diff --git a/src/servo/css/matching.rs b/src/servo/css/matching.rs
index e1ea738a9a4..8bd39f6bf1a 100644
--- a/src/servo/css/matching.rs
+++ b/src/servo/css/matching.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use layout::context::LayoutContext;
 use select_handler::NodeSelectHandler;
 
 trait MatchMethods {
-    fn restyle_subtree(ctx: &LayoutContext, select_ctx: &SelectCtx);
+    fn restyle_subtree(select_ctx: &SelectCtx);
 }
 
 impl Node : MatchMethods {
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ impl Node : MatchMethods {
      * the node (the reader-auxiliary box in the COW model) with the
      * computed style.
      */
-    fn restyle_subtree(ctx: &LayoutContext, select_ctx: &SelectCtx) {
+    fn restyle_subtree(select_ctx: &SelectCtx) {
         let mut i = 0u;
         
         for NodeTree.each_child(&self) |kid| {
             i = i + 1u;
-            kid.restyle_subtree(ctx, select_ctx); 
+            kid.restyle_subtree(select_ctx); 
         }
 
         let select_handler = NodeSelectHandler {
diff --git a/src/servo/layout/layout_task.rs b/src/servo/layout/layout_task.rs
index 7971c4a6f71..8c96efa66ba 100644
--- a/src/servo/layout/layout_task.rs
+++ b/src/servo/layout/layout_task.rs
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ impl Layout {
             // TODO: this is dumb. we don't need 2 separate traversals.
             node.initialize_style_for_subtree(&self.layout_refs);
             do self.css_select_ctx.borrow_imm |ctx| {
-                node.restyle_subtree(&layout_ctx, ctx);
+                node.restyle_subtree(ctx);
             }
             
             let builder = LayoutTreeBuilder::new();