diff --git a/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-onscreen-egl.c b/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-onscreen-egl.c
index 7e170f35a..347e2071c 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-onscreen-egl.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-onscreen-egl.c
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
 typedef struct _CoglOnscreenEglPrivate
 {
   EGLSurface egl_surface;
-
-  /* Platform specific data */
-  void *platform;
 } CoglOnscreenEglPrivate;
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_PRIVATE (CoglOnscreenEgl, cogl_onscreen_egl,
@@ -299,25 +296,6 @@ cogl_onscreen_egl_swap_buffers_with_damage (CoglOnscreen  *onscreen,
     eglSwapBuffers (egl_renderer->edpy, priv->egl_surface);
 }
 
-void
-cogl_onscreen_egl_set_platform (CoglOnscreenEgl *onscreen_egl,
-                                gpointer         platform)
-{
-  CoglOnscreenEglPrivate *priv =
-    cogl_onscreen_egl_get_instance_private (onscreen_egl);
-
-  priv->platform = platform;
-}
-
-gpointer
-cogl_onscreen_egl_get_platform (CoglOnscreenEgl *onscreen_egl)
-{
-  CoglOnscreenEglPrivate *priv =
-    cogl_onscreen_egl_get_instance_private (onscreen_egl);
-
-  return priv->platform;
-}
-
 void
 cogl_onscreen_egl_set_egl_surface (CoglOnscreenEgl *onscreen_egl,
                                    EGLSurface       egl_surface)
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-onscreen-egl.h b/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-onscreen-egl.h
index e152e1d6a..08e798da0 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-onscreen-egl.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-onscreen-egl.h
@@ -41,13 +41,6 @@ struct _CoglOnscreenEglClass
   CoglOnscreenClass parent_class;
 };
 
-COGL_EXPORT void
-cogl_onscreen_egl_set_platform (CoglOnscreenEgl *onscreen_egl,
-                                gpointer         platform);
-
-COGL_EXPORT gpointer
-cogl_onscreen_egl_get_platform (CoglOnscreenEgl *onscreen_egl);
-
 COGL_EXPORT void
 cogl_onscreen_egl_set_egl_surface (CoglOnscreenEgl *onscreen_egl,
                                    EGLSurface       egl_surface);