diff --git a/include/wx/dc.h b/include/wx/dc.h
index d6c2881ef2..8a3e796114 100644
--- a/include/wx/dc.h
+++ b/include/wx/dc.h
@@ -539,8 +539,6 @@ public:
 
     virtual double GetContentScaleFactor() const { return m_contentScaleFactor; }
 
-    virtual double GetDPIScaleFactor() const { return 1.0; }
-
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
     // Native Windows functions using the underlying HDC don't honour GDI+
     // transformations which may be applied to it. Using this function we can
@@ -829,9 +827,6 @@ public:
     double GetContentScaleFactor() const
         { return m_pimpl->GetContentScaleFactor(); }
 
-    double GetDPIScaleFactor() const
-        { return m_pimpl->GetDPIScaleFactor(); }
-
     // Right-To-Left (RTL) modes
 
     void SetLayoutDirection(wxLayoutDirection dir)
diff --git a/include/wx/dcgraph.h b/include/wx/dcgraph.h
index a57e8168e1..29671a841b 100644
--- a/include/wx/dcgraph.h
+++ b/include/wx/dcgraph.h
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ public:
     virtual bool CanGetTextExtent() const wxOVERRIDE;
     virtual int GetDepth() const wxOVERRIDE;
     virtual wxSize GetPPI() const wxOVERRIDE;
-    virtual double GetDPIScaleFactor() const wxOVERRIDE;
 
     virtual void SetLogicalFunction(wxRasterOperationMode function) wxOVERRIDE;
 
diff --git a/include/wx/graphics.h b/include/wx/graphics.h
index 849e5353e9..5defa492d9 100644
--- a/include/wx/graphics.h
+++ b/include/wx/graphics.h
@@ -880,7 +880,6 @@ public:
 
     void SetContentScaleFactor(double contentScaleFactor);
     double GetContentScaleFactor() const { return m_contentScaleFactor; }
-    double GetDPIScaleFactor() const;
 
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
     virtual WXHDC GetNativeHDC() = 0;
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/dc.h b/include/wx/msw/dc.h
index ae04c80566..6af3637c97 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/dc.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/dc.h
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ public:
     virtual bool CanGetTextExtent() const wxOVERRIDE;
     virtual int GetDepth() const wxOVERRIDE;
     virtual wxSize GetPPI() const wxOVERRIDE;
-    virtual double GetDPIScaleFactor() const wxOVERRIDE;
 
     virtual void SetMapMode(wxMappingMode mode) wxOVERRIDE;
     virtual void SetUserScale(double x, double y) wxOVERRIDE;
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/dcmemory.h b/include/wx/msw/dcmemory.h
index 88547f314d..7449e27885 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/dcmemory.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/dcmemory.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ public:
     virtual void DoDrawRectangle(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord width, wxCoord height) wxOVERRIDE;
     virtual void DoGetSize(int* width, int* height) const wxOVERRIDE;
     virtual void DoSelect(const wxBitmap& bitmap) wxOVERRIDE;
-    virtual double GetDPIScaleFactor() const wxOVERRIDE;
 
     virtual wxBitmap DoGetAsBitmap(const wxRect* subrect) const wxOVERRIDE
     { return subrect == NULL ? GetSelectedBitmap() : GetSelectedBitmap().GetSubBitmapOfHDC(*subrect, GetHDC() );}
diff --git a/samples/drawing/drawing.cpp b/samples/drawing/drawing.cpp
index 7329efa2ff..de0e63f8e1 100644
--- a/samples/drawing/drawing.cpp
+++ b/samples/drawing/drawing.cpp
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ void MyCanvas::DrawTestPoly(wxDC& dc)
     wxBrush brushHatch(*wxRED, wxBRUSHSTYLE_FDIAGONAL_HATCH);
     dc.SetBrush(brushHatch);
 
-    double scale = dc.GetDPIScaleFactor();
+    double scale = 1.0;
 
     wxPoint star[5];
     star[0] = scale * wxPoint(100, 60);
diff --git a/src/common/dcgraph.cpp b/src/common/dcgraph.cpp
index 368ddfed83..13eb330aa1 100644
--- a/src/common/dcgraph.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dcgraph.cpp
@@ -490,11 +490,6 @@ wxSize wxGCDCImpl::GetPPI() const
     return wxDisplay::GetStdPPI();
 }
 
-double wxGCDCImpl::GetDPIScaleFactor() const
-{
-    return m_graphicContext ? m_graphicContext->GetDPIScaleFactor() : 1.0;
-}
-
 int wxGCDCImpl::GetDepth() const
 {
     return 32;
diff --git a/src/common/graphcmn.cpp b/src/common/graphcmn.cpp
index 59803b8789..1bbb3e0a65 100644
--- a/src/common/graphcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/graphcmn.cpp
@@ -613,13 +613,6 @@ void wxGraphicsContext::SetContentScaleFactor(double contentScaleFactor)
     m_contentScaleFactor = contentScaleFactor;
 }
 
- double wxGraphicsContext::GetDPIScaleFactor() const
-{
-     wxDouble x, y;
-     GetDPI(&x, &y);
-     return x / (double)wxDisplay::GetStdPPIValue();
-}
-
 #if 0
 void wxGraphicsContext::SetAlpha( wxDouble WXUNUSED(alpha) )
 {
diff --git a/src/msw/dc.cpp b/src/msw/dc.cpp
index 33cc1cf537..6dbca59f88 100644
--- a/src/msw/dc.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/dc.cpp
@@ -2661,11 +2661,6 @@ wxSize wxMSWDCImpl::GetPPI() const
     return ppi;
 }
 
-double wxMSWDCImpl::GetDPIScaleFactor() const
-{
-    return GetPPI().x / 96.0;
-}
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // DC caching
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/msw/dcmemory.cpp b/src/msw/dcmemory.cpp
index 83799ff4ed..7218fa34eb 100644
--- a/src/msw/dcmemory.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/dcmemory.cpp
@@ -143,11 +143,6 @@ void wxMemoryDCImpl::DoSelect( const wxBitmap& bitmap )
     SetFont(GetFont());
 }
 
-double wxMemoryDCImpl::GetDPIScaleFactor() const
-{
-    return m_contentScaleFactor;
-}
-
 void wxMemoryDCImpl::SetFont(const wxFont& font)
 {
     // We need to adjust the font size by the ratio between the scale factor we