diff --git a/gdk/gdksurface.c b/gdk/gdksurface.c
index 5ef58dbfdb..630aea4c72 100644
--- a/gdk/gdksurface.c
+++ b/gdk/gdksurface.c
@@ -2766,61 +2766,6 @@ gdk_surface_focus (GdkSurface *surface,
   GDK_SURFACE_GET_CLASS (surface)->focus (surface, timestamp);
 }
 
-/**
- * gdk_surface_set_title:
- * @surface: a toplevel #GdkSurface
- * @title: title of @surface
- *
- * Sets the title of a toplevel surface, to be displayed in the titlebar.
- * If you haven’t explicitly set the icon name for the surface
- * (using gdk_surface_set_icon_name()), the icon name will be set to
- * @title as well. @title must be in UTF-8 encoding (as with all
- * user-readable strings in GDK and GTK). @title may not be %NULL.
- **/
-void
-gdk_surface_set_title (GdkSurface   *surface,
-                       const gchar *title)
-{
-  GDK_SURFACE_GET_CLASS (surface)->set_title (surface, title);
-}
-
-/**
- * gdk_surface_set_startup_id:
- * @surface: a toplevel #GdkSurface
- * @startup_id: a string with startup-notification identifier
- *
- * When using GTK, typically you should use gtk_window_set_startup_id()
- * instead of this low-level function.
- **/
-void
-gdk_surface_set_startup_id (GdkSurface   *surface,
-                            const gchar *startup_id)
-{
-  GDK_SURFACE_GET_CLASS (surface)->set_startup_id (surface, startup_id);
-}
-
-/**
- * gdk_surface_set_transient_for:
- * @surface: a toplevel #GdkSurface
- * @parent: another toplevel #GdkSurface
- *
- * Indicates to the window manager that @surface is a transient dialog
- * associated with the application surface @parent. This allows the
- * window manager to do things like center @surface on @parent and
- * keep @surface above @parent.
- *
- * See gtk_window_set_transient_for() if you’re using #GtkWindow or
- * #GtkDialog.
- **/
-void
-gdk_surface_set_transient_for (GdkSurface *surface,
-                               GdkSurface *parent)
-{
-  surface->transient_for = parent;
-
-  GDK_SURFACE_GET_CLASS (surface)->set_transient_for (surface, parent);
-}
-
 /**
  * gdk_surface_set_accept_focus:
  * @surface: a toplevel #GdkSurface
@@ -2860,54 +2805,6 @@ gdk_surface_set_focus_on_map (GdkSurface *surface,
   GDK_SURFACE_GET_CLASS (surface)->set_focus_on_map (surface, focus_on_map);
 }
 
-/**
- * gdk_surface_set_icon_list:
- * @surface: The #GdkSurface toplevel surface to set the icon of.
- * @surfaces: (transfer none) (element-type GdkTexture):
- *     A list of image surfaces, of different sizes.
- *
- * Sets a list of icons for the surface. One of these will be used
- * to represent the surface when it has been iconified. The icon is
- * usually shown in an icon box or some sort of task bar. Which icon
- * size is shown depends on the window manager. The window manager
- * can scale the icon  but setting several size icons can give better
- * image quality since the window manager may only need to scale the
- * icon by a small amount or not at all.
- *
- * Note that some platforms don't support surface icons.
- */
-void
-gdk_surface_set_icon_list (GdkSurface *surface,
-                           GList     *textures)
-{
-  GDK_SURFACE_GET_CLASS (surface)->set_icon_list (surface, textures);
-}
-
-/**
- * gdk_surface_set_icon_name:
- * @surface: a toplevel #GdkSurface
- * @name: (allow-none): name of surface while iconified (minimized)
- *
- * Surfaces may have a name used while minimized, distinct from the
- * name they display in their titlebar. Most of the time this is a bad
- * idea from a user interface standpoint. But you can set such a name
- * with this function, if you like.
- *
- * After calling this with a non-%NULL @name, calls to gdk_surface_set_title()
- * will not update the icon title.
- *
- * Using %NULL for @name unsets the icon title; further calls to
- * gdk_surface_set_title() will again update the icon title as well.
- *
- * Note that some platforms don't support surface icons.
- **/
-void
-gdk_surface_set_icon_name (GdkSurface   *surface,
-                           const gchar *name)
-{
-  GDK_SURFACE_GET_CLASS (surface)->set_icon_name (surface, name);
-}
-
 /**
  * gdk_surface_minimize:
  * @surface: a toplevel #GdkSurface
diff --git a/gdk/gdksurface.h b/gdk/gdksurface.h
index 25e0dfa1ac..951341782b 100644
--- a/gdk/gdksurface.h
+++ b/gdk/gdksurface.h
@@ -387,16 +387,6 @@ gboolean gdk_surface_is_viewable    (GdkSurface *surface);
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gboolean      gdk_surface_get_mapped   (GdkSurface *surface);
 
-GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-void          gdk_surface_set_title         (GdkSurface   *surface,
-                                             const gchar  *title);
-GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-void          gdk_surface_set_startup_id    (GdkSurface     *surface,
-                                             const gchar   *startup_id);
-GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-void          gdk_surface_set_transient_for (GdkSurface     *surface,
-                                             GdkSurface     *parent);
-
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 void          gdk_surface_set_cursor     (GdkSurface      *surface,
                                           GdkCursor       *cursor);
@@ -429,12 +419,6 @@ void          gdk_surface_get_device_position (GdkSurface      *surface,
                                                double          *y,
                                                GdkModifierType *mask);
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-void          gdk_surface_set_icon_list   (GdkSurface       *surface,
-                                           GList           *surfaces);
-GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-void          gdk_surface_set_icon_name  (GdkSurface      *surface,
-                                          const gchar     *name);
-GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 void          gdk_surface_set_decorations (GdkSurface     *surface,
                                            GdkWMDecoration  decorations);
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL