diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/softpipe/sp_texture.c b/src/gallium/drivers/softpipe/sp_texture.c
index 30d72075e1f..dafb4eedeca 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/softpipe/sp_texture.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/softpipe/sp_texture.c
@@ -283,52 +283,6 @@ softpipe_get_tex_image_offset(const struct softpipe_resource *spr,
    return offset;
 }
 
-
-/**
- * Get a pipe_surface "view" into a texture resource.
- */
-static struct pipe_surface *
-softpipe_create_surface(struct pipe_context *pipe,
-                        struct pipe_resource *pt,
-                        const struct pipe_surface *surf_tmpl)
-{
-   struct pipe_surface *ps;
-
-   ps = CALLOC_STRUCT(pipe_surface);
-   if (ps) {
-      pipe_reference_init(&ps->reference, 1);
-      pipe_resource_reference(&ps->texture, pt);
-      ps->context = pipe;
-      ps->format = surf_tmpl->format;
-      assert(surf_tmpl->level <= pt->last_level);
-      ps->level = surf_tmpl->level;
-      ps->first_layer = surf_tmpl->first_layer;
-      ps->last_layer = surf_tmpl->last_layer;
-      if (ps->first_layer != ps->last_layer) {
-         debug_printf("creating surface with multiple layers, rendering to first layer only\n");
-      }
-   }
-   return ps;
-}
-
-
-/**
- * Free a pipe_surface which was created with softpipe_create_surface().
- */
-static void 
-softpipe_surface_destroy(struct pipe_context *pipe,
-                         struct pipe_surface *surf)
-{
-   /* Effectively do the texture_update work here - if texture images
-    * needed post-processing to put them into hardware layout, this is
-    * where it would happen.  For softpipe, nothing to do.
-    */
-   assert(surf->texture);
-   pipe_resource_reference(&surf->texture, NULL);
-   FREE(surf);
-}
-
-
 /**
  * Geta pipe_transfer object which is used for moving data in/out of
  * a resource object.
@@ -508,8 +462,6 @@ softpipe_init_texture_funcs(struct pipe_context *pipe)
    pipe->buffer_subdata = u_default_buffer_subdata;
    pipe->texture_subdata = u_default_texture_subdata;
 
-   pipe->create_surface = softpipe_create_surface;
-   pipe->surface_destroy = softpipe_surface_destroy;
    pipe->clear_texture = util_clear_texture_sw;
 }