diff --git a/src/core/stack.c b/src/core/stack.c
index 2a4e83e8a..fc7c71ad0 100644
--- a/src/core/stack.c
+++ b/src/core/stack.c
@@ -942,20 +942,6 @@ meta_stack_get_top (MetaStack *stack)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-MetaWindow *
-meta_stack_get_bottom (MetaStack  *stack)
-{
-  GList *link;
-
-  stack_ensure_sorted (stack);
-
-  link = g_list_last (stack->sorted);
-  if (link != NULL)
-    return link->data;
-  else
-    return NULL;
-}
-
 MetaWindow *
 meta_stack_get_above (MetaStack  *stack,
                       MetaWindow *window,
diff --git a/src/core/stack.h b/src/core/stack.h
index 1be792a36..ef7459cdd 100644
--- a/src/core/stack.h
+++ b/src/core/stack.h
@@ -210,16 +210,6 @@ void        meta_stack_thaw (MetaStack *stack);
  */
 MetaWindow * meta_stack_get_top (MetaStack  *stack);
 
-/**
- * meta_stack_get_bottom:
- * @stack: The stack to search
- *
- * Finds the window at the bottom of the stack.  Since that's pretty much
- * always the desktop, this isn't the most useful of functions, and nobody
- * actually calls it.  We should probably get rid of it.
- */
-MetaWindow * meta_stack_get_bottom (MetaStack  *stack);
-
 /**
  * meta_stack_get_above:
  * @stack: The stack to search.