diff --git a/src/ui/theme-private.h b/src/ui/theme-private.h
index 1128d34b1..de993cb6b 100644
--- a/src/ui/theme-private.h
+++ b/src/ui/theme-private.h
@@ -1085,20 +1085,6 @@ void meta_theme_draw_frame (MetaTheme              *theme,
                             GdkPixbuf              *mini_icon,
                             GdkPixbuf              *icon);
 
-void meta_theme_draw_frame_by_name (MetaTheme              *theme,
-                                    GtkWidget              *widget,
-                                    cairo_t                *cr,
-                                    const gchar             *style_name,
-                                    MetaFrameFlags          flags,
-                                    int                     client_width,
-                                    int                     client_height,
-                                    PangoLayout            *title_layout,
-                                    int                     text_height,
-                                    const MetaButtonLayout *button_layout,
-                                    MetaButtonState         button_states[META_BUTTON_TYPE_LAST],
-                                    GdkPixbuf              *mini_icon,
-                                    GdkPixbuf              *icon);
-
 void meta_theme_draw_frame_with_style (MetaTheme              *theme,
                                        GtkStyleContext        *style_gtk,
                                        GtkWidget              *widget,
diff --git a/src/ui/theme.c b/src/ui/theme.c
index d240ef7d2..c8b5fc2d1 100644
--- a/src/ui/theme.c
+++ b/src/ui/theme.c
@@ -5559,49 +5559,6 @@ meta_theme_draw_frame (MetaTheme              *theme,
                                     mini_icon, icon);
 }
 
-void
-meta_theme_draw_frame_by_name (MetaTheme              *theme,
-                               GtkWidget              *widget,
-                               cairo_t                *cr,
-                               const gchar             *style_name,
-                               MetaFrameFlags          flags,
-                               int                     client_width,
-                               int                     client_height,
-                               PangoLayout            *title_layout,
-                               int                     text_height,
-                               const MetaButtonLayout *button_layout,
-                               MetaButtonState         button_states[META_BUTTON_TYPE_LAST],
-                               GdkPixbuf              *mini_icon,
-                               GdkPixbuf              *icon)
-{
-  MetaFrameGeometry fgeom;
-  MetaFrameStyle *style;
-
-  style = meta_theme_lookup_style (theme, style_name);
-  
-  /* Parser is not supposed to allow this currently */
-  if (style == NULL)
-    return;
-  
-  meta_frame_layout_calc_geometry (style->layout,
-                                   text_height,
-                                   flags,
-                                   client_width, client_height,
-                                   button_layout,
-                                   &fgeom,
-                                   theme);  
-
-  meta_frame_style_draw (style,
-                         widget,
-                         cr,
-                         &fgeom,
-                         client_width, client_height,
-                         title_layout,
-                         text_height,
-                         button_states,
-                         mini_icon, icon);
-}
-
 void
 meta_theme_get_frame_borders (MetaTheme        *theme,
                               MetaFrameType     type,