diff --git a/components/style/gecko/selector_parser.rs b/components/style/gecko/selector_parser.rs
index cbc2806ef83..cb2c9d80050 100644
--- a/components/style/gecko/selector_parser.rs
+++ b/components/style/gecko/selector_parser.rs
@@ -433,13 +433,6 @@ impl SelectorImpl {
             fun(pseudo.clone())
         }
     }
-
-
-    /// Returns the relevant state flag for a given non-tree-structural
-    /// pseudo-class.
-    pub fn pseudo_class_state_flag(pc: &NonTSPseudoClass) -> ElementState {
-        pc.state_flag()
-    }
 }
 
 fn utf16_to_ascii_lowercase(unit: u16) -> u16 {
diff --git a/components/style/servo/selector_parser.rs b/components/style/servo/selector_parser.rs
index bffb436cf1c..b5552cbbfb0 100644
--- a/components/style/servo/selector_parser.rs
+++ b/components/style/servo/selector_parser.rs
@@ -561,12 +561,6 @@ impl SelectorImpl {
             fun(PseudoElement::from_eager_index(i));
         }
     }
-
-    /// Returns the pseudo-class state flag for selector matching.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn pseudo_class_state_flag(pc: &NonTSPseudoClass) -> ElementState {
-        pc.state_flag()
-    }
 }
 
 /// A map from elements to snapshots for the Servo style back-end.