diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib-private.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib-private.h
index 8bf23a7e1..317163fb2 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib-private.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib-private.h
@@ -45,7 +45,4 @@ struct _CoglXlibTrapState
   CoglXlibTrapState *old_state;
 };
 
-int
-_cogl_xlib_get_damage_base (void);
-
 #endif /* __COGL_XLIB_PRIVATE_H */
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib.c b/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib.c
deleted file mode 100644
index feb684b37..000000000
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-xlib.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Cogl
- *
- * A Low Level GPU Graphics and Utilities API
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2010,2011 Intel Corporation.
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
- * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
- * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
- * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
- * modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
- * of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
- * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
- * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
- * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
- * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
- * BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
- * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
- * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- * SOFTWARE.
- *
- * Authors:
- *  Robert Bragg <robert@linux.intel.com>
- *
- */
-
-#include "cogl-config.h"
-
-#include <cogl-xlib.h>
-
-#include <cogl-object-private.h>
-#include <cogl-context-private.h>
-#include <cogl-framebuffer-private.h>
-#include <cogl-display-private.h>
-#include <cogl-renderer-private.h>
-#include <cogl-xlib-renderer-private.h>
-
-#include <X11/Xlib.h>
-#include <X11/extensions/Xdamage.h>
-
-#include "cogl-xlib.h"
-
-/* FIXME: when we remove the last X11 based Clutter backend then we
- * will get rid of these functions and instead rely on the equivalent
- * _cogl_xlib_renderer API
- */
-
-int
-_cogl_xlib_get_damage_base (void)
-{
-  CoglX11Renderer *x11_renderer;
-  _COGL_GET_CONTEXT (ctxt, -1);
-
-  x11_renderer =
-    (CoglX11Renderer *) _cogl_xlib_renderer_get_data (ctxt->display->renderer);
-  return x11_renderer->damage_base;
-}
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/meson.build b/cogl/cogl/meson.build
index f6c61f8c8..e4445c815 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/meson.build
+++ b/cogl/cogl/meson.build
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ if have_x11
     'cogl-xlib-private.h',
     'cogl-xlib-renderer-private.h',
     'cogl-xlib-renderer.c',
-    'cogl-xlib.c',
     'winsys/cogl-texture-pixmap-x11-private.h',
     'winsys/cogl-texture-pixmap-x11.c',
   ]
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-texture-pixmap-x11.c b/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-texture-pixmap-x11.c
index 7b802d54f..b7eafab64 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-texture-pixmap-x11.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-texture-pixmap-x11.c
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 #include "cogl-renderer-private.h"
 #include "cogl-object-private.h"
 #include "cogl-xlib.h"
+#include "cogl-xlib-renderer-private.h"
+#include "cogl-x11-renderer-private.h"
 #include "cogl-private.h"
 #include "cogl-gtype-private.h"
 #include "driver/gl/cogl-texture-gl-private.h"
@@ -230,6 +232,17 @@ process_damage_event (CoglTexturePixmapX11 *tex_pixmap,
     }
 }
 
+static int
+_cogl_xlib_get_damage_base (void)
+{
+  CoglX11Renderer *x11_renderer;
+  _COGL_GET_CONTEXT (ctxt, -1);
+
+  x11_renderer =
+    (CoglX11Renderer *) _cogl_xlib_renderer_get_data (ctxt->display->renderer);
+  return x11_renderer->damage_base;
+}
+
 static CoglFilterReturn
 _cogl_texture_pixmap_x11_filter (XEvent *event, void *data)
 {