diff --git a/gtk/gtkwidget.c b/gtk/gtkwidget.c
index 9bd89aa5bb..c3d51ec9f8 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkwidget.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkwidget.c
@@ -6922,20 +6922,6 @@ gtk_cairo_should_draw_window (cairo_t *cr,
     event_window == window;
 }
 
-static gboolean
-gtk_widget_get_clip_draw (GtkWidget *widget)
-{
-  /* labels are not clipped, because clipping them would cause
-   * mnemonics to not appear on characters that go beyond the
-   * baseline.
-   * https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648570
-   */
-  if (GTK_IS_LABEL (widget))
-    return FALSE;
-
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
 static void
 _gtk_widget_draw_internal (GtkWidget *widget,
                            cairo_t   *cr,
@@ -6950,8 +6936,6 @@ _gtk_widget_draw_internal (GtkWidget *widget,
   tmp_event_window = _gtk_cairo_get_event_window (cr);
   gtk_cairo_set_event_window (cr, window);
 
-  clip_to_size &= gtk_widget_get_clip_draw (widget);
-
   if (clip_to_size)
     {
       cairo_rectangle (cr,