diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-window-actor-wayland.c b/src/compositor/meta-window-actor-wayland.c
index 93f12a7d6..a135d2805 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-window-actor-wayland.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-window-actor-wayland.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+#include "compositor/meta-cullable.h"
 #include "compositor/meta-surface-actor-wayland.h"
 #include "compositor/meta-window-actor-wayland.h"
 #include "meta/meta-window-actor.h"
@@ -32,7 +33,12 @@ struct _MetaWindowActorWayland
   MetaWindowActor parent;
 };
 
-G_DEFINE_TYPE (MetaWindowActorWayland, meta_window_actor_wayland, META_TYPE_WINDOW_ACTOR)
+static void cullable_iface_init (MetaCullableInterface *iface);
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (MetaWindowActorWayland, meta_window_actor_wayland,
+                         META_TYPE_WINDOW_ACTOR,
+                         G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (META_TYPE_CULLABLE,
+                                                cullable_iface_init))
 
 typedef struct _SurfaceTreeTraverseData
 {
@@ -125,6 +131,29 @@ meta_window_actor_wayland_rebuild_surface_tree (MetaWindowActor *actor)
                    &traverse_data);
 }
 
+static void
+meta_window_actor_wayland_cull_out (MetaCullable   *cullable,
+                                    cairo_region_t *unobscured_region,
+                                    cairo_region_t *clip_region)
+{
+  meta_cullable_cull_out_children (cullable,
+                                   unobscured_region,
+                                   clip_region);
+}
+
+static void
+meta_window_actor_wayland_reset_culling (MetaCullable *cullable)
+{
+  meta_cullable_reset_culling_children (cullable);
+}
+
+static void
+cullable_iface_init (MetaCullableInterface *iface)
+{
+  iface->cull_out = meta_window_actor_wayland_cull_out;
+  iface->reset_culling = meta_window_actor_wayland_reset_culling;
+}
+
 static MetaSurfaceActor *
 meta_window_actor_wayland_get_scanout_candidate (MetaWindowActor *actor)
 {
diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-window-actor-x11.c b/src/compositor/meta-window-actor-x11.c
index 1b591df46..158b91219 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-window-actor-x11.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-window-actor-x11.c
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ struct _MetaWindowActorX11
   gboolean is_frozen;
 };
 
-static MetaCullableInterface *cullable_parent_iface;
-
 static void cullable_iface_init (MetaCullableInterface *iface);
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (MetaWindowActorX11, meta_window_actor_x11, META_TYPE_WINDOW_ACTOR,
@@ -1633,7 +1631,9 @@ meta_window_actor_x11_cull_out (MetaCullable   *cullable,
 {
   MetaWindowActorX11 *self = META_WINDOW_ACTOR_X11 (cullable);
 
-  cullable_parent_iface->cull_out (cullable, unobscured_region, clip_region);
+  meta_cullable_cull_out_children (cullable,
+                                   unobscured_region,
+                                   clip_region);
 
   set_clip_region_beneath (self, clip_region);
 }
@@ -1645,14 +1645,12 @@ meta_window_actor_x11_reset_culling (MetaCullable *cullable)
 
   g_clear_pointer (&actor_x11->shadow_clip, cairo_region_destroy);
 
-  cullable_parent_iface->reset_culling (cullable);
+  meta_cullable_reset_culling_children (cullable);
 }
 
 static void
 cullable_iface_init (MetaCullableInterface *iface)
 {
-  cullable_parent_iface = g_type_interface_peek_parent (iface);
-
   iface->cull_out = meta_window_actor_x11_cull_out;
   iface->reset_culling = meta_window_actor_x11_reset_culling;
 }
diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-window-actor.c b/src/compositor/meta-window-actor.c
index b39bfc632..85309eeb6 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-window-actor.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-window-actor.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #include "backends/meta-screen-cast-window.h"
 #include "compositor/compositor-private.h"
-#include "compositor/meta-cullable.h"
 #include "compositor/meta-shaped-texture-private.h"
 #include "compositor/meta-surface-actor-x11.h"
 #include "compositor/meta-surface-actor.h"
@@ -114,13 +113,10 @@ static MetaSurfaceActor * meta_window_actor_real_get_scanout_candidate (MetaWind
 static void meta_window_actor_real_assign_surface_actor (MetaWindowActor  *self,
                                                          MetaSurfaceActor *surface_actor);
 
-static void cullable_iface_init (MetaCullableInterface *iface);
-
 static void screen_cast_window_iface_init (MetaScreenCastWindowInterface *iface);
 
 G_DEFINE_ABSTRACT_TYPE_WITH_CODE (MetaWindowActor, meta_window_actor, CLUTTER_TYPE_ACTOR,
                                   G_ADD_PRIVATE (MetaWindowActor)
-                                  G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (META_TYPE_CULLABLE, cullable_iface_init)
                                   G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (META_TYPE_SCREEN_CAST_WINDOW, screen_cast_window_iface_init));
 
 static void
@@ -1035,28 +1031,6 @@ see_region (cairo_region_t *region,
 }
 #endif
 
-
-static void
-meta_window_actor_cull_out (MetaCullable   *cullable,
-                            cairo_region_t *unobscured_region,
-                            cairo_region_t *clip_region)
-{
-  meta_cullable_cull_out_children (cullable, unobscured_region, clip_region);
-}
-
-static void
-meta_window_actor_reset_culling (MetaCullable *cullable)
-{
-  meta_cullable_reset_culling_children (cullable);
-}
-
-static void
-cullable_iface_init (MetaCullableInterface *iface)
-{
-  iface->cull_out = meta_window_actor_cull_out;
-  iface->reset_culling = meta_window_actor_reset_culling;
-}
-
 void
 meta_window_actor_sync_visibility (MetaWindowActor *self)
 {