diff --git a/composite/compinit.c b/composite/compinit.c
index c1d57e220..e24ec4282 100644
--- a/composite/compinit.c
+++ b/composite/compinit.c
@@ -213,28 +213,6 @@ CompositeRegisterAlternateVisuals(ScreenPtr pScreen, VisualID * vids,
     return compRegisterAlternateVisuals(cs, vids, nVisuals);
 }
 
-Bool
-CompositeRegisterImplicitRedirectionException(ScreenPtr pScreen,
-                                              VisualID parentVisual,
-                                              VisualID winVisual)
-{
-    CompScreenPtr cs = GetCompScreen(pScreen);
-    CompImplicitRedirectException *p;
-
-    p = reallocarray(cs->implicitRedirectExceptions,
-                     cs->numImplicitRedirectExceptions + 1, sizeof(p[0]));
-    if (p == NULL)
-        return FALSE;
-
-    p[cs->numImplicitRedirectExceptions].parentVisual = parentVisual;
-    p[cs->numImplicitRedirectExceptions].winVisual = winVisual;
-
-    cs->implicitRedirectExceptions = p;
-    cs->numImplicitRedirectExceptions++;
-
-    return TRUE;
-}
-
 typedef struct _alternateVisual {
     int depth;
     CARD32 format;
diff --git a/composite/compositeext.h b/composite/compositeext.h
index 24f4edac3..945a4c35c 100644
--- a/composite/compositeext.h
+++ b/composite/compositeext.h
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ extern _X_EXPORT Bool CompositeRegisterAlternateVisuals(ScreenPtr pScreen,
                                                         VisualID * vids,
                                                         int nVisuals);
 
-extern _X_EXPORT Bool CompositeRegisterImplicitRedirectionException(ScreenPtr pScreen,
-                                                                    VisualID parentVisual,
-                                                                    VisualID winVisual);
-
-
 extern _X_EXPORT Bool compIsAlternateVisual(ScreenPtr pScreen, XID visual);
 
 extern _X_EXPORT RESTYPE CompositeClientWindowType;