diff --git a/impeller/entity/contents/filters/directional_gaussian_blur_filter_contents.h b/impeller/entity/contents/filters/directional_gaussian_blur_filter_contents.h
index 548d1d409cf28..2ea5df044f2cb 100644
--- a/impeller/entity/contents/filters/directional_gaussian_blur_filter_contents.h
+++ b/impeller/entity/contents/filters/directional_gaussian_blur_filter_contents.h
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ namespace impeller {
 ///   - `FilterContents::MakeGaussianBlur`
 ///   - //flutter/impeller/entity/shaders/gaussian_blur/gaussian_blur.glsl
 ///
-///\deprecated Previously 2 of these were chained to do 2D blurs, use
-///            \ref GaussianBlurFilterContents instead since it has better
-///            performance.
 class DirectionalGaussianBlurFilterContents final : public FilterContents {
  public:
   DirectionalGaussianBlurFilterContents();
diff --git a/impeller/entity/contents/filters/filter_contents.cc b/impeller/entity/contents/filters/filter_contents.cc
index 1122d8632d9eb..5f2c310f78d9e 100644
--- a/impeller/entity/contents/filters/filter_contents.cc
+++ b/impeller/entity/contents/filters/filter_contents.cc
@@ -56,10 +56,38 @@ std::shared_ptr<FilterContents> FilterContents::MakeGaussianBlur(
     Sigma sigma_y,
     BlurStyle blur_style,
     Entity::TileMode tile_mode) {
-  auto blur = std::make_shared<GaussianBlurFilterContents>(
-      sigma_x.sigma, sigma_y.sigma, tile_mode);
-  blur->SetInputs({input});
-  return blur;
+  constexpr bool use_new_filter =
+#ifdef IMPELLER_ENABLE_NEW_GAUSSIAN_FILTER
+      true;
+#else
+      false;
+#endif
+
+  // TODO(https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/131580): Remove once the new
+  // blur handles all cases.
+  if (use_new_filter) {
+    auto blur = std::make_shared<GaussianBlurFilterContents>(
+        sigma_x.sigma, sigma_y.sigma, tile_mode);
+    blur->SetInputs({input});
+    return blur;
+  }
+  std::shared_ptr<FilterContents> x_blur = MakeDirectionalGaussianBlur(
+      /*input=*/input,
+      /*sigma=*/sigma_x,
+      /*direction=*/Point(1, 0),
+      /*blur_style=*/BlurStyle::kNormal,
+      /*tile_mode=*/tile_mode,
+      /*is_second_pass=*/false,
+      /*secondary_sigma=*/{});
+  std::shared_ptr<FilterContents> y_blur = MakeDirectionalGaussianBlur(
+      /*input=*/FilterInput::Make(x_blur),
+      /*sigma=*/sigma_y,
+      /*direction=*/Point(0, 1),
+      /*blur_style=*/blur_style,
+      /*tile_mode=*/tile_mode,
+      /*is_second_pass=*/true,
+      /*secondary_sigma=*/sigma_x);
+  return y_blur;
 }
 
 std::shared_ptr<FilterContents> FilterContents::MakeBorderMaskBlur(