diff --git a/include/view.h b/include/view.h
index 158234fe..2adf0269 100644
--- a/include/view.h
+++ b/include/view.h
@@ -169,9 +169,6 @@ void view_reload_ssd(struct view *view);
 void view_impl_map(struct view *view);
 void view_adjust_size(struct view *view, int *w, int *h);
 
-bool view_compute_centered_position(struct view *view, int w, int h,
-	int *x, int *y);
-
 void view_on_output_destroy(struct view *view);
 void view_destroy(struct view *view);
 
diff --git a/src/view.c b/src/view.c
index 2e2a19d8..a42cde25 100644
--- a/src/view.c
+++ b/src/view.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ view_output(struct view *view)
 	return output_from_wlr_output(view->server, wlr_output);
 }
 
-bool
+static bool
 view_compute_centered_position(struct view *view, int w, int h, int *x, int *y)
 {
 	struct output *output = view_output(view);
diff --git a/src/xdg.c b/src/xdg.c
index b320e049..8d39a03f 100644
--- a/src/xdg.c
+++ b/src/xdg.c
@@ -284,20 +284,7 @@ position_xdg_toplevel_view(struct view *view)
 			output_usable_area_from_cursor_coords(view->server);
 		view->current.x = box.x;
 		view->current.y = box.y;
-
-		/* Center the view without touching its w and h fields. This means we
-		 * can't simply set w/h and call view_center().  w and h fields should
-		 * only be modified at commit, or they will not be in sync with the
-		 * scene tree
-		 */
-		int w = xdg_surface->current.geometry.width;
-		int h = xdg_surface->current.geometry.height;
-		if (w && h) {
-			int x, y;
-			if (view_compute_centered_position(view, w, h, &x, &y)) {
-				view_move(view, x, y);
-			}
-		}
+		view_center(view);
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * If child-toplevel-views, we center-align relative to their