diff --git a/demos/gtk-demo/colorsel.c b/demos/gtk-demo/colorsel.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 33ce704fd9..0000000000
--- a/demos/gtk-demo/colorsel.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-/* Color Chooser
- *
- * A GtkColorChooser lets the user choose a color. There are several
- * implementations of the GtkColorChooser interface in GTK. The
- * GtkColorChooserDialog is a prebuilt dialog containing a
- * GtkColorChooserWidget.
- */
-
-#include <gtk/gtk.h>
-
-static GtkWidget *window = NULL;
-static GtkWidget *da;
-static GdkRGBA color;
-static GtkWidget *frame;
-
-/* draw callback for the drawing area
- */
-static void
-draw_function (GtkDrawingArea *drawing_area,
-               cairo_t        *cr,
-               int             width,
-               int             height,
-               gpointer        data)
-{
-  gdk_cairo_set_source_rgba (cr, &color);
-  cairo_paint (cr);
-}
-
-static void
-response_cb (GtkDialog *dialog,
-             gint       response_id,
-             gpointer   user_data)
-{
-  if (response_id == GTK_RESPONSE_OK)
-    {
-      gtk_color_chooser_get_rgba (GTK_COLOR_CHOOSER (dialog), &color);
-      gtk_widget_queue_draw (da);
-    }
-
-  gtk_widget_destroy (GTK_WIDGET (dialog));
-}
-
-static void
-change_color_callback (GtkWidget *button,
-                       gpointer   data)
-{
-  GtkWidget *dialog;
-
-  dialog = gtk_color_chooser_dialog_new ("Changing color", GTK_WINDOW (window));
-  gtk_window_set_modal (GTK_WINDOW (dialog), TRUE);
-  gtk_color_chooser_set_rgba (GTK_COLOR_CHOOSER (dialog), &color);
-
-  g_signal_connect (dialog, "response",
-                    G_CALLBACK (response_cb), NULL);
-
-  gtk_widget_show (dialog);
-}
-
-GtkWidget *
-do_colorsel (GtkWidget *do_widget)
-{
-  GtkWidget *vbox;
-  GtkWidget *button;
-
-  if (!window)
-    {
-      color.red = 0;
-      color.blue = 1;
-      color.green = 0;
-      color.alpha = 1;
-
-      window = gtk_window_new ();
-      gtk_window_set_display (GTK_WINDOW (window),
-                              gtk_widget_get_display (do_widget));
-      gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "Color Chooser");
-      gtk_window_set_resizable (GTK_WINDOW (window), FALSE);
-
-      g_signal_connect (window, "destroy",
-                        G_CALLBACK (gtk_widget_destroyed), &window);
-
-      vbox = gtk_box_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL, 8);
-      gtk_widget_set_margin_start (vbox, 12);
-      gtk_widget_set_margin_end (vbox, 12);
-      gtk_widget_set_margin_top (vbox, 12);
-      gtk_widget_set_margin_bottom (vbox, 12);
-      gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), vbox);
-
-      /*
-       * Create the color swatch area
-       */
-
-      frame = gtk_frame_new (NULL);
-      gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (vbox), frame);
-
-      da = gtk_drawing_area_new ();
-      gtk_drawing_area_set_content_width (GTK_DRAWING_AREA (da), 200);
-      gtk_drawing_area_set_content_height (GTK_DRAWING_AREA (da), 200);
-      gtk_drawing_area_set_draw_func (GTK_DRAWING_AREA (da), draw_function, NULL, NULL);
-
-      gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (frame), da);
-
-      button = gtk_button_new_with_mnemonic ("_Change the above color");
-      gtk_widget_set_halign (button, GTK_ALIGN_END);
-      gtk_widget_set_valign (button, GTK_ALIGN_CENTER);
-
-      gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (vbox), button);
-
-      g_signal_connect (button, "clicked",
-                        G_CALLBACK (change_color_callback), NULL);
-    }
-
-  if (!gtk_widget_get_visible (window))
-    gtk_widget_show (window);
-  else
-    gtk_widget_destroy (window);
-
-  return window;
-}
diff --git a/demos/gtk-demo/demo.gresource.xml b/demos/gtk-demo/demo.gresource.xml
index be0a0ad6a8..850750e5ef 100644
--- a/demos/gtk-demo/demo.gresource.xml
+++ b/demos/gtk-demo/demo.gresource.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@
     <file>assistant.c</file>
     <file>builder.c</file>
     <file>clipboard.c</file>
-    <file>colorsel.c</file>
     <file>combobox.c</file>
     <file>constraints.c</file>
     <file>constraints2.c</file>
diff --git a/demos/gtk-demo/meson.build b/demos/gtk-demo/meson.build
index a2750049b7..18d2d776a2 100644
--- a/demos/gtk-demo/meson.build
+++ b/demos/gtk-demo/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ demos = files([
   'assistant.c',
   'builder.c',
   'clipboard.c',
-  'colorsel.c',
   'combobox.c',
   'constraints.c',
   'constraints2.c',