diff --git a/compositor.c b/compositor.c
index a805f8c0..8bf64850 100644
--- a/compositor.c
+++ b/compositor.c
@@ -1376,7 +1376,13 @@ wlsc_compositor_init(struct wlsc_compositor *ec, struct wl_display *display)
 
 	ec->wl_display = display;
 
-	wl_display_set_compositor(display, &ec->base, &compositor_interface); 
+	ec->base.base.interface = &wl_compositor_interface;
+	ec->base.base.implementation =
+		(void (**)(void)) &compositor_interface;
+
+	wl_display_add_object(display, &ec->base.base);
+	if (wl_display_add_global(display, &ec->base.base, NULL))
+		return -1;
 
 	ec->shell.base.interface = &wl_shell_interface;
 	ec->shell.base.implementation = (void (**)(void)) &shell_interface;
diff --git a/wayland-server.c b/wayland-server.c
index db8bf749..ac87bb30 100644
--- a/wayland-server.c
+++ b/wayland-server.c
@@ -282,21 +282,6 @@ wl_client_destroy(struct wl_client *client)
 	free(client);
 }
 
-WL_EXPORT int
-wl_display_set_compositor(struct wl_display *display,
-			  struct wl_compositor *compositor,
-			  const struct wl_compositor_interface *implementation)
-{
-	compositor->base.interface = &wl_compositor_interface;
-	compositor->base.implementation = (void (**)(void)) implementation;
-
-	wl_display_add_object(display, &compositor->base);
-	if (wl_display_add_global(display, &compositor->base, NULL))
-		return -1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void
 display_sync(struct wl_client *client,
 	       struct wl_display *display, uint32_t key)