diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/gtk3-sections.txt b/docs/reference/gtk/gtk3-sections.txt
index 56e9ade896..a84c0b34e8 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/gtk3-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/gtk3-sections.txt
@@ -5492,8 +5492,6 @@ gtk_style_properties_map_color
 gtk_style_properties_merge
 gtk_style_properties_new
 GtkStylePropertyParser
-gtk_style_param_set_inherit
-gtk_style_param_get_inherit
 gtk_style_properties_register_property
 gtk_style_properties_set
 gtk_style_properties_set_property
diff --git a/gtk/gtk.symbols b/gtk/gtk.symbols
index 90eae718e5..3f15bf5218 100644
--- a/gtk/gtk.symbols
+++ b/gtk/gtk.symbols
@@ -2520,8 +2520,6 @@ gtk_style_has_context
 gtk_style_lookup_color
 gtk_style_lookup_icon_set
 gtk_style_new
-gtk_style_param_get_inherit
-gtk_style_param_set_inherit
 gtk_style_properties_clear
 gtk_style_properties_get
 gtk_style_properties_get_property
diff --git a/gtk/gtkstyleproperties.c b/gtk/gtkstyleproperties.c
index 4f9a4bb112..45fdfbd8d5 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkstyleproperties.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkstyleproperties.c
@@ -361,54 +361,6 @@ gtk_style_properties_lookup_property (const gchar             *property_name,
   return found;
 }
 
-/* GParamSpec functionality */
-
-enum {
-  GTK_STYLE_PARAM_INHERIT = 1 << G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT
-};
-
-/**
- * gtk_style_param_set_inherit:
- * @pspec: A style param
- * @inherit: whether the @pspec value should be inherited
- *
- * Sets whether a param spec installed with function such as
- * gtk_style_properties_register_property() or
- * gtk_widget_class_install_style_property() should inherit their
- * value from the parent widget if it is not set instead of using
- * the default value of @pspec. See the
- * <ulink url="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#inheritance">
- * CSS specification's description of inheritance</ulink> for a
- * longer description of this concept.
- *
- * By default, param specs do not inherit their value.
- **/
-void
-gtk_style_param_set_inherit (GParamSpec *pspec,
-                             gboolean    inherit)
-{
-  if (inherit)
-    pspec->flags |= GTK_STYLE_PARAM_INHERIT;
-  else
-    pspec->flags &= ~GTK_STYLE_PARAM_INHERIT;
-}
-
-/**
- * gtk_style_param_get_inherit:
- * @pspec: a style param
- *
- * Checks if the value of this param should be inherited from the parent
- * #GtkWidget instead of using the default value when it has not been
- * specified. See gtk_style_param_set_inherit() for more details.
- *
- * Returns: %TRUE if the param should inherit its value
- **/
-gboolean
-gtk_style_param_get_inherit (GParamSpec *pspec)
-{
-  return (pspec->flags & GTK_STYLE_PARAM_INHERIT) ? TRUE : FALSE;
-}
-
 /* GtkStyleProperties methods */
 
 /**
diff --git a/gtk/gtkstyleproperties.h b/gtk/gtkstyleproperties.h
index a38905e050..0cc478892b 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkstyleproperties.h
+++ b/gtk/gtkstyleproperties.h
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ typedef gboolean (* GtkStylePropertyParser) (const gchar  *string,
 
 GType gtk_style_properties_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 
-void     gtk_style_param_set_inherit            (GParamSpec             *pspec,
-                                                 gboolean                inherit);
-gboolean gtk_style_param_get_inherit            (GParamSpec             *pspec);
-
 /* Functions to register style properties */
 void     gtk_style_properties_register_property (GtkStylePropertyParser  parse_func,
                                                  GParamSpec             *pspec);
diff --git a/gtk/gtkstyleproperty.c b/gtk/gtkstyleproperty.c
index c5ddb4b46b..6458c83f8f 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkstyleproperty.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkstyleproperty.c
@@ -1946,8 +1946,7 @@ _gtk_style_property_is_inherit (const GtkStyleProperty *property)
 {
   g_return_val_if_fail (property != NULL, FALSE);
 
-  return property->flags & GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_INHERIT ||
-    gtk_style_param_get_inherit (property->pspec);
+  return property->flags & GTK_STYLE_PROPERTY_INHERIT ? TRUE : FALSE;
 }
 
 gboolean