diff --git a/include/wlr/render/wlr_texture.h b/include/wlr/render/wlr_texture.h
index c5b50658b..f438d2aaa 100644
--- a/include/wlr/render/wlr_texture.h
+++ b/include/wlr/render/wlr_texture.h
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@ struct wlr_texture {
 	struct wl_list link;
 };
 
-/**
- * Create a new texture from raw pixel data. `stride` is in bytes. The returned
- * texture is mutable.
- */
-struct wlr_texture *wlr_texture_from_pixels(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
-	uint32_t fmt, uint32_t stride, uint32_t width, uint32_t height,
-	const void *data);
-
 /**
   * Update a texture with a struct wlr_buffer's contents.
   *
diff --git a/render/wlr_texture.c b/render/wlr_texture.c
index 6676d8f9d..e1e621d55 100644
--- a/render/wlr_texture.c
+++ b/render/wlr_texture.c
@@ -32,30 +32,6 @@ void wlr_texture_destroy(struct wlr_texture *texture) {
 	}
 }
 
-struct wlr_texture *wlr_texture_from_pixels(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
-		uint32_t fmt, uint32_t stride, uint32_t width, uint32_t height,
-		const void *data) {
-	assert(width > 0);
-	assert(height > 0);
-	assert(stride > 0);
-	assert(data);
-
-	struct wlr_readonly_data_buffer *buffer =
-		readonly_data_buffer_create(fmt, stride, width, height, data);
-	if (buffer == NULL) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	struct wlr_texture *texture =
-		wlr_texture_from_buffer(renderer, &buffer->base);
-
-	// By this point, the renderer should have locked the buffer if it still
-	// needs to access it in the future.
-	readonly_data_buffer_drop(buffer);
-
-	return texture;
-}
-
 struct wlr_texture *wlr_texture_from_buffer(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
 		struct wlr_buffer *buffer) {
 	if (!renderer->impl->texture_from_buffer) {