diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-window-drag.c b/src/compositor/meta-window-drag.c
index d53afd2d5..cb9595552 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-window-drag.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-window-drag.c
@@ -1275,11 +1275,7 @@ update_move (MetaWindowDrag          *window_drag,
        * pretend like we started dragging from the middle of the titlebar
        * instead, as the "correct" anchoring looks wrong. */
       if (window_drag->anchor_root_y < window_drag->initial_window_pos.y)
-        {
-          MtkRectangle titlebar_rect;
-          meta_window_get_titlebar_rect (window, &titlebar_rect);
-          window_drag->anchor_root_y = window_drag->initial_window_pos.y + titlebar_rect.height / 2;
-        }
+        window_drag->anchor_root_y = window_drag->initial_window_pos.y + META_WINDOW_TITLEBAR_HEIGHT / 2;
 
       window->saved_rect.x = window_drag->initial_window_pos.x;
       window->saved_rect.y = window_drag->initial_window_pos.y;
diff --git a/src/core/constraints.c b/src/core/constraints.c
index eb68a3cd9..0509a6be3 100644
--- a/src/core/constraints.c
+++ b/src/core/constraints.c
@@ -712,23 +712,20 @@ update_onscreen_requirements (MetaWindow     *window,
 #ifdef HAVE_X11_CLIENT
   if (window->client_type == META_WINDOW_CLIENT_TYPE_X11 && window->decorated)
     {
-      MtkRectangle titlebar_rect, frame_rect;
+      MtkRectangle frame_rect;
       MetaFrame *frame = meta_window_x11_get_frame (window);
 
       if (!frame)
         return;
 
-      meta_window_get_titlebar_rect (window, &titlebar_rect);
       meta_window_get_frame_rect (window, &frame_rect);
-
       /* translate into screen coordinates */
-      titlebar_rect.x = frame_rect.x;
-      titlebar_rect.y = frame_rect.y;
+      frame_rect.height = META_WINDOW_TITLEBAR_HEIGHT;
 
       old = window->require_titlebar_visible;
       window->require_titlebar_visible =
         meta_rectangle_overlaps_with_region (info->usable_screen_region,
-                                             &titlebar_rect);
+                                             &frame_rect);
       if (old != window->require_titlebar_visible)
         meta_topic (META_DEBUG_GEOMETRY,
                     "require_titlebar_visible for %s toggled to %s",
diff --git a/src/core/place.c b/src/core/place.c
index 23eb68e7f..17988bb82 100644
--- a/src/core/place.c
+++ b/src/core/place.c
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ find_next_cascade (MetaWindow *window,
   GList *tmp;
   GList *sorted;
   int cascade_origin_x, cascade_x, cascade_y;
-  MtkRectangle titlebar_rect;
   int x_threshold, y_threshold;
   MtkRectangle frame_rect;
   int window_width, window_height;
@@ -146,9 +145,8 @@ find_next_cascade (MetaWindow *window,
    * manually cascade.
    */
 #define CASCADE_FUZZ 15
-  meta_window_get_titlebar_rect (window, &titlebar_rect);
-  x_threshold = MAX (titlebar_rect.x, CASCADE_FUZZ);
-  y_threshold = MAX (titlebar_rect.y, CASCADE_FUZZ);
+  x_threshold = CASCADE_FUZZ;
+  y_threshold = CASCADE_FUZZ;
 
   /* Find furthest-SE origin of all workspaces.
    * cascade_x, cascade_y are the target position
@@ -202,13 +200,11 @@ find_next_cascade (MetaWindow *window,
 
       if (nearby)
         {
-          meta_window_get_titlebar_rect (w, &titlebar_rect);
-
           /* Cascade the window evenly by the titlebar height; this isn't a typo. */
           cascade_x = ltr
-            ? wx + titlebar_rect.height
-            : wx + ww - titlebar_rect.height - window_width;
-          cascade_y = wy + titlebar_rect.height;
+            ? wx + META_WINDOW_TITLEBAR_HEIGHT
+            : wx + ww - META_WINDOW_TITLEBAR_HEIGHT - window_width;
+          cascade_y = wy + META_WINDOW_TITLEBAR_HEIGHT;
 
           /* If we go off the screen, start over with a new cascade */
           if (((cascade_x + window_width) >
diff --git a/src/core/window-private.h b/src/core/window-private.h
index a76cab96b..1e0fa8f2b 100644
--- a/src/core/window-private.h
+++ b/src/core/window-private.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 
 typedef struct _MetaWindowQueue MetaWindowQueue;
 
+#define META_WINDOW_TITLEBAR_HEIGHT 50
+
 typedef enum
 {
   META_CLIENT_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0,
@@ -786,8 +788,6 @@ gboolean meta_window_handle_ungrabbed_event (MetaWindow         *window,
 
 void meta_window_get_client_area_rect (const MetaWindow *window,
                                        MtkRectangle     *rect);
-void meta_window_get_titlebar_rect (MetaWindow   *window,
-                                    MtkRectangle *titlebar_rect);
 
 void meta_window_activate_full (MetaWindow     *window,
                                 guint32         timestamp,
diff --git a/src/core/window.c b/src/core/window.c
index da5e4e112..7bbfb6cb9 100644
--- a/src/core/window.c
+++ b/src/core/window.c
@@ -4415,28 +4415,6 @@ meta_window_get_client_area_rect (const MetaWindow *window,
   rect->height = window->buffer_rect.height - borders.total.top - borders.total.bottom;
 }
 
-void
-meta_window_get_titlebar_rect (MetaWindow   *window,
-                               MtkRectangle *rect)
-{
-  meta_window_get_frame_rect (window, rect);
-
-  /* The returned rectangle is relative to the frame rect. */
-  rect->x = 0;
-  rect->y = 0;
-
-  if (window->frame)
-    {
-      rect->height = window->frame->child_y;
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      /* Pick an arbitrary height for a titlebar. We might want to
-       * eventually have CSD windows expose their borders to us. */
-      rect->height = 50;
-    }
-}
-
 /**
  * meta_window_get_startup_id:
  * @window: a #MetaWindow