diff --git a/beos/gui.cpp b/beos/gui.cpp
index 695ab8d21..f957f735d 100644
--- a/beos/gui.cpp
+++ b/beos/gui.cpp
@@ -980,7 +980,6 @@ static struct gui_fetch_table beos_fetch_table = {
 };
 
 static struct gui_browser_table beos_browser_table = {
-	NULL, //nsbeos_gui_poll,
 	beos_schedule,
 	gui_quit,
 	gui_launch_url,
diff --git a/desktop/gui.h b/desktop/gui.h
index 4dc638c39..528f0c6d0 100644
--- a/desktop/gui.h
+++ b/desktop/gui.h
@@ -465,12 +465,6 @@ struct gui_search_table {
 struct gui_browser_table {
 	/* Mandantory entries */
 
-	/**
-	 * called to let the frontend update its state and run any
-	 * I/O operations.
-	 */
-	void (*poll)(bool active);
-
 	/**
 	 * Schedule a callback.
 	 *
@@ -491,7 +485,9 @@ struct gui_browser_table {
 
 	/* Optional entries */
 
-	/** called to allow the gui to cleanup */
+	/**
+	 * called to allow the gui to cleanup.
+	 */
 	void (*quit)(void);
 
 	/**
diff --git a/desktop/netsurf.c b/desktop/netsurf.c
index 579648bae..78ec8ab4c 100644
--- a/desktop/netsurf.c
+++ b/desktop/netsurf.c
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@
  */
 #define MINIMUM_MEMORY_CACHE_SIZE (2 * 1024 * 1024)
 
-bool netsurf_quit = false;
-
 static void netsurf_lwc_iterator(lwc_string *str, void *pw)
 {
 	LOG(("[%3u] %.*s", str->refcnt, (int) lwc_string_length(str), lwc_string_data(str)));
@@ -251,18 +249,6 @@ nserror netsurf_init(const char *messages, const char *store_path)
 }
 
 
-/**
- * Gui NetSurf main loop.
- */
-int netsurf_main_loop(void)
-{
-	while (!netsurf_quit) {
-		guit->browser->poll(false);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * Clean up components used by gui NetSurf.
  */
diff --git a/desktop/netsurf.h b/desktop/netsurf.h
index 6c6a22a86..ff098f437 100644
--- a/desktop/netsurf.h
+++ b/desktop/netsurf.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include "utils/errors.h"
 
-extern bool netsurf_quit;
 extern const char * const netsurf_version;
 extern const int netsurf_version_major;
 extern const int netsurf_version_minor;
@@ -45,11 +44,6 @@ nserror netsurf_register(struct netsurf_table *table);
  */
 nserror netsurf_init(const char *messages, const char *store_path);
 
-/**
- * Run event loop.
- */
-extern int netsurf_main_loop(void);
-
 /**
  * Finalise NetSurf core
  */