diff --git a/include/wlr/render/wlr_texture.h b/include/wlr/render/wlr_texture.h
index b5060d3c4..c5b50658b 100644
--- a/include/wlr/render/wlr_texture.h
+++ b/include/wlr/render/wlr_texture.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <pixman.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <wayland-server-core.h>
-#include <wlr/render/dmabuf.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_raster.h>
 
 struct wlr_buffer;
@@ -35,12 +34,6 @@ 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);
 
-/**
- * Create a new texture from a DMA-BUF. The returned texture is immutable.
- */
-struct wlr_texture *wlr_texture_from_dmabuf(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
-	struct wlr_dmabuf_attributes *attribs);
-
 /**
   * Update a texture with a struct wlr_buffer's contents.
   *
diff --git a/render/wlr_texture.c b/render/wlr_texture.c
index 162656c16..6676d8f9d 100644
--- a/render/wlr_texture.c
+++ b/render/wlr_texture.c
@@ -56,23 +56,6 @@ struct wlr_texture *wlr_texture_from_pixels(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
 	return texture;
 }
 
-struct wlr_texture *wlr_texture_from_dmabuf(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
-		struct wlr_dmabuf_attributes *attribs) {
-	struct wlr_dmabuf_buffer *buffer = dmabuf_buffer_create(attribs);
-	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.
-	dmabuf_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) {