diff --git a/engine/core/rendering/RenderLayer.cpp b/engine/core/rendering/RenderLayer.cpp
index 7ff87f2d4095716142753a5a4a348f8db3108143..84d000d9b4ecd14c203cadeb203228350a34a5bd 100644
--- a/engine/core/rendering/RenderLayer.cpp
+++ b/engine/core/rendering/RenderLayer.cpp
@@ -797,11 +797,6 @@ static inline LayoutRect frameVisibleRect(RenderObject* renderer)
     return frameView->visibleContentRect();
 }
 
-bool RenderLayer::hitTest(const HitTestRequest& request, HitTestResult& result)
-{
-    return hitTest(request, result.hitTestLocation(), result);
-}
-
 bool RenderLayer::hitTest(const HitTestRequest& request, const HitTestLocation& hitTestLocation, HitTestResult& result)
 {
     ASSERT(isSelfPaintingLayer() || hasSelfPaintingLayerDescendant());
diff --git a/engine/core/rendering/RenderLayer.h b/engine/core/rendering/RenderLayer.h
index 5fbbef54a0b6b28e8a095796bfea0baa09f86f15..3e69137e9fb9f69e4a4fc171dbdb3df43e169821 100644
--- a/engine/core/rendering/RenderLayer.h
+++ b/engine/core/rendering/RenderLayer.h
@@ -149,11 +149,8 @@ public:
     void convertToLayerCoords(const RenderLayer* ancestorLayer, LayoutPoint&) const;
     void convertToLayerCoords(const RenderLayer* ancestorLayer, LayoutRect&) const;
 
-    // The two main functions that use the layer system.  The paint method
-    // paints the layers that intersect the damage rect from back to
-    // front.  The hitTest method looks for mouse events by walking
+    // The hitTest method looks for mouse events by walking
     // layers that intersect the point from front to back.
-    bool hitTest(const HitTestRequest&, HitTestResult&);
     bool hitTest(const HitTestRequest&, const HitTestLocation&, HitTestResult&);
 
     // Pass offsetFromRoot if known.
diff --git a/engine/web/WebLocalFrameImpl.cpp b/engine/web/WebLocalFrameImpl.cpp
index 79a4179b17669c5349838360fa7d7e212e0aedb7..94d5c6480c0653e467795e8a6812634e776b90e4 100644
--- a/engine/web/WebLocalFrameImpl.cpp
+++ b/engine/web/WebLocalFrameImpl.cpp
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ VisiblePosition WebLocalFrameImpl::visiblePositionForWindowPoint(const WebPoint&
 {
     HitTestRequest request = HitTestRequest::Move | HitTestRequest::ReadOnly | HitTestRequest::Active | HitTestRequest::IgnoreClipping;
     HitTestResult result(frame()->view()->windowToContents(roundedIntPoint(FloatPoint(point))));
-    frame()->document()->renderView()->layer()->hitTest(request, result);
+    frame()->document()->renderView()->layer()->hitTest(request, result.hitTestLocation(), result);
 
     if (Node* node = result.targetNode())
         return frame()->selection().selection().visiblePositionRespectingEditingBoundary(result.localPoint(), node);