diff --git a/components/style/stylist.rs b/components/style/stylist.rs
index 2657e1dffdb..ed8f83c1f7a 100644
--- a/components/style/stylist.rs
+++ b/components/style/stylist.rs
@@ -625,12 +625,6 @@ impl Stylist {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns whether the given ElementState bit might be relied upon by a
-    /// selector of some rule in the stylist.
-    pub fn might_have_state_dependency(&self, state: ElementState) -> bool {
-        self.has_state_dependency(state)
-    }
-
     /// Returns whether the given ElementState bit is relied upon by a selector
     /// of some rule in the stylist.
     pub fn has_state_dependency(&self, state: ElementState) -> bool {
diff --git a/ports/geckolib/glue.rs b/ports/geckolib/glue.rs
index 98b7cde6866..45eb85d839e 100644
--- a/ports/geckolib/glue.rs
+++ b/ports/geckolib/glue.rs
@@ -4090,13 +4090,13 @@ pub extern "C" fn Servo_StyleSet_HasStateDependency(
     let state = ElementState::from_bits_truncate(state);
     let data = PerDocumentStyleData::from_ffi(raw_data).borrow();
 
-    let mut has_dep = data.stylist.might_have_state_dependency(state);
+    let mut has_dep = data.stylist.has_state_dependency(state);
     if !has_dep {
         // TODO(emilio): Consider optimizing this storing attribute
         // dependencies from UA sheets separately, so we could optimize
         // the above lookup if cut_off_inheritance is true.
         element.each_xbl_stylist(|stylist| {
-            has_dep = has_dep || stylist.might_have_state_dependency(state);
+            has_dep = has_dep || stylist.has_state_dependency(state);
         });
     }