diff --git a/docs/reference/gdk/gdk4-sections.txt b/docs/reference/gdk/gdk4-sections.txt
index 158fba7ec1..474b1cdb2f 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gdk/gdk4-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gdk/gdk4-sections.txt
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ gdk_device_get_surface_at_position
 GdkTimeCoord
 gdk_device_get_axis
 gdk_device_get_axis_names
-gdk_device_get_last_event_surface
 
 <SUBSECTION>
 gdk_device_tool_get_serial
diff --git a/gdk/gdkdevice.c b/gdk/gdkdevice.c
index 29a1fcab47..4889d7b232 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkdevice.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkdevice.c
@@ -1282,33 +1282,6 @@ _gdk_device_surface_at_position (GdkDevice       *device,
                                                              mask);
 }
 
-/**
- * gdk_device_get_last_event_surface:
- * @device: a #GdkDevice, with a source other than %GDK_SOURCE_KEYBOARD
- *
- * Gets information about which surface the given pointer device is in, based on events
- * that have been received so far from the display server. If another application
- * has a pointer grab, or this application has a grab with owner_events = %FALSE,
- * %NULL may be returned even if the pointer is physically over one of this
- * application's surfaces.
- *
- * Returns: (transfer none) (allow-none): the last surface the device
- */
-GdkSurface *
-gdk_device_get_last_event_surface (GdkDevice *device)
-{
-  GdkDisplay *display;
-  GdkPointerSurfaceInfo *info;
-
-  g_return_val_if_fail (GDK_IS_DEVICE (device), NULL);
-  g_return_val_if_fail (device->source != GDK_SOURCE_KEYBOARD, NULL);
-
-  display = gdk_device_get_display (device);
-  info = _gdk_display_get_pointer_info (display, device);
-
-  return info->surface_under_pointer;
-}
-
 /**
  * gdk_device_get_vendor_id:
  * @device: a physical #GdkDevice
diff --git a/gdk/gdkdevice.h b/gdk/gdkdevice.h
index 0eefbb6cac..058d0b67bd 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkdevice.h
+++ b/gdk/gdkdevice.h
@@ -143,9 +143,6 @@ GList *      gdk_device_list_physical_devices (GdkDevice     *device);
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 GdkDeviceType gdk_device_get_device_type (GdkDevice *device);
 
-GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-GdkSurface *gdk_device_get_last_event_surface (GdkDevice *device);
-
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 const gchar *gdk_device_get_vendor_id       (GdkDevice *device);
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL