diff --git a/gfx/src/nsRenderingContext.cpp b/gfx/src/nsRenderingContext.cpp
index 5316733799c..464296078aa 100644
--- a/gfx/src/nsRenderingContext.cpp
+++ b/gfx/src/nsRenderingContext.cpp
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include "nsRect.h"                     // for nsRect, nsIntRect
 #include "nsRegion.h"                   // for nsIntRegionRectIterator, etc
 
-class gfxASurface;
-
 // XXXTodo: rename FORM_TWIPS to FROM_APPUNITS
 #define FROM_TWIPS(_x)  ((gfxFloat)((_x)/(mP2A)))
 #define FROM_TWIPS_INT(_x)  (NSToIntRound((gfxFloat)((_x)/(mP2A))))
@@ -65,13 +63,6 @@ static int32_t FindSafeLength(const char *aString, uint32_t aLength,
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //// nsRenderingContext
 
-void
-nsRenderingContext::Init(nsDeviceContext* aContext,
-                         gfxASurface *aThebesSurface)
-{
-    Init(aContext, new gfxContext(aThebesSurface));
-}
-
 void
 nsRenderingContext::Init(nsDeviceContext* aContext,
                          gfxContext *aThebesContext)
diff --git a/gfx/src/nsRenderingContext.h b/gfx/src/nsRenderingContext.h
index 5ee0f5a369e..5b14abb80a9 100644
--- a/gfx/src/nsRenderingContext.h
+++ b/gfx/src/nsRenderingContext.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "nsString.h"               // for nsString
 #include "nscore.h"                     // for char16_t
 
-class gfxASurface;
 class nsIntRegion;
 struct nsPoint;
 struct nsRect;
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ public:
 
     NS_INLINE_DECL_REFCOUNTING(nsRenderingContext)
 
-    void Init(nsDeviceContext* aContext, gfxASurface* aThebesSurface);
     void Init(nsDeviceContext* aContext, gfxContext* aThebesContext);
     void Init(nsDeviceContext* aContext, DrawTarget* aDrawTarget);