diff --git a/src/event.c b/src/event.c
index 2da09885..302497b6 100644
--- a/src/event.c
+++ b/src/event.c
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static void handleClientMessage(XEvent * event)
 		if (!wwin->flags.miniaturized)
 			wIconifyWindow(wwin);
 	} else if (event->xclient.message_type == _XA_WM_COLORMAP_NOTIFY && event->xclient.format == 32) {
-		WScreen *scr = wScreenSearchForRootWindow(event->xclient.window);
+		WScreen *scr = wScreenForRootWindow(event->xclient.window);
 
 		if (!scr)
 			return;
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ static void handleClientMessage(XEvent * event)
 			break;
 		}
 	} else if (event->xclient.message_type == _XA_WM_IGNORE_FOCUS_EVENTS) {
-		WScreen *scr = wScreenSearchForRootWindow(event->xclient.window);
+		WScreen *scr = wScreenForRootWindow(event->xclient.window);
 		if (!scr)
 			return;
 		scr->flags.ignore_focus_events = event->xclient.data.l[0] ? 1 : 0;
diff --git a/src/screen.h b/src/screen.h
index b2c2f42d..5bf508eb 100644
--- a/src/screen.h
+++ b/src/screen.h
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ int wScreenKeepInside(WScreen *scr, int *x, int *y, int width, int height);
 /* in startup.c */
 WScreen *wScreenWithNumber(int i);
 WScreen *wScreenForRootWindow(Window window);   /* window must be valid */
-WScreen *wScreenSearchForRootWindow(Window window);
 WScreen *wScreenForWindow(Window window);   /* slower than above functions */
 
 void wScreenFinish(WScreen *scr);
diff --git a/src/startup.c b/src/startup.c
index 93b5fe78..e0249ee8 100644
--- a/src/startup.c
+++ b/src/startup.c
@@ -429,27 +429,6 @@ WScreen *wScreenForRootWindow(Window window)
 	return wScreenForWindow(window);
 }
 
-WScreen *wScreenSearchForRootWindow(Window window)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	if (wScreenCount == 1)
-		return wScreen[0];
-
-	/*
-	 * Since the number of heads will probably be small (normally 2),
-	 * it should be faster to use this than a hash table, because
-	 * of the overhead.
-	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < wScreenCount; i++) {
-		if (wScreen[i]->root_win == window) {
-			return wScreen[i];
-		}
-	}
-
-	return wScreenForWindow(window);
-}
-
 WScreen *wScreenForWindow(Window window)
 {
 	XWindowAttributes attr;