diff --git a/clutter/clutter/clutter-backend.c b/clutter/clutter/clutter-backend.c
index d97d9275d..c38cffc09 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/clutter-backend.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter/clutter-backend.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ clutter_backend_real_create_context (ClutterBackend  *backend,
       return FALSE;
     }
 
-  backend->cogl_source = cogl_glib_source_new (backend->cogl_context, G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT);
+  backend->cogl_source = cogl_glib_source_new (backend->cogl_renderer, G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT);
   g_source_attach (backend->cogl_source, NULL);
 
   return TRUE;
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-glib-source.c b/cogl/cogl/cogl-glib-source.c
index f526cc663..90bf6afb6 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-glib-source.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-glib-source.c
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ cogl_glib_source_funcs =
   };
 
 GSource *
-cogl_glib_renderer_source_new (CoglRenderer *renderer,
-                               int priority)
+cogl_glib_source_new (CoglRenderer *renderer,
+                      int           priority)
 {
   GSource *source;
   CoglGLibSource *cogl_source;
@@ -114,11 +114,3 @@ cogl_glib_renderer_source_new (CoglRenderer *renderer,
 
   return source;
 }
-
-GSource *
-cogl_glib_source_new (CoglContext *context,
-                      int priority)
-{
-  return cogl_glib_renderer_source_new (cogl_context_get_renderer (context),
-                                        priority);
-}
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-glib-source.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-glib-source.h
index 27b301f53..ad3bb6704 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-glib-source.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-glib-source.h
@@ -42,40 +42,16 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 /**
  * cogl_glib_source_new:
- * @context: A #CoglContext
+ * @renderer: A #CoglRenderer
  * @priority: The priority of the #GSource
  *
  * Creates a #GSource which handles Cogl's internal system event
  * processing.
  *
- * Applications that manually connect to a #CoglRenderer before they
- * create a #CoglContext should instead use
- * cogl_glib_renderer_source_new() so that events may be dispatched
- * before a context has been created. In that case you don't need to
- * use this api in addition later, it is simply enough to use
- * cogl_glib_renderer_source_new() instead.
- *
- * This api is actually just a thin convenience wrapper around
- * cogl_glib_renderer_source_new()
- *
  * Return value: a new #GSource
  */
 COGL_EXPORT GSource *
-cogl_glib_source_new (CoglContext *context,
-                      int priority);
-
-/**
- * cogl_glib_renderer_source_new:
- * @renderer: A #CoglRenderer
- * @priority: The priority of the #GSource
- *
- * Creates a #GSource which handles Cogl's internal system event
- * processing
- *
- * Return value: a new #GSource
- */
-COGL_EXPORT GSource *
-cogl_glib_renderer_source_new (CoglRenderer *renderer,
-                               int priority);
+cogl_glib_source_new (CoglRenderer *renderer,
+                      int           priority);
 
 G_END_DECLS