diff --git a/dix/events.c b/dix/events.c
index 14a0e5e57..598dc7514 100644
--- a/dix/events.c
+++ b/dix/events.c
@@ -2661,17 +2661,6 @@ void ReinitializeRootWindow(WindowPtr win, int xoff, int yoff)
 }
 #endif
 
-/**
- * Called from main() with the root window on the first screen. Used to do a
- * lot more when MPX wasn't around yet. Things change.
- *
- * Should delete this now? -ds
- */
-void
-DefineInitialRootWindow(WindowPtr win)
-{
-}
-
 /**
  * Initialize a sprite for the given device and set it to some sane values. If
  * the device already has a sprite alloc'd, don't realloc but just reset to
diff --git a/dix/main.c b/dix/main.c
index 3c25e2e21..1c66c8622 100644
--- a/dix/main.c
+++ b/dix/main.c
@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
 
 	for (i = 0; i < screenInfo.numScreens; i++)
 	    InitRootWindow(WindowTable[i]);
-	DefineInitialRootWindow(WindowTable[0]);
 
         InitCoreDevices();
 	InitInput(argc, argv);
diff --git a/include/dix.h b/include/dix.h
index 658dd293c..8d6b9ff44 100644
--- a/include/dix.h
+++ b/include/dix.h
@@ -376,9 +376,6 @@ extern _X_EXPORT int DeliverDeviceEvents(
     DeviceIntPtr /* dev */,
     int /* count */);
 
-extern _X_EXPORT void DefineInitialRootWindow(
-    WindowPtr /* win */);
-
 extern _X_EXPORT void InitializeSprite(
     DeviceIntPtr /* pDev */,
     WindowPtr    /* pWin */);