backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.h" ]
 
   sources = [ "backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.cc" ]
 
   public_deps = [
     ":image",
-    "../base",
-    "../geometry",
+    "../../base",
+    "../../geometry",
   ]
 
   deps = [
@@ -39,12 +41,3 @@ impeller_component("image_skia_backend") {
     "//flutter/skia",
   ]
 }
-
-impeller_component("image_unittests") {
-  testonly = true
-  sources = []
-  deps = [
-    ":image_skia_backend",
-    "//flutter/testing",
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/impeller/image/README.md b/impeller/playground/image/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from impeller/image/README.md
rename to impeller/playground/image/README.md
diff --git a/impeller/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.cc b/impeller/playground/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.cc
similarity index 97%
rename from impeller/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.cc
rename to impeller/playground/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.cc
index 66d917e4ab8b7..e44510cdfded9 100644
--- a/impeller/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.cc
+++ b/impeller/playground/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.cc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-#include "impeller/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.h"
+#include "impeller/playground/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.h"
 
 #include <memory>
 
diff --git a/impeller/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.h b/impeller/playground/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.h
similarity index 71%
rename from impeller/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.h
rename to impeller/playground/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.h
index 1db71c2bdb855..6c92b10264e3b 100644
--- a/impeller/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.h
+++ b/impeller/playground/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.h
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-#ifndef FLUTTER_IMPELLER_IMAGE_BACKENDS_SKIA_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_SKIA_H_
-#define FLUTTER_IMPELLER_IMAGE_BACKENDS_SKIA_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_SKIA_H_
+#ifndef FLUTTER_IMPELLER_PLAYGROUND_IMAGE_BACKENDS_SKIA_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_SKIA_H_
+#define FLUTTER_IMPELLER_PLAYGROUND_IMAGE_BACKENDS_SKIA_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_SKIA_H_
 
 #include "flutter/fml/macros.h"
-#include "impeller/image/compressed_image.h"
+#include "impeller/playground/image/compressed_image.h"
 
 namespace impeller {
 
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ class CompressedImageSkia final : public CompressedImage {
 
 }  // namespace impeller
 
-#endif  // FLUTTER_IMPELLER_IMAGE_BACKENDS_SKIA_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_SKIA_H_
+#endif  // FLUTTER_IMPELLER_PLAYGROUND_IMAGE_BACKENDS_SKIA_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_SKIA_H_
diff --git a/impeller/image/compressed_image.cc b/impeller/playground/image/compressed_image.cc
similarity index 89%
rename from impeller/image/compressed_image.cc
rename to impeller/playground/image/compressed_image.cc
index 95f62b88bde76..5d1ad4e0fd7ae 100644
--- a/impeller/image/compressed_image.cc
+++ b/impeller/playground/image/compressed_image.cc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-#include "impeller/image/compressed_image.h"
+#include "impeller/playground/image/compressed_image.h"
 
 namespace impeller {
 
diff --git a/impeller/image/compressed_image.h b/impeller/playground/image/compressed_image.h
similarity index 72%
rename from impeller/image/compressed_image.h
rename to impeller/playground/image/compressed_image.h
index 69d69db81f928..5f6bf0089c05d 100644
--- a/impeller/image/compressed_image.h
+++ b/impeller/playground/image/compressed_image.h
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-#ifndef FLUTTER_IMPELLER_IMAGE_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_H_
-#define FLUTTER_IMPELLER_IMAGE_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_H_
+#ifndef FLUTTER_IMPELLER_PLAYGROUND_IMAGE_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_H_
+#define FLUTTER_IMPELLER_PLAYGROUND_IMAGE_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_H_
 
 #include <memory>
 
 #include "flutter/fml/macros.h"
 #include "flutter/fml/mapping.h"
 #include "impeller/geometry/size.h"
-#include "impeller/image/decompressed_image.h"
+#include "impeller/playground/image/decompressed_image.h"
 
 namespace impeller {
 
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ class CompressedImage {
 
 }  // namespace impeller
 
-#endif  // FLUTTER_IMPELLER_IMAGE_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_H_
+#endif  // FLUTTER_IMPELLER_PLAYGROUND_IMAGE_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_H_
diff --git a/impeller/image/decompressed_image.cc b/impeller/playground/image/decompressed_image.cc
similarity index 98%
rename from impeller/image/decompressed_image.cc
rename to impeller/playground/image/decompressed_image.cc
index 396aada36b9f4..70642ab492814 100644
--- a/impeller/image/decompressed_image.cc
+++ b/impeller/playground/image/decompressed_image.cc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-#include "impeller/image/decompressed_image.h"
+#include "impeller/playground/image/decompressed_image.h"
 
 #include <limits>
 
diff --git a/impeller/image/decompressed_image.h b/impeller/playground/image/decompressed_image.h
similarity index 83%
rename from impeller/image/decompressed_image.h
rename to impeller/playground/image/decompressed_image.h
index d6643b1a43119..300b9837bd0e9 100644
--- a/impeller/image/decompressed_image.h
+++ b/impeller/playground/image/decompressed_image.h
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-#ifndef FLUTTER_IMPELLER_IMAGE_DECOMPRESSED_IMAGE_H_
-#define FLUTTER_IMPELLER_IMAGE_DECOMPRESSED_IMAGE_H_
+#ifndef FLUTTER_IMPELLER_PLAYGROUND_IMAGE_DECOMPRESSED_IMAGE_H_
+#define FLUTTER_IMPELLER_PLAYGROUND_IMAGE_DECOMPRESSED_IMAGE_H_
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <optional>
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ class DecompressedImage {
 
 }  // namespace impeller
 
-#endif  // FLUTTER_IMPELLER_IMAGE_DECOMPRESSED_IMAGE_H_
+#endif  // FLUTTER_IMPELLER_PLAYGROUND_IMAGE_DECOMPRESSED_IMAGE_H_
diff --git a/impeller/playground/playground.cc b/impeller/playground/playground.cc
index 52ab0aaee66f4..be8fa71069075 100644
--- a/impeller/playground/playground.cc
+++ b/impeller/playground/playground.cc
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 #include <sstream>
 
 #include "fml/time/time_point.h"
-#include "impeller/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.h"
-#include "impeller/image/decompressed_image.h"
+#include "impeller/playground/image/backends/skia/compressed_image_skia.h"
+#include "impeller/playground/image/decompressed_image.h"
 #include "impeller/renderer/command_buffer.h"
 #include "impeller/runtime_stage/runtime_stage.h"
 
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 #include "impeller/base/validation.h"
 #include "impeller/core/allocator.h"
 #include "impeller/core/formats.h"
-#include "impeller/image/compressed_image.h"
 #include "impeller/playground/backend/vulkan/swiftshader_utilities.h"
+#include "impeller/playground/image/compressed_image.h"
 #include "impeller/playground/imgui/imgui_impl_impeller.h"
 #include "impeller/playground/playground.h"
 #include "impeller/playground/playground_impl.h"
diff --git a/impeller/playground/playground.h b/impeller/playground/playground.h
index 6a08c623b2803..9c6cde6467d6a 100644
--- a/impeller/playground/playground.h
+++ b/impeller/playground/playground.h
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 #include "impeller/core/runtime_types.h"
 #include "impeller/core/texture.h"
 #include "impeller/geometry/point.h"
-#include "impeller/image/compressed_image.h"
-#include "impeller/image/decompressed_image.h"
+#include "impeller/playground/image/compressed_image.h"
+#include "impeller/playground/image/decompressed_image.h"
 #include "impeller/playground/switches.h"
 #include "impeller/renderer/render_pass.h"
 #include "impeller/renderer/renderer.h"
diff --git a/impeller/renderer/BUILD.gn b/impeller/renderer/BUILD.gn
index 9fdc8964bc18f..2cf663bc4db1d 100644
--- a/impeller/renderer/BUILD.gn
+++ b/impeller/renderer/BUILD.gn
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ impeller_component("renderer") {
     "../base",
     "../core",
     "../geometry",
-    "../image",
     "../runtime_stage",
     "../tessellator",
   ]
diff --git a/impeller/scene/node.cc b/impeller/scene/node.cc
index 77c090f135301..aad7fc67199e7 100644
--- a/impeller/scene/node.cc
+++ b/impeller/scene/node.cc
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "impeller/base/thread.h"
 #include "impeller/base/validation.h"
 #include "impeller/geometry/matrix.h"
-#include "impeller/image/decompressed_image.h"
 #include "impeller/scene/animation/animation_player.h"
 #include "impeller/scene/importer/conversions.h"
 #include "impeller/scene/importer/scene_flatbuffers.h"
@@ -80,17 +79,12 @@ static std::shared_ptr<Texture> UnpackTextureFromFlatbuffer(
       return nullptr;
   }
 
-  DecompressedImage::Format format;
   switch (embedded->component_count()) {
-    case 1:
-      format = DecompressedImage::Format::kGrey;
-      break;
-    case 3:
-      format = DecompressedImage::Format::kRGB;
-      break;
     case 4:
-      format = DecompressedImage::Format::kRGBA;
+      // RGBA.
       break;
+    case 1:
+    case 3:
     default:
       FML_LOG(WARNING) << "Textures with " << embedded->component_count()
                        << " components are not supported." << std::endl;
@@ -106,15 +100,11 @@ static std::shared_ptr<Texture> UnpackTextureFromFlatbuffer(
 
   auto image_mapping = std::make_shared<fml::NonOwnedMapping>(
       embedded->bytes()->Data(), embedded->bytes()->size());
-  auto decompressed_image =
-      DecompressedImage(ISize(embedded->width(), embedded->height()), format,
-                        image_mapping)
-          .ConvertToRGBA();
 
   auto texture_descriptor = TextureDescriptor{};
   texture_descriptor.storage_mode = StorageMode::kHostVisible;
   texture_descriptor.format = PixelFormat::kR8G8B8A8UNormInt;
-  texture_descriptor.size = decompressed_image.GetSize();
+  texture_descriptor.size = ISize(embedded->width(), embedded->height());
   // TODO(bdero): Generate mipmaps for embedded textures.
   texture_descriptor.mip_count = 1u;
 
@@ -124,7 +114,7 @@ static std::shared_ptr<Texture> UnpackTextureFromFlatbuffer(
     return nullptr;
   }
 
-  auto uploaded = texture->SetContents(decompressed_image.GetAllocation());
+  auto uploaded = texture->SetContents(image_mapping);
   if (!uploaded) {
     FML_LOG(ERROR) << "Could not upload texture to device memory.";
     return nullptr;
diff --git a/impeller/scene/scene_unittests.cc b/impeller/scene/scene_unittests.cc
index 875e9fc1d9fb4..ff014b80ef448 100644
--- a/impeller/scene/scene_unittests.cc
+++ b/impeller/scene/scene_unittests.cc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "impeller/geometry/matrix.h"
 #include "impeller/geometry/quaternion.h"
 #include "impeller/geometry/vector.h"
-#include "impeller/image/decompressed_image.h"
+#include "impeller/playground/image/decompressed_image.h"
 #include "impeller/playground/playground.h"
 #include "impeller/playground/playground_test.h"
 #include "impeller/scene/animation/animation_clip.h"