diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/core/units.cpp b/src/declarativeimports/core/units.cpp
index 7df81c116..bf9509227 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/core/units.cpp
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/core/units.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ Units::Units (QObject *parent)
 {
     m_iconSizes = new QQmlPropertyMap(this);
     updateDevicePixelRatio();
-    updateDisplayAspectRatio();
     updateSpacing();
 
     //iconLoaderSettingsChanged();
@@ -140,25 +139,11 @@ int Units::devicePixelIconSize(const int size) const
     // FIXME: Add special casing for < 64 cases: align to kiconloader size
 }
 
-qreal Units::displayAspectRatio() const
-{
-    return m_displayAspectRatio;
-}
-
 qreal Units::devicePixelRatio() const
 {
     return m_devicePixelRatio;
 }
 
-void Units::updateDisplayAspectRatio()
-{
-    QRect geometry = QGuiApplication::primaryScreen()->virtualGeometry();
-
-    m_displayAspectRatio = geometry.width() / geometry.height();
-
-    emit displayAspectRatioChanged();
-}
-
 void Units::updateDevicePixelRatio()
 {
     // Using QGuiApplication::devicePixelRatio() gives too coarse values,
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/core/units.h b/src/declarativeimports/core/units.h
index 312356fe5..25dcd1027 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/core/units.h
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/core/units.h
@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@ class Units : public QObject
      */
     Q_PROPERTY(qreal devicePixelRatio READ devicePixelRatio NOTIFY devicePixelRatioChanged)
 
-    /**
-     * The ratio between the screen width and height of the main screen.
-     */
-    Q_PROPERTY(qreal displayAspectRatio READ displayAspectRatio NOTIFY displayAspectRatioChanged)
-
     /**
      * units.longDuration should be used for longer, screen-covering animations, for opening and
      * closing of dialogs and other "not too small" animations
@@ -116,11 +111,6 @@ public:
      */
     qreal devicePixelRatio() const;
 
-    /**
-     * @return The ratio between physical and device-independent pixels.
-     */
-    qreal displayAspectRatio() const;
-
     /**
      * @return map with iconsizes, indexed by name
      */
@@ -152,7 +142,6 @@ public:
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void devicePixelRatioChanged();
-    void displayAspectRatioChanged();
     void gridUnitChanged();
     void iconSizesChanged();
     void spacingChanged();
@@ -165,7 +154,6 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 
 private:
     void updateDevicePixelRatio();
-    void updateDisplayAspectRatio();
     void updateSpacing();
     /**
      * @return The dpi-adjusted size for a given icon size
@@ -176,7 +164,6 @@ private:
 
     int m_gridUnit;
     qreal m_devicePixelRatio;
-    qreal m_displayAspectRatio;
     qreal m_dpi;
 
     QQmlPropertyMap *m_iconSizes;