diff --git a/src/App.zig b/src/App.zig
index c4c7ad55b..effef0c5f 100644
--- a/src/App.zig
+++ b/src/App.zig
@@ -293,14 +293,6 @@ fn redrawSurface(
 ) !void {
     if (!self.hasRtSurface(surface)) return;
 
-    // TODO: Remove this in a separate PR. We should transition to
-    // the `render` apprt action completely. This is only to make
-    // our initial gtk-ng work touch less things.
-    if (@hasDecl(apprt.App, "redrawSurface")) {
-        rt_app.redrawSurface(surface);
-        return;
-    }
-
     _ = try rt_app.performAction(
         .{ .surface = surface.core() },
         .render,
diff --git a/src/apprt/embedded.zig b/src/apprt/embedded.zig
index 25e344983..c21f57ffb 100644
--- a/src/apprt/embedded.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/embedded.zig
@@ -249,12 +249,6 @@ pub const App = struct {
         self.core_app.alloc.destroy(surface);
     }
 
-    pub fn redrawSurface(self: *App, surface: *Surface) void {
-        _ = self;
-        _ = surface;
-        // No-op, we use a threaded interface so we're constantly drawing.
-    }
-
     pub fn redrawInspector(self: *App, surface: *Surface) void {
         _ = self;
         surface.queueInspectorRender();