diff --git a/widget.c b/widget.c
index de9091643..d6f31185d 100644
--- a/widget.c
+++ b/widget.c
@@ -49,25 +49,6 @@ widget_delete(widget_t **widget)
     p_delete(widget);
 }
 
-/** Compute offset for drawing the first pixel of a widget.
- * \param barwidth The wibox width.
- * \param widgetwidth The widget width.
- * \param alignment The widget alignment on wibox.
- * \return The x coordinate to draw at.
- */
-int
-widget_calculate_offset(int barwidth, int widgetwidth, int offset, int alignment)
-{
-    switch(alignment)
-    {
-      case AlignLeft:
-      case AlignFlex:
-      case AlignFixed:
-        return offset;
-    }
-    return barwidth - offset - widgetwidth;
-}
-
 /** Get a widget node from a wibox by coords.
  * \param Container position.
  * \param widgets The widget list.
diff --git a/widget.h b/widget.h
index c4198b0d8..758337d28 100644
--- a/widget.h
+++ b/widget.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ void widget_delete(widget_t **);
 
 DO_RCNT(widget_t, widget, widget_delete)
 
-int widget_calculate_offset(int, int, int, int);
 widget_t *widget_getbycoords(position_t, widget_node_array_t *, int, int, int16_t *, int16_t *);
 void widget_render(wibox_t *);