diff --git a/src/backends/x11/meta-clutter-backend-x11.c b/src/backends/x11/meta-clutter-backend-x11.c
index 4a023a1d4..77eeed4e9 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/meta-clutter-backend-x11.c
+++ b/src/backends/x11/meta-clutter-backend-x11.c
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ meta_clutter_backend_x11_finish_init (ClutterBackend  *clutter_backend,
     meta_clutter_backend_x11_get_instance_private (clutter_backend_x11);
   MetaBackendX11 *backend_x11 = META_BACKEND_X11 (priv->backend);
   Atom atoms[N_ATOM_NAMES];
-  Screen *xscreen;
 
   clutter_backend_x11->xdisplay = meta_backend_x11_get_xdisplay (backend_x11);
 
@@ -130,12 +129,6 @@ meta_clutter_backend_x11_finish_init (ClutterBackend  *clutter_backend,
                                        cogl_xlib_filter,
                                        clutter_backend);
 
-  xscreen = DefaultScreenOfDisplay (clutter_backend_x11->xdisplay);
-  clutter_backend_x11->xscreen_num = XScreenNumberOfScreen (xscreen);
-
-  clutter_backend_x11->xwin_root = RootWindow (clutter_backend_x11->xdisplay,
-                                               clutter_backend_x11->xscreen_num);
-
   if (clutter_synchronise)
     XSynchronize (clutter_backend_x11->xdisplay, True);
 
@@ -154,13 +147,6 @@ meta_clutter_backend_x11_finish_init (ClutterBackend  *clutter_backend,
   clutter_backend_x11->atom_NET_WM_NAME = atoms[8];
   clutter_backend_x11->atom_UTF8_STRING = atoms[9];
 
-  g_debug ("X Display '%s'[%p] opened (screen:%d, root:%u, dpi:%f)",
-           g_getenv ("DISPLAY"),
-           clutter_backend_x11->xdisplay,
-           clutter_backend_x11->xscreen_num,
-           (unsigned int) clutter_backend_x11->xwin_root,
-           clutter_backend_get_resolution (clutter_backend));
-
   return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -479,66 +465,6 @@ meta_clutter_x11_untrap_x_errors (void)
   return TrappedErrorCode;
 }
 
-Display *
-meta_clutter_x11_get_default_display (void)
-{
-  ClutterBackend *clutter_backend = clutter_get_default_backend ();
-
-  if (clutter_backend == NULL)
-    {
-      g_critical ("The Clutter backend has not been initialised");
-      return NULL;
-    }
-
-  if (!META_IS_CLUTTER_BACKEND_X11 (clutter_backend))
-    {
-      g_critical ("The Clutter backend is not a X11 backend");
-      return NULL;
-    }
-
-  return META_CLUTTER_BACKEND_X11 (clutter_backend)->xdisplay;
-}
-
-int
-meta_clutter_x11_get_default_screen (void)
-{
- ClutterBackend *clutter_backend = clutter_get_default_backend ();
-
-  if (clutter_backend == NULL)
-    {
-      g_critical ("The Clutter backend has not been initialised");
-      return 0;
-    }
-
-  if (!META_IS_CLUTTER_BACKEND_X11 (clutter_backend))
-    {
-      g_critical ("The Clutter backend is not a X11 backend");
-      return 0;
-    }
-
-  return META_CLUTTER_BACKEND_X11 (clutter_backend)->xscreen_num;
-}
-
-Window
-meta_clutter_x11_get_root_window (void)
-{
- ClutterBackend *clutter_backend = clutter_get_default_backend ();
-
-  if (clutter_backend == NULL)
-    {
-      g_critical ("The Clutter backend has not been initialised");
-      return None;
-    }
-
-  if (!META_IS_CLUTTER_BACKEND_X11 (clutter_backend))
-    {
-      g_critical ("The Clutter backend is not a X11 backend");
-      return None;
-    }
-
-  return META_CLUTTER_BACKEND_X11 (clutter_backend)->xwin_root;
-}
-
 void
 meta_clutter_backend_x11_add_filter (MetaClutterBackendX11 *clutter_backend_x11,
                                      MetaX11FilterFunc      func,
diff --git a/src/backends/x11/meta-clutter-backend-x11.h b/src/backends/x11/meta-clutter-backend-x11.h
index 9e1cfca13..187db4b9a 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/meta-clutter-backend-x11.h
+++ b/src/backends/x11/meta-clutter-backend-x11.h
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ struct _MetaClutterBackendX11
 
   Display *xdisplay;
 
-  int      xscreen_num;
-
-  Window   xwin_root;
-
   /* event source */
   GSList  *event_filters;
 
@@ -79,8 +75,6 @@ MetaClutterBackendX11 * meta_clutter_backend_x11_new (MetaBackend *backend);
 void meta_clutter_x11_trap_x_errors (void);
 gint meta_clutter_x11_untrap_x_errors (void);
 
-Display *meta_clutter_x11_get_default_display (void);
-int meta_clutter_x11_get_default_screen (void);
 Window meta_clutter_x11_get_root_window (void);
 
 void meta_clutter_backend_x11_add_filter (MetaClutterBackendX11 *clutter_backend_x11,