diff --git a/clutter/clutter/egl/clutter-backend-eglnative.c b/clutter/clutter/egl/clutter-backend-eglnative.c
index 0c3144976..950dfc64f 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/egl/clutter-backend-eglnative.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter/egl/clutter-backend-eglnative.c
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@
 #include "clutter-main.h"
 #include "clutter-stage-private.h"
 
-#ifdef COGL_HAS_EGL_SUPPORT
-#include "clutter-egl.h"
-#endif
-
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (ClutterBackendEglNative, clutter_backend_egl_native, CLUTTER_TYPE_BACKEND);
 
 static void
@@ -66,39 +62,3 @@ clutter_backend_egl_native_new (void)
 {
   return g_object_new (CLUTTER_TYPE_BACKEND_EGL_NATIVE, NULL);
 }
-
-/**
- * clutter_egl_get_egl_display:
- *
- * Retrieves the EGL display used by Clutter, if it supports the
- * EGL windowing system and if it is running using an EGL backend.
- *
- * Return value: the EGL display used by Clutter, or 0
- *
- * Since: 1.6
- */
-EGLDisplay
-clutter_egl_get_egl_display (void)
-{
-  ClutterBackend *backend;
-
-  if (!_clutter_context_is_initialized ())
-    {
-      g_critical ("The Clutter backend has not been initialized yet");
-      return 0;
-    }
-
-  backend = clutter_get_default_backend ();
-
-  if (!CLUTTER_IS_BACKEND_EGL_NATIVE (backend))
-    {
-      g_critical ("The Clutter backend is not an EGL backend");
-      return 0;
-    }
-
-#ifdef COGL_HAS_EGL_SUPPORT
-  return cogl_egl_context_get_egl_display (backend->cogl_context);
-#else
-  return 0;
-#endif
-}
diff --git a/clutter/clutter/egl/clutter-egl.h b/clutter/clutter/egl/clutter-egl.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8258cbec4..000000000
--- a/clutter/clutter/egl/clutter-egl.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Clutter.
- *
- * An OpenGL based 'interactive canvas' library.
- *
- * Authored By Matthew Allum  <mallum@openedhand.com>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2006 OpenedHand
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- *
- */
-
-/**
- * SECTION:clutter-egl
- * @short_description: EGL specific API
- *
- * The EGL backend for Clutter provides some EGL specific API
- *
- * You need to include `clutter-egl.h` to have access to the functions documented here.
- */
-
-#ifndef __CLUTTER_EGL_H__
-#define __CLUTTER_EGL_H__
-
-#include <glib.h>
-
-#include "clutter-egl-headers.h"
-#include <clutter/clutter.h>
-
-G_BEGIN_DECLS
-
-/**
- * clutter_egl_get_egl_display:
- *
- * Retrieves the  #EGLDisplay used by Clutter.
- *
- * Return value: the EGL display
- *
- * Since: 1.6
- */
-CLUTTER_EXPORT
-EGLDisplay      clutter_egl_get_egl_display     (void);
-
-G_END_DECLS
-
-#endif /* __CLUTTER_EGL_H__ */