diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-actor-surface.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-actor-surface.c
index 5d4478253..ed7c45411 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-actor-surface.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-actor-surface.c
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ clear_surface_actor (MetaWaylandActorSurface *actor_surface)
   g_signal_handlers_disconnect_by_func (priv->actor,
                                         meta_wayland_surface_notify_geometry_changed,
                                         surface);
-  g_signal_handlers_disconnect_by_func (priv->actor,
-                                        meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively,
-                                        surface);
   g_signal_handlers_disconnect_by_func (priv->actor,
                                         meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs,
                                         surface);
@@ -446,7 +443,7 @@ meta_wayland_actor_surface_reset_actor (MetaWaylandActorSurface *actor_surface)
                             G_CALLBACK (meta_wayland_surface_notify_geometry_changed),
                             surface);
   g_signal_connect_swapped (priv->actor, "notify::mapped",
-                            G_CALLBACK (meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively),
+                            G_CALLBACK (meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs),
                             surface);
   g_signal_connect_swapped (priv->actor, "stage-views-changed",
                             G_CALLBACK (meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs),
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
index 88e84b396..d1894a8cc 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
@@ -1295,17 +1295,6 @@ meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs (MetaWaylandSurface *surface)
                         surface);
 }
 
-void
-meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively (MetaWaylandSurface *surface)
-{
-  MetaWaylandSurface *subsurface_surface;
-
-  meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs (surface);
-
-  META_WAYLAND_SURFACE_FOREACH_SUBSURFACE (surface, subsurface_surface)
-    meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively (subsurface_surface);
-}
-
 void
 meta_wayland_surface_notify_unmapped (MetaWaylandSurface *surface)
 {
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.h b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.h
index c9ed38e30..0c7298886 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.h
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.h
@@ -336,8 +336,6 @@ void                meta_wayland_surface_notify_subsurface_state_changed (MetaWa
 
 void                meta_wayland_surface_notify_unmapped (MetaWaylandSurface *surface);
 
-void                meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively (MetaWaylandSurface *surface);
-
 int                 meta_wayland_surface_get_width (MetaWaylandSurface *surface);
 int                 meta_wayland_surface_get_height (MetaWaylandSurface *surface);