diff --git a/src/backends/x11/meta-keymap-x11.c b/src/backends/x11/meta-keymap-x11.c
index e06a7c128..dbb07723b 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/meta-keymap-x11.c
+++ b/src/backends/x11/meta-keymap-x11.c
@@ -618,13 +618,6 @@ meta_keymap_x11_handle_event (MetaKeymapX11 *keymap_x11,
   return retval;
 }
 
-int
-meta_keymap_x11_get_key_group (MetaKeymapX11       *keymap,
-                               ClutterModifierType  state)
-{
-  return XkbGroupForCoreState (state);
-}
-
 G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
 
 /* XXX - yes, I know that XKeycodeToKeysym() has been deprecated; hopefully,
diff --git a/src/backends/x11/meta-keymap-x11.h b/src/backends/x11/meta-keymap-x11.h
index 257bd247c..537618778 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/meta-keymap-x11.h
+++ b/src/backends/x11/meta-keymap-x11.h
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE (MetaKeymapX11, meta_keymap_x11,
                       META, KEYMAP_X11, ClutterKeymap)
 
-int      meta_keymap_x11_get_key_group       (MetaKeymapX11       *keymap,
-                                              ClutterModifierType  state);
 int      meta_keymap_x11_translate_key_state (MetaKeymapX11       *keymap,
                                               guint                hardware_keycode,
                                               ClutterModifierType *modifier_state_p,