diff --git a/docs/reference/gdk/gdk4-sections.txt b/docs/reference/gdk/gdk4-sections.txt
index f001a252f8..b7bbd6891e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gdk/gdk4-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gdk/gdk4-sections.txt
@@ -502,10 +502,6 @@ gdk_device_get_n_keys
 gdk_device_get_axes
 gdk_device_get_seat
 
-<SUBSECTION>
-gdk_device_grab
-gdk_device_ungrab
-
 <SUBSECTION>
 gdk_device_get_state
 gdk_device_get_position
diff --git a/gdk/gdkdevice.c b/gdk/gdkdevice.c
index 9abdacda68..18640a7f74 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkdevice.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkdevice.c
@@ -1242,56 +1242,6 @@ get_native_grab_event_mask (GdkEventMask grab_mask)
        GDK_BUTTON3_MOTION_MASK));
 }
 
-/**
- * gdk_device_grab:
- * @device: a #GdkDevice. To get the device you can use gtk_get_current_event_device()
- *   or gdk_event_get_device() if the grab is in reaction to an event. Also, you can use
- *   gdk_seat_get_pointer() but only in code that isn’t triggered by a
- *   #GdkEvent and there aren’t other means to get a meaningful #GdkDevice to operate on.
- * @surface: the #GdkSurface which will own the grab (the grab surface)
- * @grab_ownership: specifies the grab ownership.
- * @owner_events: if %FALSE then all device events are reported with respect to
- *                @surface and are only reported if selected by @event_mask. If
- *                %TRUE then pointer events for this application are reported
- *                as normal, but pointer events outside this application are
- *                reported with respect to @surface and only if selected by
- *                @event_mask. In either mode, unreported events are discarded.
- * @event_mask: specifies the event mask, which is used in accordance with
- *              @owner_events.
- * @cursor: (allow-none): the cursor to display while the grab is active if the device is
- *          a pointer. If this is %NULL then the normal cursors are used for
- *          @surface and its descendants, and the cursor for @surface is used
- *          elsewhere.
- * @time_: the timestamp of the event which led to this pointer grab. This
- *         usually comes from the #GdkEvent struct, though %GDK_CURRENT_TIME
- *         can be used if the time isn’t known.
- *
- * Grabs the device so that all events coming from this device are passed to
- * this application until the device is ungrabbed with gdk_device_ungrab(),
- * or the surface becomes unviewable. This overrides any previous grab on the device
- * by this client.
- *
- * Note that @device and @surface need to be on the same display.
- *
- * Device grabs are used for operations which need complete control over the
- * given device events (either pointer or keyboard). For example in GTK+ this
- * is used for Drag and Drop operations, popup menus and such.
- *
- * Note that if the event mask of an X window has selected both button press
- * and button release events, then a button press event will cause an automatic
- * pointer grab until the button is released. X does this automatically since
- * most applications expect to receive button press and release events in pairs.
- * It is equivalent to a pointer grab on the surface with @owner_events set to
- * %TRUE.
- *
- * If you set up anything at the time you take the grab that needs to be
- * cleaned up when the grab ends, you should handle the #GdkEventGrabBroken
- * events that are emitted when the grab ends unvoluntarily.
- *
- * Returns: %GDK_GRAB_SUCCESS if the grab was successful.
- *
- * Deprecated: Use gdk_seat_grab() instead.
- **/
 GdkGrabStatus
 gdk_device_grab (GdkDevice        *device,
                  GdkSurface        *surface,
@@ -1344,15 +1294,6 @@ gdk_device_grab (GdkDevice        *device,
   return res;
 }
 
-/**
- * gdk_device_ungrab:
- * @device: a #GdkDevice
- * @time_: a timestap (e.g. %GDK_CURRENT_TIME).
- *
- * Release any grab on @device.
- *
- * Deprecated: 3.20. Use gdk_seat_ungrab() instead.
- */
 void
 gdk_device_ungrab (GdkDevice  *device,
                    guint32     time_)
diff --git a/gdk/gdkdevice.h b/gdk/gdkdevice.h
index 3ae1c209ca..1e65d6c0ea 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkdevice.h
+++ b/gdk/gdkdevice.h
@@ -211,19 +211,6 @@ GList *      gdk_device_list_slave_devices    (GdkDevice     *device);
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 GdkDeviceType gdk_device_get_device_type (GdkDevice *device);
 
-GDK_DEPRECATED_FOR(gdk_seat_grab)
-GdkGrabStatus gdk_device_grab        (GdkDevice        *device,
-                                      GdkSurface        *surface,
-                                      GdkGrabOwnership  grab_ownership,
-                                      gboolean          owner_events,
-                                      GdkEventMask      event_mask,
-                                      GdkCursor        *cursor,
-                                      guint32           time_);
-
-GDK_DEPRECATED_FOR(gdk_seat_ungrab)
-void          gdk_device_ungrab      (GdkDevice        *device,
-                                      guint32           time_);
-
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 GdkSurface *gdk_device_get_last_event_surface (GdkDevice *device);
 
diff --git a/gdk/gdkinternals.h b/gdk/gdkinternals.h
index c6ed927826..f2261f0571 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkinternals.h
+++ b/gdk/gdkinternals.h
@@ -351,6 +351,17 @@ void gdk_synthesize_surface_state (GdkSurface     *surface,
                                    GdkSurfaceState unset_flags,
                                    GdkSurfaceState set_flags);
 
+GdkGrabStatus gdk_device_grab (GdkDevice        *device,
+                               GdkSurface        *surface,
+                               GdkGrabOwnership  grab_ownership,
+                               gboolean          owner_events,
+                               GdkEventMask      event_mask,
+                               GdkCursor        *cursor,
+                               guint32           time_);
+void gdk_device_ungrab        (GdkDevice        *device,
+                               guint32           time_);
+
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __GDK_INTERNALS_H__ */