diff --git a/src/compositor-android.c b/src/compositor-android.c
index 606e3483..e6d57a38 100644
--- a/src/compositor-android.c
+++ b/src/compositor-android.c
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ android_seat_create(struct android_compositor *compositor)
 	weston_seat_init(&seat->base, &compositor->base);
 	seat->base.led_update = android_led_update;
 	wl_list_init(&seat->devices_list);
-	compositor->base.seat = &seat->base;
 
 	android_seat_scan_devices(seat, "/dev/input");
 
diff --git a/src/compositor-drm.c b/src/compositor-drm.c
index 7a076106..933a2734 100644
--- a/src/compositor-drm.c
+++ b/src/compositor-drm.c
@@ -2037,8 +2037,6 @@ evdev_input_create(struct weston_compositor *c, struct udev *udev,
 	}
 
 	evdev_add_devices(udev, &seat->base);
-
-	c->seat = &seat->base;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/compositor.h b/src/compositor.h
index 85877ebd..b3c554bc 100644
--- a/src/compositor.h
+++ b/src/compositor.h
@@ -290,9 +290,6 @@ struct weston_compositor {
 	struct wl_event_loop *input_loop;
 	struct wl_event_source *input_loop_source;
 
-	/* There can be more than one, but not right now... */
-	struct weston_seat *seat;
-
 	struct weston_layer fade_layer;
 	struct weston_layer cursor_layer;