diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3f7757a8e..4d33daa94 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ SHARED_PCS="gio-unix-2.0 >= $GIO_MIN_VERSION
             gjs-internals-1.0 >= $GJS_MIN_VERSION
             $recorder_modules
             gdk-x11-3.0 libsoup-2.4
-            xtst
             clutter-x11-1.0 >= $CLUTTER_MIN_VERSION
             clutter-glx-1.0 >= $CLUTTER_MIN_VERSION
             libstartup-notification-1.0 >= $STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_MIN_VERSION
diff --git a/src/shell-util.c b/src/shell-util.c
index c3936c1a8..e263083ed 100644
--- a/src/shell-util.c
+++ b/src/shell-util.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 #include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
 #include <gdk/gdkx.h>
-#include <X11/extensions/XTest.h>
 
 #include <locale.h>
 #ifdef HAVE__NL_TIME_FIRST_WEEKDAY