diff --git a/Applications/Taskbar/TaskbarWidget.cpp b/Applications/Taskbar/TaskbarWidget.cpp
index 9e25d96928..7778ccf704 100644
--- a/Applications/Taskbar/TaskbarWidget.cpp
+++ b/Applications/Taskbar/TaskbarWidget.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,3 @@ TaskbarWidget::TaskbarWidget(WindowList& window_list, GWidget* parent)
 TaskbarWidget::~TaskbarWidget()
 {
 }
-
-void TaskbarWidget::paint_event(GPaintEvent& event)
-{
-    GFrame::paint_event(event);
-
-    GPainter painter(*this);
-    painter.add_clip_rect(event.rect());
-}
diff --git a/Applications/Taskbar/TaskbarWidget.h b/Applications/Taskbar/TaskbarWidget.h
index 1226f3df83..4ba5b356c8 100644
--- a/Applications/Taskbar/TaskbarWidget.h
+++ b/Applications/Taskbar/TaskbarWidget.h
@@ -10,7 +10,5 @@ public:
     virtual const char* class_name() const override { return "TaskbarWidget"; }
 
 private:
-    virtual void paint_event(GPaintEvent&) override;
-
     WindowList& m_window_list;
 };