diff --git a/video/receive_statistics_proxy.cc b/video/receive_statistics_proxy.cc
index 422f148..1384ae7 100644
--- a/video/receive_statistics_proxy.cc
+++ b/video/receive_statistics_proxy.cc
@@ -80,11 +80,9 @@
 
 }  // namespace
 
-ReceiveStatisticsProxy::ReceiveStatisticsProxy(
-    const VideoReceiveStream::Config* config,
-    Clock* clock)
+ReceiveStatisticsProxy::ReceiveStatisticsProxy(uint32_t remote_ssrc,
+                                               Clock* clock)
     : clock_(clock),
-      config_(*config),
       start_ms_(clock->TimeInMilliseconds()),
       enable_decode_time_histograms_(
           !field_trial::IsEnabled("WebRTC-DecodeTimeHistogramsKillSwitch")),
@@ -120,7 +118,7 @@
       timing_frame_info_counter_(kMovingMaxWindowMs) {
   decode_thread_.Detach();
   network_thread_.Detach();
-  stats_.ssrc = config_.rtp.remote_ssrc;
+  stats_.ssrc = remote_ssrc;
 }
 
 void ReceiveStatisticsProxy::UpdateHistograms(
diff --git a/video/receive_statistics_proxy.h b/video/receive_statistics_proxy.h
index 1e5189d..0115417 100644
--- a/video/receive_statistics_proxy.h
+++ b/video/receive_statistics_proxy.h
@@ -42,8 +42,11 @@
                                public RtcpPacketTypeCounterObserver,
                                public CallStatsObserver {
  public:
-  ReceiveStatisticsProxy(const VideoReceiveStream::Config* config,
-                         Clock* clock);
+  // TODO(tommi): Remove when downstream callers have been fixed.
+  // DEPRECATED ctor.
+  ReceiveStatisticsProxy(const VideoReceiveStream::Config* config, Clock* clock)
+      : ReceiveStatisticsProxy(config->rtp.remote_ssrc, clock) {}
+  ReceiveStatisticsProxy(uint32_t remote_ssrc, Clock* clock);
   ~ReceiveStatisticsProxy() = default;
 
   VideoReceiveStream::Stats GetStats() const;
@@ -139,14 +142,6 @@
       int64_t now_ms) const RTC_EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(mutex_);
 
   Clock* const clock_;
-  // Ownership of this object lies with the owner of the ReceiveStatisticsProxy
-  // instance.  Lifetime is guaranteed to outlive `this`.
-  // TODO(tommi): In practice the config_ reference is only used for accessing
-  // config_.rtp.ulpfec.ulpfec_payload_type.  Instead of holding a pointer back,
-  // we could just store the value of ulpfec_payload_type and change the
-  // ReceiveStatisticsProxy() ctor to accept a const& of Config (since we'll
-  // then no longer store a pointer to the object).
-  const VideoReceiveStream::Config& config_;
   const int64_t start_ms_;
   const bool enable_decode_time_histograms_;
 
diff --git a/video/receive_statistics_proxy_unittest.cc b/video/receive_statistics_proxy_unittest.cc
index fab8fd3..97fcdd6 100644
--- a/video/receive_statistics_proxy_unittest.cc
+++ b/video/receive_statistics_proxy_unittest.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
  protected:
   virtual void SetUp() {
     metrics::Reset();
-    statistics_proxy_.reset(new ReceiveStatisticsProxy(&config_, &fake_clock_));
+    statistics_proxy_.reset(
+        new ReceiveStatisticsProxy(config_.rtp.remote_ssrc, &fake_clock_));
   }
 
   VideoReceiveStream::Config GetTestConfig() {
diff --git a/video/video_receive_stream.cc b/video/video_receive_stream.cc
index 6823a1e..34a8b15 100644
--- a/video/video_receive_stream.cc
+++ b/video/video_receive_stream.cc
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
       clock_(clock),
       call_stats_(call_stats),
       source_tracker_(clock_),
-      stats_proxy_(&config_, clock_),
+      stats_proxy_(config_.rtp.remote_ssrc, clock_),
       rtp_receive_statistics_(ReceiveStatistics::Create(clock_)),
       timing_(timing),
       video_receiver_(clock_, timing_.get()),