diff --git a/src/cairo-clip-private.h b/src/cairo-clip-private.h
index a2e8d9bc6..fbcb35216 100644
--- a/src/cairo-clip-private.h
+++ b/src/cairo-clip-private.h
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ struct _cairo_clip {
 cairo_private void
 _cairo_clip_init (cairo_clip_t *clip, cairo_surface_t *target);
 
-cairo_private void
-_cairo_clip_fini (cairo_clip_t *clip);
-
 cairo_private void
 _cairo_clip_init_copy (cairo_clip_t *clip, cairo_clip_t *other);
 
diff --git a/src/cairo-clip.c b/src/cairo-clip.c
index 1698ddb66..770be12c7 100644
--- a/src/cairo-clip.c
+++ b/src/cairo-clip.c
@@ -67,23 +67,6 @@ _cairo_clip_init (cairo_clip_t *clip, cairo_surface_t *target)
     clip->path = NULL;
 }
 
-void
-_cairo_clip_fini (cairo_clip_t *clip)
-{
-    cairo_surface_destroy (clip->surface);
-    clip->surface = NULL;
-
-    clip->serial = 0;
-
-    if (clip->has_region) {
-	pixman_region_uninit (&clip->region);
-       clip->has_region = FALSE;
-    }
-
-    _cairo_clip_path_destroy (clip->path);
-    clip->path = NULL;
-}
-
 void
 _cairo_clip_init_copy (cairo_clip_t *clip, cairo_clip_t *other)
 {
diff --git a/src/cairo-gstate.c b/src/cairo-gstate.c
index 0d11f9827..41da4f408 100644
--- a/src/cairo-gstate.c
+++ b/src/cairo-gstate.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ _cairo_gstate_fini (cairo_gstate_t *gstate)
     cairo_scaled_font_destroy (gstate->scaled_font);
     gstate->scaled_font = NULL;
 
-    _cairo_clip_fini (&gstate->clip);
+    _cairo_clip_reset (&gstate->clip);
 
     cairo_surface_destroy (gstate->target);
     gstate->target = NULL;
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ _cairo_gstate_redirect_target (cairo_gstate_t *gstate, cairo_surface_t *child)
      * since its ref is now owned by gstate->parent_target */
     gstate->target = cairo_surface_reference (child);
 
-    _cairo_clip_fini (&gstate->clip);
+    _cairo_clip_reset (&gstate->clip);
     _cairo_clip_init_deep_copy (&gstate->clip, &gstate->next->clip, child);
 
     /* The clip is in surface backend coordinates for the previous target;
diff --git a/src/cairo-meta-surface.c b/src/cairo-meta-surface.c
index e196df29c..457bfe21a 100644
--- a/src/cairo-meta-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-meta-surface.c
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ _cairo_meta_surface_replay (cairo_surface_t *surface,
 	    break;
     }
 
-    _cairo_clip_fini (&clip);
+    _cairo_clip_reset (&clip);
 
     return status;
 }