diff --git a/gdk/broadway/gdkprivate-broadway.h b/gdk/broadway/gdkprivate-broadway.h
index 8a82d472f4..30adbfe002 100644
--- a/gdk/broadway/gdkprivate-broadway.h
+++ b/gdk/broadway/gdkprivate-broadway.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #define __GDK_PRIVATE_BROADWAY_H__
 
 #include <gdk/gdkcursor.h>
-#include <gdk/gdkprivate.h>
 #include <gdk/gdkinternals.h>
 #include "gdkwindow-broadway.h"
 #include "gdkdisplay-broadway.h"
diff --git a/gdk/broadway/gdkproperty-broadway.c b/gdk/broadway/gdkproperty-broadway.c
index 1ed277786c..b60488b0ec 100644
--- a/gdk/broadway/gdkproperty-broadway.c
+++ b/gdk/broadway/gdkproperty-broadway.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 #include "gdkproperty.h"
 
-#include "gdkprivate.h"
 #include "gdkinternals.h"
 #include "gdkdisplay-broadway.h"
 #include "gdkprivate-broadway.h"
diff --git a/gdk/broadway/gdkselection-broadway.c b/gdk/broadway/gdkselection-broadway.c
index b7a37bc787..49548c8e70 100644
--- a/gdk/broadway/gdkselection-broadway.c
+++ b/gdk/broadway/gdkselection-broadway.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "gdkselection.h"
 
 #include "gdkproperty.h"
-#include "gdkprivate.h"
 #include "gdkprivate-broadway.h"
 #include "gdkdisplay-broadway.h"
 
diff --git a/gdk/gdkcursor.c b/gdk/gdkcursor.c
index 63faa0e24c..6b50345c25 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkcursor.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkcursor.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "gdkcursor.h"
 #include "gdkcursorprivate.h"
+#include "gdktexture.h"
 #include "gdkintl.h"
 #include "gdkinternals.h"
 
diff --git a/gdk/gdkinternals.h b/gdk/gdkinternals.h
index 315bae811c..3a8f145921 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkinternals.h
+++ b/gdk/gdkinternals.h
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@
 #define __GDK_INTERNALS_H__
 
 #include <gio/gio.h>
+#include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
 #include "gdkwindowimpl.h"
 #include "gdkdisplay.h"
-#include "gdkprivate.h"
 #include "gdkeventsprivate.h"
+#include "gdkenumtypes.h"
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
@@ -445,6 +446,14 @@ void _gdk_display_set_window_under_pointer (GdkDisplay *display,
 gboolean    _gdk_window_has_impl (GdkWindow *window);
 GdkWindow * _gdk_window_get_impl_window (GdkWindow *window);
 
+void gdk_window_destroy_notify       (GdkWindow *window);
+
+void gdk_synthesize_window_state (GdkWindow     *window,
+                                  GdkWindowState unset_flags,
+                                  GdkWindowState set_flags);
+
+const char * _gdk_atom_name_const (GdkAtom atom);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __GDK_INTERNALS_H__ */
diff --git a/gdk/gdkprivate.h b/gdk/gdkprivate.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b0121d23f6..0000000000
--- a/gdk/gdkprivate.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/* GDK - The GIMP Drawing Kit
- * Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.	 See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-/*
- * Modified by the GTK+ Team and others 1997-2000.  See the AUTHORS
- * file for a list of people on the GTK+ Team.  See the ChangeLog
- * files for a list of changes.  These files are distributed with
- * GTK+ at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/. 
- */
-
-#ifndef __GDK_PRIVATE_H__
-#define __GDK_PRIVATE_H__
-
-#include <gdk/gdk.h>
-
-G_BEGIN_DECLS
-
-const char * _gdk_atom_name_const (GdkAtom atom);
-
-GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-void gdk_window_destroy_notify	     (GdkWindow *window);
-
-GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-void gdk_synthesize_window_state (GdkWindow     *window,
-                                  GdkWindowState unset_flags,
-                                  GdkWindowState set_flags);
-
-G_END_DECLS
-
-#endif /* __GDK_PRIVATE_H__ */
diff --git a/gdk/gdkproperty.c b/gdk/gdkproperty.c
index fa8df1a2a2..8405828ac3 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkproperty.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkproperty.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "gdkproperty.h"
 
-#include "gdkprivate.h"
+#include "gdkinternals.h"
 
 /**
  * SECTION:properties
diff --git a/gdk/gdktexture.c b/gdk/gdktexture.c
index e4fa9bb272..a7250d1163 100644
--- a/gdk/gdktexture.c
+++ b/gdk/gdktexture.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "gdktextureprivate.h"
 
 #include "gdkinternals.h"
+#include "gdkcairo.h"
 
 /**
  * GdkTexture:
diff --git a/gdk/meson.build b/gdk/meson.build
index 5acc5825b9..a0d3aa1868 100644
--- a/gdk/meson.build
+++ b/gdk/meson.build
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ gdk_public_headers = files([
   'gdkmonitor.h',
   'gdkpango.h',
   'gdkpixbuf.h',
-  'gdkprivate.h',
   'gdkproperty.h',
   'gdkrectangle.h',
   'gdkrgba.h',
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ gdk_private_h_sources = files([
   'gdkdevicetoolprivate.h',
   'gdkdrawingcontextprivate.h',
   'gdkmonitorprivate.h',
-  'gdkprivate.h',
   'gdkseatdefaultprivate.h',
 ])
 
diff --git a/gdk/quartz/gdkglobals-quartz.c b/gdk/quartz/gdkglobals-quartz.c
index efcf73c391..a2b5fbdd43 100644
--- a/gdk/quartz/gdkglobals-quartz.c
+++ b/gdk/quartz/gdkglobals-quartz.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "gdktypes.h"
-#include "gdkprivate.h"
 #include "gdkquartz.h"
 
 GdkDisplay *_gdk_display = NULL;
diff --git a/gdk/quartz/gdkprivate-quartz.h b/gdk/quartz/gdkprivate-quartz.h
index b6a6999156..6f60698c80 100644
--- a/gdk/quartz/gdkprivate-quartz.h
+++ b/gdk/quartz/gdkprivate-quartz.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #define GDK_QUARTZ_ALLOC_POOL NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]
 #define GDK_QUARTZ_RELEASE_POOL [pool release]
 
-#include <gdk/gdkprivate.h>
 #include <gdk/quartz/gdkquartz.h>
 #include <gdk/quartz/gdkdevicemanager-core-quartz.h>
 #include <gdk/quartz/gdkdnd-quartz.h>
diff --git a/gdk/quartz/gdkquartz.h b/gdk/quartz/gdkquartz.h
index 2b2daa9a94..49bb0763c0 100644
--- a/gdk/quartz/gdkquartz.h
+++ b/gdk/quartz/gdkquartz.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <AppKit/AppKit.h>
 
 #include <gdk/gdk.h>
-#include <gdk/gdkprivate.h>
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
diff --git a/gdk/wayland/gdkprivate-wayland.h b/gdk/wayland/gdkprivate-wayland.h
index 055597eb5c..48282fdabe 100644
--- a/gdk/wayland/gdkprivate-wayland.h
+++ b/gdk/wayland/gdkprivate-wayland.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #define __GDK_PRIVATE_WAYLAND_H__
 
 #include <gdk/gdkcursor.h>
-#include <gdk/gdkprivate.h>
 #include <gdk/wayland/gdkwayland.h>
 #include <gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay-wayland.h>
 
diff --git a/gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c b/gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c
index 9bb980f961..2d402fcb94 100644
--- a/gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c
+++ b/gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "gdkdndprivate.h"
 #include "gdkselection.h"
 #include "gdkproperty.h"
-#include "gdkprivate.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 
diff --git a/gdk/win32/gdkprivate-win32.h b/gdk/win32/gdkprivate-win32.h
index fd9b67ee1d..e8af1ed5f1 100644
--- a/gdk/win32/gdkprivate-win32.h
+++ b/gdk/win32/gdkprivate-win32.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #define _WIN32_WINNT WINVER
 #endif
 
-#include <gdk/gdkprivate.h>
 #include <gdk/gdkcursorprivate.h>
 #include <gdk/win32/gdkwindow-win32.h>
 #include <gdk/win32/gdkwin32display.h>
diff --git a/gdk/x11/gdkprivate-x11.h b/gdk/x11/gdkprivate-x11.h
index 0cc8d36dad..8daad76d0c 100644
--- a/gdk/x11/gdkprivate-x11.h
+++ b/gdk/x11/gdkprivate-x11.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #define __GDK_PRIVATE_X11_H__
 
 #include "gdkcursor.h"
-#include "gdkprivate.h"
 #include "gdkinternals.h"
 #include "gdkx.h"
 #include "gdkwindow-x11.h"
diff --git a/gdk/x11/gdkproperty-x11.c b/gdk/x11/gdkproperty-x11.c
index c0d53e792d..5528ada680 100644
--- a/gdk/x11/gdkproperty-x11.c
+++ b/gdk/x11/gdkproperty-x11.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include "gdkproperty.h"
-#include "gdkprivate.h"
 #include "gdkinternals.h"
 #include "gdkselection.h"
 #include "gdkprivate-x11.h"
diff --git a/gdk/x11/gdkselection-x11.c b/gdk/x11/gdkselection-x11.c
index ef4602bf1d..7772881439 100644
--- a/gdk/x11/gdkselection-x11.c
+++ b/gdk/x11/gdkselection-x11.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 #include "gdkselection.h"
 #include "gdkproperty.h"
-#include "gdkprivate.h"
 #include "gdkprivate-x11.h"
 #include "gdkdisplay-x11.h"