diff --git a/cogl/cogl-object.c b/cogl/cogl-object.c
index 7a5472ce3..f80a0ea32 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-object.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl-object.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ cogl_handle_unref (CoglHandle handle)
 }
 
 GType
-cogl_object_get_type (void)
+cogl_handle_get_type (void)
 {
   static GType our_type = 0;
 
@@ -117,12 +117,6 @@ cogl_object_get_type (void)
   return our_type;
 }
 
-GType
-cogl_handle_get_type (void)
-{
-  return cogl_object_get_type ();
-}
-
 /* XXX: Unlike for cogl_object_get_user_data this code will return
  * an empty entry if available and no entry for the given key can be
  * found. */