diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 9071d1a06..6a15c8aec 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libmutter.la
 SUBDIRS=wm-tester tools compositor/plugins
 
 INCLUDES=								\
+	-DCLUTTER_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API				\
+	-DCOGL_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API					\
 	$(MUTTER_CFLAGS)						\
 	-I$(srcdir)							\
 	-I$(srcdir)/core						\
diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-background-actor.c b/src/compositor/meta-background-actor.c
index b039b5874..41306b16c 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-background-actor.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-background-actor.c
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@
 
 #include <config.h>
 
-#define COGL_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 #include <cogl/cogl-texture-pixmap-x11.h>
 
-#define CLUTTER_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 #include <clutter/clutter.h>
 
 #include <X11/Xatom.h>
diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-shaped-texture.c b/src/compositor/meta-shaped-texture.c
index a5fce0416..0d10f4838 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-shaped-texture.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-shaped-texture.c
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
 
 #include <config.h>
 
-#define CLUTTER_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API
-#define COGL_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API
-
 #include <meta/meta-shaped-texture.h>
 #include "meta-texture-tower.h"
 
diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-texture-rectangle.c b/src/compositor/meta-texture-rectangle.c
index af6817f67..168e09b4c 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-texture-rectangle.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-texture-rectangle.c
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 
 #include <config.h>
 
-#define CLUTTER_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API
-#define COGL_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API
-
 #include <clutter/clutter.h>
 #include "meta-texture-rectangle.h"
 
diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-window-actor.c b/src/compositor/meta-window-actor.c
index 17e0e25e6..9a3df5e70 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-window-actor.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-window-actor.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <X11/extensions/Xrender.h>
 
 #include <clutter/x11/clutter-x11.h>
-#define COGL_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 #include <cogl/cogl-texture-pixmap-x11.h>
 #include <gdk/gdk.h> /* for gdk_rectangle_union() */
 #include <string.h>