diff --git a/widget/android/nsWindow.cpp b/widget/android/nsWindow.cpp
index cf7f513b62dc..8b0efb344d13 100644
--- a/widget/android/nsWindow.cpp
+++ b/widget/android/nsWindow.cpp
@@ -1172,22 +1172,6 @@ nsWindow::DispatchGestureEvent(uint32_t msg, uint32_t direction, double delta,
 }
 
 
-void
-nsWindow::DispatchMotionEvent(WidgetInputEvent &event, AndroidGeckoEvent *ae,
-                              const nsIntPoint &refPoint)
-{
-    nsIntPoint offset = WidgetToScreenOffset();
-
-    event.modifiers = ae->DOMModifiers();
-    event.time = ae->Time();
-
-    // XXX possibly bound the range of event.refPoint here.
-    //     some code may get confused.
-    event.refPoint = LayoutDeviceIntPoint::FromUntyped(refPoint - offset);
-
-    DispatchEvent(&event);
-}
-
 static unsigned int ConvertAndroidKeyCodeToDOMKeyCode(int androidKeyCode)
 {
     // Special-case alphanumeric keycodes because they are most common.
diff --git a/widget/android/nsWindow.h b/widget/android/nsWindow.h
index df93b137f7cf..fd049a141124 100644
--- a/widget/android/nsWindow.h
+++ b/widget/android/nsWindow.h
@@ -233,9 +233,6 @@ private:
     void InitKeyEvent(mozilla::WidgetKeyboardEvent& event,
                       mozilla::AndroidGeckoEvent& key,
                       ANPEvent* pluginEvent);
-    void DispatchMotionEvent(mozilla::WidgetInputEvent &event,
-                             mozilla::AndroidGeckoEvent *ae,
-                             const nsIntPoint &refPoint);
     void DispatchGestureEvent(uint32_t msg, uint32_t direction, double delta,
                               const nsIntPoint &refPoint, uint64_t time);
     void HandleSpecialKey(mozilla::AndroidGeckoEvent *ae);