diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-x11-renderer-private.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-x11-renderer-private.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a0559580..000000000
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-x11-renderer-private.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Cogl
- *
- * A Low Level GPU Graphics and Utilities API
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Intel Corporation.
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
- * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
- * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
- * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
- * modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
- * of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
- * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
- * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
- * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
- * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
- * BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
- * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
- * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- * SOFTWARE.
- *
- *
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-typedef struct _CoglX11Renderer
-{
-  int damage_base;
-  int randr_base;
-} CoglX11Renderer;
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib-renderer-private.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib-renderer-private.h
index b6c5a5315..bc79b558e 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib-renderer-private.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib-renderer-private.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
 #include <X11/extensions/Xrandr.h>
 
-#include "cogl/cogl-x11-renderer-private.h"
 #include "cogl/cogl-context.h"
 
 typedef struct _CoglXlibOutput
@@ -49,6 +48,12 @@ typedef struct _CoglXlibOutput
   SubpixelOrder subpixel_order;
 } CoglXlibOutput;
 
+typedef struct _CoglX11Renderer
+{
+  int damage_base;
+  int randr_base;
+} CoglX11Renderer;
+
 typedef struct _CoglXlibRenderer
 {
   CoglX11Renderer _parent;
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib-renderer.c b/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib-renderer.c
index 3e757ebf9..d35178055 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib-renderer.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib-renderer.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 
 #include "cogl/cogl-renderer-private.h"
 #include "cogl/cogl-xlib-renderer-private.h"
-#include "cogl/cogl-x11-renderer-private.h"
 #include "cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-private.h"
 #include "mtk/mtk-x11.h"
 
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/meson.build b/cogl/cogl/meson.build
index e52a7fb8b..9957d361a 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/meson.build
+++ b/cogl/cogl/meson.build
@@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ if have_x11
   cogl_sources += [
     'cogl-x11-onscreen.c',
     'cogl-x11-onscreen.h',
-    'cogl-x11-renderer-private.h',
     'cogl-xlib-renderer-private.h',
     'cogl-xlib-renderer.c',
     'winsys/cogl-texture-pixmap-x11-private.h',
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-texture-pixmap-x11.c b/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-texture-pixmap-x11.c
index e2234f757..edb355462 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-texture-pixmap-x11.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-texture-pixmap-x11.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 #include "cogl/cogl-renderer-private.h"
 #include "cogl/cogl-xlib-renderer.h"
 #include "cogl/cogl-xlib-renderer-private.h"
-#include "cogl/cogl-x11-renderer-private.h"
 #include "cogl/cogl-private.h"
 #include "cogl/driver/gl/cogl-texture-gl-private.h"
 #include "cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-private.h"