diff --git a/gdk/gdkmemorytexture.c b/gdk/gdkmemorytexture.c
index 6f9967dcfb..641386b786 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkmemorytexture.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkmemorytexture.c
@@ -233,21 +233,11 @@ gdk_memory_texture_from_texture (GdkTexture      *texture,
   return GDK_MEMORY_TEXTURE (result);
 }
 
-const guchar *
-gdk_memory_texture_get_data (GdkMemoryTexture *self)
-{
-  return g_bytes_get_data (self->bytes, NULL);
-}
-
 GBytes *
-gdk_memory_texture_get_bytes (GdkMemoryTexture *self)
+gdk_memory_texture_get_bytes (GdkMemoryTexture *self,
+                              gsize            *out_stride)
 {
+  *out_stride = self->stride;
   return self->bytes;
 }
 
-gsize
-gdk_memory_texture_get_stride (GdkMemoryTexture *self)
-{
-  return self->stride;
-}
-
diff --git a/gdk/gdkmemorytextureprivate.h b/gdk/gdkmemorytextureprivate.h
index 7e4092b77c..f182f7fbd9 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkmemorytextureprivate.h
+++ b/gdk/gdkmemorytextureprivate.h
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ GdkTexture *            gdk_memory_texture_new_subtexture   (GdkMemoryTexture  *
                                                              int                width,
                                                              int                height);
 
-const guchar *          gdk_memory_texture_get_data         (GdkMemoryTexture  *self);
-GBytes *                gdk_memory_texture_get_bytes        (GdkMemoryTexture  *self);
-gsize                   gdk_memory_texture_get_stride       (GdkMemoryTexture  *self);
+GBytes *                gdk_memory_texture_get_bytes        (GdkMemoryTexture  *self,
+                                                             gsize             *out_stride);
 
 
 G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/gdk/gdktexturedownloader.c b/gdk/gdktexturedownloader.c
index f45a6aceb7..4a948dc40a 100644
--- a/gdk/gdktexturedownloader.c
+++ b/gdk/gdktexturedownloader.c
@@ -254,8 +254,7 @@ gdk_texture_downloader_download_bytes (const GdkTextureDownloader *self,
     {
       GdkMemoryTexture *memtex = GDK_MEMORY_TEXTURE (self->texture);
 
-      *out_stride = gdk_memory_texture_get_stride (memtex);
-      return g_bytes_ref (gdk_memory_texture_get_bytes (memtex));
+      return g_bytes_ref (gdk_memory_texture_get_bytes (memtex, out_stride));
     }
 
   stride = self->texture->width * gdk_memory_format_bytes_per_pixel (self->format);