diff --git a/cogl/cogl/deprecated/cogl-material-compat.c b/cogl/cogl/deprecated/cogl-material-compat.c
index 3d78a1e07..c3d495651 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/deprecated/cogl-material-compat.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/deprecated/cogl-material-compat.c
@@ -74,10 +74,3 @@ cogl_material_set_blend (CoglMaterial *material,
                                   blend_string,
                                   error);
 }
-
-void
-cogl_material_set_blend_constant (CoglMaterial *material,
-                                  const CoglColor *constant_color)
-{
-  cogl_pipeline_set_blend_constant (COGL_PIPELINE (material), constant_color);
-}
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/deprecated/cogl-material-compat.h b/cogl/cogl/deprecated/cogl-material-compat.h
index 47023f9f9..fc9de7a8d 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/deprecated/cogl-material-compat.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/deprecated/cogl-material-compat.h
@@ -309,22 +309,6 @@ cogl_material_set_blend (CoglMaterial *material,
                          const char   *blend_string,
                          GError      **error);
 
-/**
- * cogl_material_set_blend_constant:
- * @material: A #CoglMaterial object
- * @constant_color: The constant color you want
- *
- * When blending is setup to reference a CONSTANT blend factor then
- * blending will depend on the constant set with this function.
- *
- * Since: 1.0
- * Deprecated: 1.16: Use cogl_pipeline_set_blend_constant() instead
- */
-COGL_DEPRECATED_FOR (cogl_pipeline_set_blend_constant)
-COGL_EXPORT void
-cogl_material_set_blend_constant (CoglMaterial *material,
-                                  const CoglColor *constant_color);
-
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __COGL_MATERIAL_H__ */