diff --git a/include/onnxruntime/core/graph/rewrite_rule.h b/include/onnxruntime/core/graph/rewrite_rule.h
index d98c3779d9..db979bdfd2 100644
--- a/include/onnxruntime/core/graph/rewrite_rule.h
+++ b/include/onnxruntime/core/graph/rewrite_rule.h
@@ -8,58 +8,6 @@
 
 namespace onnxruntime {
 
-/**
-@class GraphEditor
-The API for Graph rewrite rules.
-*/
-class GraphEditor {
- public:
-  explicit GraphEditor(Graph& graph) noexcept : graph_{graph} {}
-
-  /** Add a node to this Graph */
-  Node& AddNode(const std::string& name,
-                const std::string& op_type,
-                const std::string& description,
-                const std::vector<NodeArg*>& input_args,
-                const std::vector<NodeArg*>& output_args,
-                const std::string& domain = "") {
-    return graph_.AddNode(name, op_type, description,
-                          input_args, output_args, nullptr, domain);
-  }
-
-  /** Copy an existing node into the Graph. */
-  Node& AddNode(const Node& other) {
-    return graph_.AddNode(other);
-  }
-
-  /** Remove a node from the Graph. */
-  bool RemoveNode(NodeIndex node_index) {
-    return graph_.RemoveNode(node_index);
-  }
-
-  /** Add a control edge between two Nodes in the Graph
-  The <dst> node does not consume any data output by <src>, so there is no input/output edge between them, 
-  but dst must executed after src so a control edge is required.
-  @param src NodeIndex from the Graph of the Node which must execute first.
-  @param dst NodeIndex from the Graph of the Node which must execute after src.
-  */
-  bool AddControlEdge(NodeIndex src, NodeIndex dst) {
-    return graph_.AddControlEdge(src, dst);
-  }
-
-  /** Resolve the Graph.
-  @returns Status with success or error information.
-  @remarks Resolve must be called after modifying the Graph is completed. */
-  common::Status Resolve() {
-    return graph_.Resolve();
-  }
-
- private:
-  ONNXRUNTIME_DISALLOW_COPY_ASSIGNMENT_AND_MOVE(GraphEditor);
-
-  Graph& graph_;
-};
-
 /**
 @class RewriteRule 
 
@@ -94,8 +42,8 @@ class RewriteRule {
   @param[in] node The Node to apply the rewrite to.
   @param[out] modified Set to indicate whether the node was modified or not.
   @returns Status indicating success or providing error information */
-  common::Status CheckConditionAndApply(GraphEditor& graph_editor, Node& node, bool& modified) {
-    return SatisfyCondition(node) ? Apply(graph_editor, node, modified) : Status::OK();
+  common::Status CheckConditionAndApply(Graph& graph, Node& node, bool& modified) {
+    return SatisfyCondition(node) ? Apply(graph, node, modified) : Status::OK();
   }
 
  private:
@@ -115,6 +63,6 @@ class RewriteRule {
   The transformation happens in-place. The return-value of node may be different
   from the input-value due to rewriting.
   The value of "modified" indicates if the graph was modified or not. */
-  virtual common::Status Apply(GraphEditor& graph_editor, Node& node, bool& modified) = 0;
+  virtual common::Status Apply(Graph& graph, Node& node, bool& modified) = 0;
 };
 }  // namespace onnxruntime
diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/graph/function_inliner.h b/onnxruntime/core/graph/function_inliner.h
index 1d277836c7..e3b5f927db 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/graph/function_inliner.h
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/graph/function_inliner.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class FunctionInliner : public onnxruntime::RewriteRule {
   FunctionInliner(const std::string& name, const std::string& desc)
       : RewriteRule(name, desc) {}
 
-  Status Apply(onnxruntime::GraphEditor /*graph_editor*/, onnxruntime::Node* /*node*/, bool* /*modified*/) override {
+  Status Apply(onnxruntime::Graph/*graph_editor*/, onnxruntime::Node* /*node*/, bool* /*modified*/) override {
     return Status::OK();
   }
 };
diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/graph/graph_transformer.cc b/onnxruntime/core/graph/graph_transformer.cc
index 54fc8b96a8..bcb5fa03bf 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/graph/graph_transformer.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/graph/graph_transformer.cc
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Status TopDownRuleBasedTransformer::Apply(Graph& graph, bool& modified) const {
   ONNXRUNTIME_RETURN_IF_ERROR(graph.Resolve());
   GraphViewer graph_viewer(graph);
   auto& order = graph_viewer.GetNodesInTopologicalOrder();
-  GraphEditor graph_editor(graph);
 
   for (NodeIndex i : order) {
     auto node = graph.GetNode(i);
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ Status TopDownRuleBasedTransformer::Apply(Graph& graph, bool& modified) const {
       continue;
 
     for (const auto& rule : *rules) {
-      ONNXRUNTIME_RETURN_IF_ERROR(rule->CheckConditionAndApply(graph_editor, *node, modified));
+      ONNXRUNTIME_RETURN_IF_ERROR(rule->CheckConditionAndApply(graph, *node, modified));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/graph/identity_elimination.cc b/onnxruntime/core/graph/identity_elimination.cc
index af9bf2c7be..969d136626 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/graph/identity_elimination.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/graph/identity_elimination.cc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace onnxruntime {
 
-Status EliminateIdentity::Apply(GraphEditor& graph_editor, Node& node, bool& modified) {
+Status EliminateIdentity::Apply(Graph& graph_editor, Node& node, bool& modified) {
   std::map<const NodeArg*, NodeArg*> replacement_defs;
   auto id_input = node.InputDefs()[0];
   auto id_output = node.OutputDefs()[0];
diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/graph/identity_elimination.h b/onnxruntime/core/graph/identity_elimination.h
index d1c7ab240f..57b16b5655 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/graph/identity_elimination.h
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/graph/identity_elimination.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class EliminateIdentity : public RewriteRule {
  private:
   bool SatisfyCondition(const Node& node) override;
 
-  Status Apply(GraphEditor& graph_editor, Node& node, bool& modified) override;
+  Status Apply(Graph& graph_editor, Node& node, bool& modified) override;
 };
 
 }  // namespace onnxruntime