diff --git a/src/cairo-ft-font.c b/src/cairo-ft-font.c
index c490d694d..aee305b2d 100644
--- a/src/cairo-ft-font.c
+++ b/src/cairo-ft-font.c
@@ -3350,18 +3350,6 @@ cairo_ft_scaled_font_unlock_face (cairo_scaled_font_t *abstract_font)
     _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_unlock_face (scaled_font->unscaled);
 }
 
-/* We expose our unscaled font implementation internally for the the
- * PDF backend, which needs to keep track of the the different
- * fonts-on-disk used by a document, so it can embed them.
- */
-cairo_unscaled_font_t *
-_cairo_ft_scaled_font_get_unscaled_font (cairo_scaled_font_t *abstract_font)
-{
-    cairo_ft_scaled_font_t *scaled_font = (cairo_ft_scaled_font_t *) abstract_font;
-
-    return &scaled_font->unscaled->base;
-}
-
 cairo_bool_t
 _cairo_ft_scaled_font_is_vertical (cairo_scaled_font_t *scaled_font)
 {
diff --git a/src/cairo-ft-private.h b/src/cairo-ft-private.h
index ff6ad4e65..db1081ddd 100644
--- a/src/cairo-ft-private.h
+++ b/src/cairo-ft-private.h
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ _cairo_scaled_font_is_ft (cairo_scaled_font_t *scaled_font);
 /* These functions are needed by the PDF backend, which needs to keep track of the
  * the different fonts-on-disk used by a document, so it can embed them
  */
-cairo_private cairo_unscaled_font_t *
-_cairo_ft_scaled_font_get_unscaled_font (cairo_scaled_font_t *scaled_font);
-
 cairo_private FT_Face
 _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_lock_face (cairo_ft_unscaled_font_t *unscaled);