diff --git a/components/compositing/windowing.rs b/components/compositing/windowing.rs
index ef6553f1775..442499c1eb5 100644
--- a/components/compositing/windowing.rs
+++ b/components/compositing/windowing.rs
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ pub enum EmbedderEvent {
     /// Sent when part of the window is marked dirty and needs to be redrawn. Before sending this
     /// message, the window must make the same GL context as in `PrepareRenderingEvent` current.
     Refresh,
-    /// Sent when the window is resized.
-    WindowResize,
     /// Sent when the platform theme changes.
     ThemeChange(Theme),
     /// Sent when a navigation request from script is allowed/refused.
@@ -142,7 +140,6 @@ impl Debug for EmbedderEvent {
         match *self {
             EmbedderEvent::Idle => write!(f, "Idle"),
             EmbedderEvent::Refresh => write!(f, "Refresh"),
-            EmbedderEvent::WindowResize => write!(f, "Resize"),
             EmbedderEvent::ThemeChange(..) => write!(f, "ThemeChange"),
             EmbedderEvent::Keyboard(..) => write!(f, "Keyboard"),
             EmbedderEvent::IMEComposition(..) => write!(f, "IMEComposition"),
diff --git a/components/servo/lib.rs b/components/servo/lib.rs
index 94594e60945..be5e438439b 100644
--- a/components/servo/lib.rs
+++ b/components/servo/lib.rs
@@ -643,17 +643,13 @@ impl Servo {
         )
     }
 
-    fn handle_window_event(&mut self, event: EmbedderEvent) -> bool {
+    fn handle_window_event(&mut self, event: EmbedderEvent) {
         match event {
             EmbedderEvent::Idle => {},
 
             EmbedderEvent::Refresh => {
                 self.compositor.borrow_mut().composite();
             },
-
-            EmbedderEvent::WindowResize => {
-                return self.compositor.borrow_mut().on_rendering_context_resized();
-            },
             EmbedderEvent::ThemeChange(theme) => {
                 let msg = ConstellationMsg::ThemeChange(theme);
                 if let Err(e) = self.constellation_proxy.try_send(msg) {
@@ -918,7 +914,6 @@ impl Servo {
                 self.send_to_constellation(ConstellationMsg::Clipboard(clipboard_event));
             },
         }
-        false
     }
 
     fn send_to_constellation(&self, msg: ConstellationMsg) {
@@ -955,21 +950,19 @@ impl Servo {
         self.messages_for_embedder.drain(..)
     }
 
-    pub fn handle_events(&mut self, events: impl IntoIterator<Item = EmbedderEvent>) -> bool {
+    pub fn handle_events(&mut self, events: impl IntoIterator<Item = EmbedderEvent>) {
         if self.compositor.borrow_mut().receive_messages() {
             self.receive_messages();
         }
-        let mut need_resize = false;
         for event in events {
             trace!("servo <- embedder EmbedderEvent {:?}", event);
-            need_resize |= self.handle_window_event(event);
+            self.handle_window_event(event);
         }
         if self.compositor.borrow().shutdown_state != ShutdownState::FinishedShuttingDown {
             self.compositor.borrow_mut().perform_updates();
         } else {
             self.messages_for_embedder.push(EmbedderMsg::Shutdown);
         }
-        need_resize
     }
 
     pub fn repaint_synchronously(&mut self) {
diff --git a/ports/servoshell/desktop/app.rs b/ports/servoshell/desktop/app.rs
index c69cf30a283..9643a1835f2 100644
--- a/ports/servoshell/desktop/app.rs
+++ b/ports/servoshell/desktop/app.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ pub struct App {
 }
 
 enum Present {
-    Immediate,
     Deferred,
     None,
 }
@@ -251,7 +250,6 @@ impl App {
         // Take any new embedder messages from Servo.
         let servo = self.servo.as_mut().expect("Servo should be running.");
         let mut embedder_messages: Vec<_> = servo.get_events().collect();
-        let mut need_resize = false;
         let mut need_present = false;
         let mut need_update = false;
         loop {
@@ -266,7 +264,8 @@ impl App {
             need_update |= servo_event_response.need_update;
 
             // Runs the compositor, and receives and collects embedder messages from various Servo components.
-            need_resize |= servo.handle_events(vec![]);
+            servo.handle_events(vec![]);
+
             if self.webviews.shutdown_requested() {
                 return PumpResult::Shutdown;
             }
@@ -278,9 +277,7 @@ impl App {
             }
         }
 
-        let present = if need_resize {
-            Present::Immediate
-        } else if need_present {
+        let present = if need_present {
             Present::Deferred
         } else {
             Present::None
@@ -322,24 +319,6 @@ impl App {
                     }
                 }
                 match present {
-                    Present::Immediate => {
-                        // The window was resized.
-                        trace!("PumpResult::Present::Immediate");
-
-                        // If we had resized any of the viewports in response to this, we would need to
-                        // call Servo::repaint_synchronously. At the moment we don’t, so there won’t be
-                        // any paint scheduled, and calling it would hang the compositor forever.
-                        if let Some(ref mut minibrowser) = self.minibrowser {
-                            minibrowser.update(
-                                window.winit_window().unwrap(),
-                                &mut self.webviews,
-                                self.servo.as_ref(),
-                                "PumpResult::Present::Immediate",
-                            );
-                            minibrowser.paint(window.winit_window().unwrap());
-                        }
-                        self.servo.as_mut().unwrap().present();
-                    },
                     Present::Deferred => {
                         // The compositor has painted to this frame.
                         trace!("PumpResult::Present::Deferred");
@@ -385,11 +364,6 @@ impl App {
             },
             PumpResult::Continue { present, .. } => {
                 match present {
-                    Present::Immediate => {
-                        // The window was resized.
-                        trace!("PumpResult::Present::Immediate");
-                        self.servo.as_mut().unwrap().present();
-                    },
                     Present::Deferred => {
                         // The compositor has painted to this frame.
                         trace!("PumpResult::Present::Deferred");