diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3049041df..eee1257a9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2194,7 +2194,6 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(XWIN, [test "x$XWIN" = xyes])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(XWIN_MULTIWINDOWEXTWM, [test "x$XWIN" = xyes && test "x$WINDOWSWM" = xyes])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(XWIN_GLX_WINDOWS, [test "x$XWIN" = xyes && test "x$GLX" = xyes])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(XWIN_WINDOWS_DRI, [test "x$XWIN" = xyes && test "x$WINDOWSDRI" = xyes])
-AM_CONDITIONAL(XWIN_RANDR, [test "x$XWIN" = xyes])
 
 dnl Darwin / OS X DDX
 if test "x$XQUARTZ" = xyes; then
diff --git a/hw/xwin/Makefile.am b/hw/xwin/Makefile.am
index b20737186..8caf82c65 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/Makefile.am
+++ b/hw/xwin/Makefile.am
@@ -40,11 +40,8 @@ MULTIWINDOWEXTWM_LIBS = $(top_builddir)/miext/rootless/librootless.la
 MULTIWINDOWEXTWM_CFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/miext/rootless
 endif
 
-if XWIN_RANDR
 SRCS_RANDR = \
 	winrandr.c
-DEFS_RANDR = -DXWIN_RANDR
-endif
 
 SRCS =	InitInput.c \
 	InitOutput.c \
@@ -113,8 +110,7 @@ DEFS = \
 	$(DEFS_GLX_WINDOWS) \
 	$(DEFS_MULTIWINDOWEXTWM) \
 	$(DEFS_NATIVEGDI) \
-	$(DEFS_PRIMARYFB) \
-	$(DEFS_RANDR)
+	$(DEFS_PRIMARYFB)
 
 XWin_SOURCES = $(SRCS)
 
diff --git a/hw/xwin/meson.build b/hw/xwin/meson.build
index f71de8301..87fa6c5cb 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/meson.build
+++ b/hw/xwin/meson.build
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ endif
 xwin_c_args = []
 xwin_c_args += '-DHAVE_XWIN_CONFIG_H'
 xwin_c_args += '-Wno-bad-function-cast'
-# XXX: these conditionals are always on and can be removed
-xwin_c_args += '-DXWIN_RANDR'
 
 srcs_windows = [
     'winclipboardinit.c',