diff --git a/src/sna/gen4_render.c b/src/sna/gen4_render.c
index fb56d85d..3158b585 100644
--- a/src/sna/gen4_render.c
+++ b/src/sna/gen4_render.c
@@ -1630,33 +1630,6 @@ gen4_composite_set_target(struct sna *sna,
 	return true;
 }
 
-static bool
-try_blt(struct sna *sna,
-	PicturePtr dst, PicturePtr src,
-	int width, int height)
-{
-	if (sna->kgem.mode != KGEM_RENDER) {
-		DBG(("%s: already performing BLT\n", __FUNCTION__));
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	if (too_large(width, height)) {
-		DBG(("%s: operation too large for 3D pipe (%d, %d)\n",
-		     __FUNCTION__, width, height));
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	if (too_large(dst->pDrawable->width, dst->pDrawable->height))
-		return true;
-
-	/* The blitter is much faster for solids */
-	if (sna_picture_is_solid(src, NULL))
-		return true;
-
-	/* is the source picture only in cpu memory e.g. a shm pixmap? */
-	return picture_is_cpu(sna, src);
-}
-
 static bool
 check_gradient(PicturePtr picture, bool precise)
 {
@@ -1885,7 +1858,6 @@ gen4_render_composite(struct sna *sna,
 		return false;
 
 	if (mask == NULL &&
-	    try_blt(sna, dst, src, width, height) &&
 	    sna_blt_composite(sna, op,
 			      src, dst,
 			      src_x, src_y,