diff --git a/lib/kwineffects.cpp b/lib/kwineffects.cpp
index d6152d2e93..3e1ac7e96f 100644
--- a/lib/kwineffects.cpp
+++ b/lib/kwineffects.cpp
@@ -386,113 +386,6 @@ KConfigGroup EffectsHandler::effectConfig( const QString& effectname )
     return kwinconfig->group( "Effect-" + effectname );
     }
 
-bool EffectsHandler::paintText( const QString& text, const QRect& rect, const QColor& color,
-        const QFont& font, const Qt::Alignment& alignment )
-{
-    QPainter p;
-    // Calculate size of the text
-    QFontMetrics fm( font );
-    QString painttext = fm.elidedText( text, Qt::ElideRight, rect.width() );
-    QRect textrect = fm.boundingRect( painttext );
-
-    // Create temporary QImage where the text will be drawn onto
-    QImage textImage( textrect.width(), textrect.height(), QImage::Format_ARGB32 );
-    textImage.fill( Qt::transparent );
-
-    // Draw the text
-    p.begin( &textImage );
-    p.setFont( font );
-    p.setRenderHint( QPainter::TextAntialiasing );
-    p.setPen( color );
-    p.drawText( -textrect.topLeft(), painttext );
-    p.end();
-
-    // Area covered by text
-    int rectX, rectY;
-    if( alignment & Qt::AlignLeft )
-        rectX = rect.x();
-    else if( alignment & Qt::AlignRight )
-        rectX = rect.right() - textrect.width();
-    else
-        rectX = rect.center().x() - textrect.width() / 2;
-    if( alignment & Qt::AlignTop )
-        rectY = rect.y();
-    else if( alignment & Qt::AlignBottom )
-        rectY = rect.bottom() - textrect.height();
-    else
-        rectY = rect.center().y() - textrect.height() / 2;
-    QRect area( rectX, rectY, textrect.width(), textrect.height() );
-
-#ifdef KWIN_HAVE_OPENGL_COMPOSITING
-    if( effects->compositingType() == OpenGLCompositing )
-        {
-        GLTexture textTexture( textImage, GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB );
-        glPushAttrib( GL_CURRENT_BIT | GL_ENABLE_BIT | GL_TEXTURE_BIT );
-        glEnable( GL_BLEND );
-        glBlendFunc( GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA );
-        textTexture.bind();
-        textTexture.render( infiniteRegion(), area );
-        textTexture.unbind();
-        glPopAttrib();
-        return true;
-        }
-#endif
-#ifdef KWIN_HAVE_XRENDER_COMPOSITING
-    if( effects->compositingType() == XRenderCompositing )
-        {
-        XRenderPicture textPicture( QPixmap::fromImage( textImage ));
-        XRenderComposite( display(), textImage.depth() == 32 ? PictOpOver : PictOpSrc,
-            textPicture, None, effects->xrenderBufferPicture(),
-            0, 0, 0, 0, area.x(), area.y(), area.width(), area.height());
-        return true;
-        }
-#endif
-    return false;
-}
-
-bool EffectsHandler::paintTextWithBackground( const QString& text, const QRect& rect, const QColor& color,
-        const QColor& bgcolor, const QFont& font, const Qt::Alignment& alignment )
-{
-    // Calculate size of the text
-    QFontMetrics fm( font );
-    QString painttext = fm.elidedText( text, Qt::ElideRight, rect.width() );
-    QRect textrect = fm.boundingRect( painttext );
-
-    // Area covered by text
-    int rectX, rectY;
-    if( alignment & Qt::AlignLeft )
-        rectX = rect.x();
-    else if( alignment & Qt::AlignRight )
-        rectX = rect.right() - textrect.width();
-    else
-        rectX = rect.center().x() - textrect.width() / 2;
-    if( alignment & Qt::AlignTop )
-        rectY = rect.y();
-    else if( alignment & Qt::AlignBottom )
-        rectY = rect.bottom() - textrect.height();
-    else
-        rectY = rect.center().y() - textrect.height() / 2;
-    QRect area( rectX, rectY, textrect.width(), textrect.height() );
-
-#ifdef KWIN_HAVE_OPENGL_COMPOSITING
-    if( effects->compositingType() == OpenGLCompositing )
-    {
-        glColor4f( bgcolor.redF(), bgcolor.greenF(), bgcolor.blueF(), bgcolor.alphaF() );
-        renderRoundBox( area.adjusted( -8, -3, 8, 3 ), 5 );
-
-        return paintText( text, rect, color, font, alignment );
-    }
-#endif
-#ifdef KWIN_HAVE_XRENDER_COMPOSITING
-    if( effects->compositingType() == XRenderCompositing )
-    {
-        xRenderRoundBox( effects->xrenderBufferPicture(), area.adjusted( -8, -3, 8, 3 ), 5, bgcolor );
-        return paintText( text, rect, color, font, alignment );
-    }
-#endif
-    return false;
-}
-
 bool EffectsHandler::checkDriverBlacklist( const KConfigGroup& blacklist )
     {
 #ifdef KWIN_HAVE_OPENGL_COMPOSITING
diff --git a/lib/kwineffects.h b/lib/kwineffects.h
index 3f9439f0dd..e25afbe407 100644
--- a/lib/kwineffects.h
+++ b/lib/kwineffects.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ X-KDE-Library=kwin4_effect_cooleffect
 
 #define KWIN_EFFECT_API_MAKE_VERSION( major, minor ) (( major ) << 8 | ( minor ))
 #define KWIN_EFFECT_API_VERSION_MAJOR 0
-#define KWIN_EFFECT_API_VERSION_MINOR 150
+#define KWIN_EFFECT_API_VERSION_MINOR 151
 #define KWIN_EFFECT_API_VERSION KWIN_EFFECT_API_MAKE_VERSION( \
     KWIN_EFFECT_API_VERSION_MAJOR, KWIN_EFFECT_API_VERSION_MINOR )
 
@@ -757,39 +757,6 @@ class KWIN_EXPORT EffectsHandler
          */
         virtual bool decorationsHaveAlpha() const = 0;
 
-        /**
-         * @deprecated
-         * @see EffectFrame
-         * Paints given text onto screen, possibly in elided form
-         * @param text
-         * @param center center point of the painted text
-         * @param maxwidth if text is longer than this, is will be elided
-         * @param color color of the text, may contain alpha
-         * @param font font for the text
-         **/
-        bool paintText( const QString& text, const QPoint& center, int maxwidth,
-                        const QColor& color, const QFont& font = QFont() );
-        /**
-         * @deprecated
-         * @see EffectFrame
-         */
-        bool paintText( const QString& text, const QRect& rect, const QColor& color,
-                        const QFont& font = QFont(), const Qt::Alignment& alignment = Qt::AlignCenter );
-        /**
-         * @deprecated
-         * @see EffectFrame
-         */
-        bool paintTextWithBackground( const QString& text, const QPoint& center, int maxwidth,
-                                      const QColor& color, const QColor& bgcolor,
-                                      const QFont& font = QFont() );
-        /**
-         * @deprecated
-         * @see EffectFrame
-         */
-        bool paintTextWithBackground( const QString& text, const QRect& rect, const QColor& color,
-                                      const QColor& bgcolor, const QFont& font = QFont(),
-                                      const Qt::Alignment& alignment = Qt::AlignCenter );
-
         /**
          * Checks if the driver is on given blacklist.
          * The format of the blacklist is driver identifier as key (e.g. Intel) with a list of
@@ -1806,27 +1773,6 @@ class KWIN_EXPORT EffectFrame : public QObject
  **/
 extern KWIN_EXPORT EffectsHandler* effects;
 
-/***************************************************************
- EffectsHandler
-***************************************************************/
-
-inline
-bool EffectsHandler::paintText( const QString& text, const QPoint& center, int maxwidth,
-        const QColor& color, const QFont& font )
-{
-    return paintText( text, QRect( center.x() - maxwidth / 2, center.y() - 5000, maxwidth, 10000 ),
-        color, font, Qt::AlignCenter );
-}
-
-inline
-bool EffectsHandler::paintTextWithBackground( const QString& text, const QPoint& center, int maxwidth,
-        const QColor& color, const QColor& bgcolor, const QFont& font )
-{
-    return paintTextWithBackground( text,
-        QRect( center.x() - maxwidth / 2, center.y() - 5000, maxwidth, 10000 ),
-        color, bgcolor, font, Qt::AlignCenter );
-}
-
 /***************************************************************
  WindowVertex
 ***************************************************************/