diff --git a/lib/awful/mouse/init.lua.in b/lib/awful/mouse/init.lua.in
index b309723f6..f98cf8d55 100644
--- a/lib/awful/mouse/init.lua.in
+++ b/lib/awful/mouse/init.lua.in
@@ -211,30 +211,6 @@ end
 
 mouse.client.dragtotag = { }
 
---- Move a client to a tag by drag'n'dropping it over a taglist widget
--- @param c The client to move
-function mouse.client.dragtotag.widget(c)
-    capi.mousegrabber.run(function (_mouse)
-                              local button_down = false
-                              for _, v in ipairs(_mouse.buttons) do
-                                  if v then button_down = true end
-                              end
-                              if not button_down then
-                                  local w = mouse.widget_under_pointer()
-                                  if w and widget.taglist.gettag(w) then
-                                      local t = widget.taglist.gettag(w)
-                                      local s = tag.getscreen(t)
-                                      if s ~= c.screen then
-                                          aclient.movetoscreen(c, s)
-                                      end
-                                      aclient.movetotag(t, c)
-                                  end
-                                  return false
-                              end
-                              return true
-                          end, "fleur")
-end
-
 --- Move a client to a tag by dragging it onto the left / right side of the screen
 -- @param c The client to move
 function mouse.client.dragtotag.border(c)
diff --git a/lib/awful/widget/taglist.lua.in b/lib/awful/widget/taglist.lua.in
index 5f854912c..0b1304121 100644
--- a/lib/awful/widget/taglist.lua.in
+++ b/lib/awful/widget/taglist.lua.in
@@ -130,13 +130,6 @@ local function taglist_update(s, w, buttons, filter, data, style, update_functio
     update_function(w, buttons, label, data, tags)
 end
 
---- Get the tag object the given widget appears on.
--- @param widget The widget the look for.
--- @return The tag object.
-function taglist.gettag(widget)
-    return common.tagwidgets[widget]
-end
-
 --- Create a new taglist widget. The last two arguments (update_function
 -- and base_widget) serve to customize the layout of the taglist (eg. to
 -- make it vertical). For that, you will need to copy the