diff --git a/src/meta/common.h b/src/meta/common.h
index 6c116e095..5eaf92cb1 100644
--- a/src/meta/common.h
+++ b/src/meta/common.h
@@ -108,14 +108,6 @@ struct _MetaFrameBorders
 META_EXPORT
 void meta_frame_borders_clear (MetaFrameBorders *self);
 
-/* should investigate changing these to whatever most apps use */
-#define META_ICON_WIDTH 96
-#define META_ICON_HEIGHT 96
-#define META_MINI_ICON_WIDTH 16
-#define META_MINI_ICON_HEIGHT 16
-
-#define META_DEFAULT_ICON_NAME "window"
-
 /* Main loop priorities determine when activity in the GLib
  * will take precedence over the others. Priorities are sometimes
  * used to enforce ordering: give A a higher priority than B if