diff --git a/src/include/ui.h b/src/include/ui.h
index 89743d4e5..bc9499964 100644
--- a/src/include/ui.h
+++ b/src/include/ui.h
@@ -200,8 +200,6 @@ int      meta_ui_get_drag_threshold       (MetaUI *ui);
 
 MetaUIDirection meta_ui_get_direction (void);
 
-GdkPixbuf *meta_ui_get_pixbuf_from_pixmap (Pixmap   pmap);
-
 #include "tabpopup.h"
 #include "tile-preview.h"
 
diff --git a/src/ui/ui.c b/src/ui/ui.c
index 82df3e909..5895f1853 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui.c
+++ b/src/ui/ui.c
@@ -982,30 +982,3 @@ meta_ui_get_direction (void)
   return META_UI_DIRECTION_LTR;
 }
 
-GdkPixbuf *
-meta_ui_get_pixbuf_from_pixmap (Pixmap   pmap)
-{
-  GdkPixmap *gpmap;
-  GdkScreen *screen;
-  GdkPixbuf *pixbuf;
-  GdkColormap *cmap;
-  int width, height, depth;
-
-  gpmap = gdk_pixmap_foreign_new (pmap);
-  screen = gdk_drawable_get_screen (gpmap);
-
-  gdk_drawable_get_size (GDK_DRAWABLE (gpmap), &width, &height);
-  
-  depth = gdk_drawable_get_depth (GDK_DRAWABLE (gpmap));
-  if (depth <= 24)
-    cmap = gdk_screen_get_system_colormap (screen);
-  else
-    cmap = gdk_screen_get_rgba_colormap (screen);
-  
-  pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable (NULL, gpmap, cmap, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-                                         width, height);
-
-  g_object_unref (gpmap);
-
-  return pixbuf;
-}