diff --git a/libs/canvas/box.cc b/libs/canvas/box.cc
index a145743224..5d32d34821 100644
--- a/libs/canvas/box.cc
+++ b/libs/canvas/box.cc
@@ -151,25 +151,6 @@ Box::set_homogenous (bool yn)
 	homogenous = yn;
 }
 
-void
-Box::reset_self ()
-{
-	if (_bounding_box_dirty) {
-		compute_bounding_box ();
-	}
-
-	if (!_bounding_box) {
-		self->hide ();
-		return;
-	}
-
-	Rect r (_bounding_box);
-
-	/* XXX need to shrink by margin */
-
-	self->set (r);
-}
-
 void
 Box::reposition_children ()
 {