diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-window-actor.c b/src/compositor/meta-window-actor.c
index 3092e9451..8e39be72a 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-window-actor.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-window-actor.c
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ struct _MetaWindowActorPrivate
   guint             needs_frame_drawn      : 1;
   guint             repaint_scheduled      : 1;
 
-  guint             needs_reshape          : 1;
   guint             recompute_focused_shadow   : 1;
   guint             recompute_unfocused_shadow : 1;
 
@@ -143,8 +142,6 @@ static gboolean meta_window_actor_has_shadow (MetaWindowActor *self);
 
 static void meta_window_actor_handle_updates (MetaWindowActor *self);
 
-static void check_needs_reshape (MetaWindowActor *self);
-
 static void do_send_frame_drawn (MetaWindowActor *self, FrameData *frame);
 static void do_send_frame_timings (MetaWindowActor  *self,
                                    FrameData        *frame,
@@ -237,7 +234,6 @@ surface_allocation_changed_notify (ClutterActor           *actor,
                                    MetaWindowActor        *self)
 {
   meta_window_actor_sync_actor_geometry (self, FALSE);
-  meta_window_actor_update_shape (self);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -346,8 +342,6 @@ set_surface (MetaWindowActor  *self,
       /* If the previous surface actor was frozen, start out
        * frozen as well... */
       meta_surface_actor_set_frozen (priv->surface, priv->freeze_count > 0);
-
-      meta_window_actor_update_shape (self);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1836,38 +1830,6 @@ meta_window_actor_update_opaque_region (MetaWindowActor *self)
   cairo_region_destroy (opaque_region);
 }
 
-static void
-check_needs_reshape (MetaWindowActor *self)
-{
-  MetaWindowActorPrivate *priv = self->priv;
-
-  if (!priv->needs_reshape)
-    return;
-
-  meta_window_actor_update_shape_region (self);
-
-  if (priv->window->client_type == META_WINDOW_CLIENT_TYPE_X11)
-    {
-      meta_window_actor_update_input_region (self);
-      meta_window_actor_update_opaque_region (self);
-    }
-
-  priv->needs_reshape = FALSE;
-}
-
-void
-meta_window_actor_update_shape (MetaWindowActor *self)
-{
-  MetaWindowActorPrivate *priv = self->priv;
-
-  priv->needs_reshape = TRUE;
-
-  if (is_frozen (self))
-    return;
-
-  clutter_actor_queue_redraw (CLUTTER_ACTOR (priv->surface));
-}
-
 static void
 meta_window_actor_handle_updates (MetaWindowActor *self)
 {
@@ -1888,7 +1850,6 @@ meta_window_actor_handle_updates (MetaWindowActor *self)
   if (!meta_surface_actor_is_visible (priv->surface))
     return;
 
-  check_needs_reshape (self);
   check_needs_shadow (self);
 }