diff --git a/js/ui/workspacesView.js b/js/ui/workspacesView.js
index ba3a1204f..1e08e245b 100644
--- a/js/ui/workspacesView.js
+++ b/js/ui/workspacesView.js
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ const Workspace = imports.ui.workspace;
 const WorkspaceThumbnail = imports.ui.workspaceThumbnail;
 
 const WORKSPACE_SWITCH_TIME = 0.25;
-// Note that mutter has a compile-time limit of 36
-const MAX_WORKSPACES = 16;
 
 const AnimationType = {
     ZOOM: 0,