diff --git a/src/core/display-private.h b/src/core/display-private.h
index 3194afce3..885940120 100644
--- a/src/core/display-private.h
+++ b/src/core/display-private.h
@@ -498,5 +498,7 @@ void meta_display_update_focus_window (MetaDisplay *display,
 
 void meta_display_sanity_check_timestamps (MetaDisplay *display,
                                            guint32      timestamp);
+gboolean meta_display_timestamp_too_old (MetaDisplay *display,
+                                         guint32     *timestamp);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/core/display.c b/src/core/display.c
index 2910c69a1..1eb39ecc8 100644
--- a/src/core/display.c
+++ b/src/core/display.c
@@ -1700,9 +1700,9 @@ meta_display_update_focus_window (MetaDisplay *display,
   meta_display_update_active_window_hint (display);
 }
 
-static gboolean
-timestamp_too_old (MetaDisplay *display,
-                   guint32     *timestamp)
+gboolean
+meta_display_timestamp_too_old (MetaDisplay *display,
+                                guint32     *timestamp)
 {
   /* FIXME: If Soeren's suggestion in bug 151984 is implemented, it will allow
    * us to sanity check the timestamp here and ensure it doesn't correspond to
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ request_xserver_input_focus_change (MetaDisplay *display,
 {
   gulong serial;
 
-  if (timestamp_too_old (display, &timestamp))
+  if (meta_display_timestamp_too_old (display, &timestamp))
     return;
 
   meta_error_trap_push (display);
@@ -3404,22 +3404,6 @@ meta_display_set_input_focus_window (MetaDisplay *display,
                                       timestamp);
 }
 
-void
-meta_display_request_take_focus (MetaDisplay *display,
-                                 MetaWindow  *window,
-                                 guint32      timestamp)
-{
-  if (timestamp_too_old (display, &timestamp))
-    return;
-
-  meta_topic (META_DEBUG_FOCUS, "WM_TAKE_FOCUS(%s, %u)\n",
-              window->desc, timestamp);
-
-  meta_window_send_icccm_message (window,
-                                  display->atom_WM_TAKE_FOCUS,
-                                  timestamp);
-}
-
 void
 meta_display_set_input_focus_xwindow (MetaDisplay *display,
                                       MetaScreen  *screen,
diff --git a/src/meta/display.h b/src/meta/display.h
index 60e9ab14d..c882ac4aa 100644
--- a/src/meta/display.h
+++ b/src/meta/display.h
@@ -163,10 +163,6 @@ void meta_display_set_input_focus_window   (MetaDisplay *display,
                                             gboolean     focus_frame,
                                             guint32      timestamp);
 
-void meta_display_request_take_focus       (MetaDisplay *display,
-                                            MetaWindow  *window,
-                                            guint32      timestamp);
-
 /* meta_display_focus_the_no_focus_window is called when the
  * designated no_focus_window should be focused, but is otherwise the
  * same as meta_display_set_input_focus_window
diff --git a/src/x11/window-x11.c b/src/x11/window-x11.c
index aae590609..58c3d1979 100644
--- a/src/x11/window-x11.c
+++ b/src/x11/window-x11.c
@@ -386,6 +386,18 @@ meta_window_x11_kill (MetaWindow *window)
   meta_error_trap_pop (window->display);
 }
 
+static void
+request_take_focus (MetaWindow *window,
+                    guint32     timestamp)
+{
+  MetaDisplay *display = window->display;
+
+  meta_topic (META_DEBUG_FOCUS, "WM_TAKE_FOCUS(%s, %u)\n",
+              window->desc, timestamp);
+
+  meta_window_send_icccm_message (window, display->atom_WM_TAKE_FOCUS, timestamp);
+}
+
 static void
 meta_window_x11_focus (MetaWindow *window,
                        guint32     timestamp)
@@ -448,9 +460,7 @@ meta_window_x11_focus (MetaWindow *window,
                                                         timestamp);
             }
 
-          meta_display_request_take_focus (window->display,
-                                           window,
-                                           timestamp);
+          request_take_focus (window, timestamp);
         }
     }
 }