diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpaintengine.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qpaintengine.cpp
index 9065b29d6..700e733cb 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpaintengine.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpaintengine.cpp
@@ -780,20 +780,6 @@ QPaintDevice *QPaintEngine::paintDevice() const
     return d_func()->pdev;
 }
 
-/*!
-    \internal
-
-    Returns the offset from the painters origo to the engines
-    origo. This value is used by QPainter for engines who have
-    internal double buffering.
-
-    This function only makes sense when the engine is active.
-*/
-QPoint QPaintEngine::coordinateOffset() const
-{
-    return QPoint();
-}
-
 /*!
     \internal
 
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpaintengine.h b/src/gui/painting/qpaintengine.h
index 665c51579..0b629d77a 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpaintengine.h
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpaintengine.h
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ public:
     void setSystemRect(const QRect &rect);
     QRect systemRect() const;
 
-    virtual QPoint coordinateOffset() const;
-
     enum Type {
         X11,
         PostScript,
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpainter.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qpainter.cpp
index 6782b53f8..209919c07 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpainter.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpainter.cpp
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ bool QPainterPrivate::attachPainterPrivate(QPainter *q, QPaintDevice *pdev)
     q->initFrom(widget);
     QPoint offset;
     widget->d_func()->redirected(&offset);
-    offset += q->d_ptr->engine->coordinateOffset();
 
     // Update system rect.
     q->d_ptr->state->ww = q->d_ptr->state->vw = widget->width();
@@ -1539,9 +1538,6 @@ bool QPainter::begin(QPaintDevice *pd)
         d->state->wh = d->state->vh = pd->metric(QPaintDevice::PdmHeight);
     }
 
-    const QPoint coordinateOffset = d->engine->coordinateOffset();
-    d->state->redirectionMatrix.translate(-coordinateOffset.x(), -coordinateOffset.y());
-
     Q_ASSERT(d->engine->isActive());
 
     if (!d->state->redirectionMatrix.isIdentity())