diff --git a/src/storyscreen/part.cpp b/src/storyscreen/part.cpp
index 1662acaa58cc..e24114e31af4 100644
--- a/src/storyscreen/part.cpp
+++ b/src/storyscreen/part.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "game_events/pump.hpp"
 #include "image.hpp"
 #include "serialization/string_utils.hpp"
-#include "sdl/utils.hpp"
 #include "variable.hpp"
 
 namespace storyscreen {
@@ -63,35 +62,6 @@ void floating_image::assign(const floating_image& fi)
 	autoscaled_ = fi.autoscaled_; centered_ = fi.centered_;
 }
 
-floating_image::render_input floating_image::get_render_input(double xscale, double yscale, SDL_Rect& dst_rect) const
-{
-	render_input ri = {
-		{0,0,0,0},
-		file_.empty() ? nullptr : image::get_image(file_)
-	};
-
-	if(!ri.image.null()) {
-		if(autoscaled_) {
-			ri.image = scale_surface(
-				ri.image,
-				static_cast<int>(ri.image->w * xscale),
-				static_cast<int>(ri.image->h * yscale)
-			);
-		}
-
-		ri.rect.x = static_cast<int>(x_*xscale) + dst_rect.x;
-		ri.rect.y = static_cast<int>(y_*yscale) + dst_rect.y;
-		ri.rect.w = ri.image->w;
-		ri.rect.h = ri.image->h;
-
-		if(centered_) {
-			ri.rect.x -= ri.rect.w / 2;
-			ri.rect.y -= ri.rect.h / 2;
-		}
-	}
-	return ri;
-}
-
 background_layer::background_layer()
 	: scale_horizontally_(true)
 	, scale_vertically_(true)
diff --git a/src/storyscreen/part.hpp b/src/storyscreen/part.hpp
index 42d6d3a17882..e02f41233401 100644
--- a/src/storyscreen/part.hpp
+++ b/src/storyscreen/part.hpp
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "sdl/surface.hpp"
-
 class config;
 class vconfig;
 class display;
@@ -39,12 +37,6 @@ namespace storyscreen {
 class floating_image
 {
 public:
-	struct render_input
-	{
-		SDL_Rect rect;	/**< Corrected rectangle for rendering surf. */
-		surface image;	/**< Surface, scaled if required. */
-	};
-
 	/**
 	 * WML-based constructor.
 	 * @param cfg Object corresponding to a [image] block's contents from
@@ -69,7 +61,7 @@ class floating_image
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns the referential X coordinate of the image.
-	 * The actual (corrected) value is determined at render time - see get_render_input().
+	 * The actual (corrected) value is determined at render time.
 	 */
 	int ref_x() const {
 		return x_;
@@ -77,7 +69,7 @@ class floating_image
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns the referential Y coordinate of the image.
-	 * The actual (corrected) value is determined at render time - see get_render_input().
+	 * The actual (corrected) value is determined at render time.
 	 */
 	int ref_y() const {
 		return y_;
@@ -100,12 +92,6 @@ class floating_image
 	 */
 	int display_delay() const { return delay_; }
 
-	/**
-	 * Gets a render_input object for use by the rendering code after applying
-	 * any geometric transformations required.
-	 */
-	render_input get_render_input(double xscale, double yscale, SDL_Rect& dst_rect) const;
-
 private:
 	std::string file_;
 	int x_, y_; // referential (non corrected) x,y