diff --git a/clutter/cogl/cogl/cogl.c b/clutter/cogl/cogl/cogl.c
index ff5f67963..1c660552e 100644
--- a/clutter/cogl/cogl/cogl.c
+++ b/clutter/cogl/cogl/cogl.c
@@ -570,14 +570,6 @@ cogl_disable_fog (void)
   glDisable (GL_FOG);
 }
 
-#if 0
-void
-cogl_flush_gl_state (int flags)
-{
-  _cogl_draw_buffer_flush_state (_cogl_get_draw_buffer (), 0);
-}
-#endif
-
 void
 cogl_flush (void)
 {
diff --git a/clutter/cogl/cogl/cogl.h b/clutter/cogl/cogl/cogl.h
index e03688ee6..9f3442851 100644
--- a/clutter/cogl/cogl/cogl.h
+++ b/clutter/cogl/cogl/cogl.h
@@ -952,28 +952,6 @@ void            cogl_end_gl (void);
 
 void            _cogl_destroy_context          (void);
 
-/* XXX: Removed before we release Clutter 1.0 since the implementation
- * wasn't complete, and so we assume no one is using this yet. Util we
- * have some one with a good usecase, we can't pretend to support breaking
- * out into raw OpenGL. */
-
-#if 0
-/*
- * cogl_flush_gl_state:
- * @flags: flags controlling what is flushed; currently unused, pass in 0
- *
- * As an optimization, COGL functions may not immediately modify GL's
- * state, instead batching up changes and applying them "just in
- * time."  Unapplied state could include glEnable() flags and the
- * current transformation matrix among other examples. If you want to
- * use GL directly, you need to flush any state COGL may have kept
- * around. cogl_flush_gl_state() syncs all of COGL's state to GL.
- *
- * Since: 1.0
- */
-void            cogl_flush_gl_state         (int      flags);
-#endif
-
 /*< private >*/
 #define COGL_DRIVER_ERROR (_cogl_driver_error_quark ())
 
diff --git a/doc/reference/cogl/cogl-sections.txt b/doc/reference/cogl/cogl-sections.txt
index 713526648..c771d2f97 100644
--- a/doc/reference/cogl/cogl-sections.txt
+++ b/doc/reference/cogl/cogl-sections.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ cogl_read_pixels_flags_get_type
 cogl_shader_type_get_type
 cogl_texture_flags_get_type
 cogl_vertices_mode_get_type
-cogl_flush_gl_state
 </SECTION>
 
 <SECTION>