diff --git a/include/scaled-buffer/scaled-font-buffer.h b/include/scaled-buffer/scaled-font-buffer.h
index 6953f9da..a5e95087 100644
--- a/include/scaled-buffer/scaled-font-buffer.h
+++ b/include/scaled-buffer/scaled-font-buffer.h
@@ -73,12 +73,4 @@ void scaled_font_buffer_update(struct scaled_font_buffer *self, const char *text
 	int max_width, struct font *font, const float *color,
 	const float *bg_color);
 
-/**
- * Update the max width of an existing auto scaling font buffer
- * and force a new render.
- *
- * No steps are taken to detect if its actually required to render a new buffer.
- */
-void scaled_font_buffer_set_max_width(struct scaled_font_buffer *self, int max_width);
-
 #endif /* LABWC_SCALED_FONT_BUFFER_H */
diff --git a/src/scaled-buffer/scaled-font-buffer.c b/src/scaled-buffer/scaled-font-buffer.c
index 61fd5db3..bb93fc67 100644
--- a/src/scaled-buffer/scaled-font-buffer.c
+++ b/src/scaled-buffer/scaled-font-buffer.c
@@ -139,17 +139,3 @@ scaled_font_buffer_update(struct scaled_font_buffer *self, const char *text,
 	scaled_buffer_request_update(self->scaled_buffer,
 		self->width, self->height);
 }
-
-void
-scaled_font_buffer_set_max_width(struct scaled_font_buffer *self, int max_width)
-{
-	self->max_width = max_width;
-
-	int computed_height;
-	font_get_buffer_size(self->max_width, self->text, &self->font,
-		&self->width, &computed_height);
-	self->height = (self->fixed_height > 0) ?
-		self->fixed_height : computed_height;
-	scaled_buffer_request_update(self->scaled_buffer,
-		self->width, self->height);
-}