diff --git a/src/core/display-private.h b/src/core/display-private.h
index 58fc0a6f4..154b0fbbe 100644
--- a/src/core/display-private.h
+++ b/src/core/display-private.h
@@ -76,17 +76,6 @@ typedef enum
   META_TILE_MAXIMIZED
 } MetaTileMode;
 
-typedef enum
-{
-  /* Normal interaction where you're interacting with windows.
-   * Events go to windows normally. */
-  META_EVENT_ROUTE_NORMAL,
-
-  /* In a window operation like moving or resizing. All events
-   * goes to MetaWindow, but not to the actual client window. */
-  META_EVENT_ROUTE_WINDOW_OP,
-} MetaEventRoute;
-
 typedef void (* MetaDisplayWindowFunc) (MetaWindow *window,
                                         gpointer    user_data);
 
@@ -156,9 +145,6 @@ struct _MetaDisplay
   guint       autoraise_timeout_id;
   MetaWindow* autoraise_window;
 
-  /* Event routing */
-  MetaEventRoute event_route;
-
   /* current window operation */
   MetaGrabOp  grab_op;
   MetaWindow *grab_window;
diff --git a/src/core/display.c b/src/core/display.c
index e445b17cc..d70924896 100644
--- a/src/core/display.c
+++ b/src/core/display.c
@@ -1815,24 +1815,6 @@ get_first_freefloating_window (MetaWindow *window)
   return window;
 }
 
-static MetaEventRoute
-get_event_route_from_grab_op (MetaGrabOp op)
-{
-  switch (META_GRAB_OP_GET_BASE_TYPE (op))
-    {
-    case META_GRAB_OP_NONE:
-      /* begin_grab_op shouldn't be called with META_GRAB_OP_NONE. */
-      g_assert_not_reached ();
-
-    case META_GRAB_OP_WINDOW_BASE:
-      return META_EVENT_ROUTE_WINDOW_OP;
-
-    default:
-      g_assert_not_reached ();
-      return 0;
-    }
-}
-
 void
 meta_display_clear_grab_move_resize_later (MetaDisplay *display)
 {
@@ -1858,7 +1840,6 @@ meta_display_begin_grab_op (MetaDisplay *display,
 {
   MetaBackend *backend = backend_from_display (display);
   MetaWindow *grab_window = NULL;
-  MetaEventRoute event_route;
 
   g_assert (window != NULL);
 
@@ -1875,8 +1856,6 @@ meta_display_begin_grab_op (MetaDisplay *display,
       return FALSE;
     }
 
-  event_route = get_event_route_from_grab_op (op);
-
   if (meta_prefs_get_raise_on_click ())
     meta_window_raise (window);
   else
@@ -1932,7 +1911,6 @@ meta_display_begin_grab_op (MetaDisplay *display,
       return FALSE;
     }
 
-  display->event_route = event_route;
   display->grab_op = op;
   display->grab_window = grab_window;
   display->grab_tile_mode = grab_window->tile_mode;
@@ -2017,7 +1995,6 @@ meta_display_end_grab_op (MetaDisplay *display,
       meta_window_ungrab_all_keys (grab_window, timestamp);
     }
 
-  display->event_route = META_EVENT_ROUTE_NORMAL;
   display->grab_window = NULL;
   display->grab_tile_mode = META_TILE_NONE;
   display->grab_tile_monitor_number = -1;