diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-framebuffer-private.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-framebuffer-private.h
index 7bb02456d..09a79981c 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-framebuffer-private.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-framebuffer-private.h
@@ -371,18 +371,6 @@ _cogl_framebuffer_draw_indexed_attributes (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer,
                                            int n_attributes,
                                            CoglDrawFlags flags);
 
-gboolean
-_cogl_framebuffer_try_creating_gl_fbo (CoglContext *ctx,
-                                       CoglTexture *texture,
-                                       int texture_level,
-                                       int texture_level_width,
-                                       int texture_level_height,
-                                       CoglTexture *depth_texture,
-                                       CoglFramebufferConfig *config,
-                                       CoglOffscreenAllocateFlags flags,
-                                       CoglGLFramebuffer *gl_framebuffer);
-
-
 void
 cogl_framebuffer_set_viewport4fv (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer,
                                   float *viewport);
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-framebuffer-gl.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-framebuffer-gl.c
index 3c91c9ff8..4eb914052 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-framebuffer-gl.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-framebuffer-gl.c
@@ -730,28 +730,6 @@ try_creating_fbo (CoglContext *ctx,
   return TRUE;
 }
 
-gboolean
-_cogl_framebuffer_try_creating_gl_fbo (CoglContext *ctx,
-                                       CoglTexture *texture,
-                                       int texture_level,
-                                       int texture_level_width,
-                                       int texture_level_height,
-                                       CoglTexture *depth_texture,
-                                       CoglFramebufferConfig *config,
-                                       CoglOffscreenAllocateFlags flags,
-                                       CoglGLFramebuffer *gl_framebuffer)
-{
-  return try_creating_fbo (ctx,
-                           texture,
-                           texture_level,
-                           texture_level_width,
-                           texture_level_height,
-                           depth_texture,
-                           config,
-                           flags,
-                           gl_framebuffer);
-}
-
 gboolean
 _cogl_offscreen_gl_allocate (CoglOffscreen *offscreen,
                              GError **error)