diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/gtk4-sections.txt b/docs/reference/gtk/gtk4-sections.txt
index 8ed0069f72..e57e2f6e95 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/gtk4-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/gtk4-sections.txt
@@ -5011,8 +5011,6 @@ gtk_icon_theme_choose_icon_finish
 gtk_icon_theme_lookup_by_gicon
 gtk_icon_theme_list_icons
 gtk_icon_theme_get_icon_sizes
-gtk_icon_get_base_size
-gtk_icon_get_base_scale
 gtk_icon_get_filename
 gtk_icon_is_symbolic
 gtk_icon_download_texture
diff --git a/gtk/gtkicontheme.c b/gtk/gtkicontheme.c
index 235d3fd7f0..8f0331b4c9 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkicontheme.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkicontheme.c
@@ -3405,52 +3405,6 @@ gtk_icon_class_init (GtkIconClass *klass)
   gobject_class->finalize = gtk_icon_finalize;
 }
 
-/**
- * gtk_icon_get_base_size:
- * @self: a #GtkIcon
- *
- * Gets the base size for the icon. The base size
- * is a size for the icon that was specified by
- * the icon theme creator. This may be different
- * than the actual size of image;
- * These icons will be given
- * the same base size as the larger icons to which
- * they are attached.
- *
- * Note that for scaled icons the base size does
- * not include the base scale.
- *
- * Returns: the base size, or 0, if no base
- *     size is known for the icon.
- */
-gint
-gtk_icon_get_base_size (GtkIcon *icon)
-{
-  g_return_val_if_fail (icon != NULL, 0);
-
-  return icon->dir_size;
-}
-
-/**
- * gtk_icon_get_base_scale:
- * @self: a #GtkIcon
- *
- * Gets the base scale for the icon. The base scale is a scale
- * for the icon that was specified by the icon theme creator.
- * For instance an icon drawn for a high-dpi monitor with window
- * scale 2 for a base size of 32 will be 64 pixels tall and have
- * a base scale of 2.
- *
- * Returns: the base scale
- */
-gint
-gtk_icon_get_base_scale (GtkIcon *icon)
-{
-  g_return_val_if_fail (icon != NULL, 0);
-
-  return icon->dir_scale;
-}
-
 /**
  * gtk_icon_get_filename:
  * @self: a #GtkIcon
diff --git a/gtk/gtkicontheme.h b/gtk/gtkicontheme.h
index aad41ca274..55d85d6778 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkicontheme.h
+++ b/gtk/gtkicontheme.h
@@ -154,10 +154,6 @@ GList *       gtk_icon_theme_list_icons            (GtkIconTheme
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 GType                 gtk_icon_get_type           (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 
-GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-gint                  gtk_icon_get_base_size      (GtkIcon   *self);
-GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-gint                  gtk_icon_get_base_scale     (GtkIcon   *self);
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 const gchar *         gtk_icon_get_filename       (GtkIcon   *self);
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
diff --git a/tests/testicontheme.c b/tests/testicontheme.c
index 7ef888ccec..21acb2b9ed 100644
--- a/tests/testicontheme.c
+++ b/tests/testicontheme.c
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	{
           GdkPaintable *paintable = GDK_PAINTABLE (icon);
 
-          g_print ("Base size: %d, Scale: %d\n", gtk_icon_get_base_size (icon), gtk_icon_get_base_scale (icon));
           g_print ("texture size: %dx%d\n", gdk_paintable_get_intrinsic_width (paintable), gdk_paintable_get_intrinsic_height (paintable));
 
 	  g_object_unref (icon);