diff --git a/src/backends/meta-monitor-manager-dummy.c b/src/backends/meta-monitor-manager-dummy.c
index 470c327e5..2ddd826a8 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-monitor-manager-dummy.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-monitor-manager-dummy.c
@@ -714,8 +714,6 @@ meta_monitor_manager_dummy_get_capabilities (MetaMonitorManager *manager)
   MetaMonitorManagerCapability capabilities =
     META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_NONE;
 
-  capabilities |= META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_MIRRORING;
-
   if (meta_settings_is_experimental_feature_enabled (
         settings,
         META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_SCALE_MONITOR_FRAMEBUFFER))
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-monitor-manager-private.h b/src/backends/meta-monitor-manager-private.h
index 4dd0364a8..a0a28b6c2 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-monitor-manager-private.h
+++ b/src/backends/meta-monitor-manager-private.h
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@
 typedef enum _MetaMonitorManagerCapability
 {
   META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_NONE = 0,
-  META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_MIRRORING = (1 << 0),
-  META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_LAYOUT_MODE = (1 << 1),
-  META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_GLOBAL_SCALE_REQUIRED = (1 << 2)
+  META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_LAYOUT_MODE = (1 << 0),
+  META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_GLOBAL_SCALE_REQUIRED = (1 << 1)
 } MetaMonitorManagerCapability;
 
 /* Equivalent to the 'method' enum in org.gnome.Mutter.DisplayConfig */
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-monitor-manager.c b/src/backends/meta-monitor-manager.c
index b94967d79..3505573b8 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-monitor-manager.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-monitor-manager.c
@@ -1446,12 +1446,6 @@ meta_monitor_manager_handle_get_current_state (MetaDBusDisplayConfig *skeleton,
 
   g_variant_builder_init (&properties_builder, G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a{sv}"));
   capabilities = meta_monitor_manager_get_capabilities (manager);
-  if ((capabilities & META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_MIRRORING) == 0)
-    {
-      g_variant_builder_add (&properties_builder, "{sv}",
-                             "supports-mirroring",
-                             g_variant_new_boolean (FALSE));
-    }
 
   g_variant_builder_add (&properties_builder, "{sv}",
                          "layout-mode",
diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-monitor-manager-kms.c b/src/backends/native/meta-monitor-manager-kms.c
index b7da048e2..6dcba6442 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-monitor-manager-kms.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-monitor-manager-kms.c
@@ -547,8 +547,6 @@ meta_monitor_manager_kms_get_capabilities (MetaMonitorManager *manager)
 {
   MetaBackend *backend = meta_monitor_manager_get_backend (manager);
   MetaSettings *settings = meta_backend_get_settings (backend);
-  MetaRenderer *renderer = meta_backend_get_renderer (backend);
-  MetaRendererNative *renderer_native = META_RENDERER_NATIVE (renderer);
   MetaMonitorManagerCapability capabilities =
     META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_NONE;
 
@@ -557,9 +555,6 @@ meta_monitor_manager_kms_get_capabilities (MetaMonitorManager *manager)
         META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_SCALE_MONITOR_FRAMEBUFFER))
     capabilities |= META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_LAYOUT_MODE;
 
-  if (meta_renderer_native_supports_mirroring (renderer_native))
-    capabilities |= META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_MIRRORING;
-
   return capabilities;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native.c b/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native.c
index 6d9243716..1ebc761eb 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native.c
@@ -2793,34 +2793,6 @@ _cogl_winsys_egl_vtable = {
   .context_init = meta_renderer_native_init_egl_context
 };
 
-gboolean
-meta_renderer_native_supports_mirroring (MetaRendererNative *renderer_native)
-{
-  MetaRenderer *renderer = META_RENDERER (renderer_native);
-  MetaBackend *backend = meta_renderer_get_backend (renderer);
-  GList *l;
-
-  for (l = meta_backend_get_gpus (backend); l; l = l->next)
-    {
-      MetaGpuKms *gpu_kms = META_GPU_KMS (l->data);
-      MetaRendererNativeGpuData *renderer_gpu_data;
-
-      renderer_gpu_data = meta_renderer_native_get_gpu_data (renderer_native,
-                                                             gpu_kms);
-      switch (renderer_gpu_data->mode)
-        {
-        case META_RENDERER_NATIVE_MODE_GBM:
-          break;
-#ifdef HAVE_EGL_DEVICE
-        case META_RENDERER_NATIVE_MODE_EGL_DEVICE:
-          return FALSE;
-#endif
-        }
-    }
-
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
 static void
 meta_renderer_native_queue_modes_reset (MetaRendererNative *renderer_native)
 {
diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native.h b/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native.h
index 650968c57..7abe7c152 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native.h
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native.h
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ MetaRendererNative * meta_renderer_native_new (MetaBackendNative  *backend_nativ
 
 struct gbm_device * meta_gbm_device_from_gpu (MetaGpuKms *gpu_kms);
 
-gboolean meta_renderer_native_supports_mirroring (MetaRendererNative *renderer_native);
-
 void meta_renderer_native_finish_frame (MetaRendererNative *renderer_native);
 
 int64_t meta_renderer_native_get_frame_counter (MetaRendererNative *renderer_native);
diff --git a/src/backends/x11/meta-monitor-manager-xrandr.c b/src/backends/x11/meta-monitor-manager-xrandr.c
index fd105c07a..5c161896f 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/meta-monitor-manager-xrandr.c
+++ b/src/backends/x11/meta-monitor-manager-xrandr.c
@@ -959,8 +959,7 @@ meta_monitor_manager_xrandr_calculate_supported_scales (MetaMonitorManager
 static MetaMonitorManagerCapability
 meta_monitor_manager_xrandr_get_capabilities (MetaMonitorManager *manager)
 {
-  return (META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_MIRRORING |
-          META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_GLOBAL_SCALE_REQUIRED);
+  return META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_GLOBAL_SCALE_REQUIRED;
 }
 
 static gboolean
diff --git a/src/tests/meta-monitor-manager-test.c b/src/tests/meta-monitor-manager-test.c
index 49ef6494d..42a57608e 100644
--- a/src/tests/meta-monitor-manager-test.c
+++ b/src/tests/meta-monitor-manager-test.c
@@ -371,8 +371,6 @@ meta_monitor_manager_test_get_capabilities (MetaMonitorManager *manager)
   MetaMonitorManagerCapability capabilities =
     META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_NONE;
 
-  capabilities |= META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_MIRRORING;
-
   if (is_monitor_framebuffer_scaled ())
     capabilities |= META_MONITOR_MANAGER_CAPABILITY_LAYOUT_MODE;