diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Opt.h b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Opt.h
index 9a6673d12..34d936bc7 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Opt.h
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Opt.h
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ extern _X_EXPORT Bool xf86GetOptValInteger(const OptionInfoRec * table,
                                            int token, int *value);
 extern _X_EXPORT Bool xf86GetOptValULong(const OptionInfoRec * table, int token,
                                          unsigned long *value);
-extern _X_EXPORT Bool xf86GetOptValReal(const OptionInfoRec * table, int token,
-                                        double *value);
 extern _X_EXPORT Bool xf86GetOptValFreq(const OptionInfoRec * table, int token,
                                         OptFreqUnits expectedUnits,
                                         double *value);
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Option.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Option.c
index 267f63518..32b0aff1d 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Option.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Option.c
@@ -787,20 +787,6 @@ xf86GetOptValULong(const OptionInfoRec * table, int token, unsigned long *value)
         return FALSE;
 }
 
-Bool
-xf86GetOptValReal(const OptionInfoRec * table, int token, double *value)
-{
-    OptionInfoPtr p;
-
-    p = xf86TokenToOptinfo(table, token);
-    if (p && p->found) {
-        *value = p->value.realnum;
-        return TRUE;
-    }
-    else
-        return FALSE;
-}
-
 Bool
 xf86GetOptValFreq(const OptionInfoRec * table, int token,
                   OptFreqUnits expectedUnits, double *value)