diff --git a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
index e56e5218..552d27f9 100644
--- a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ IF(NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.0)
     cmake_policy(SET CMP0043 NEW) # for wxWidgets
 ENDIF()
 
-# not yet implemented
-SET(CAIRO_DEFAULT OFF)
-
-option(ENABLE_CAIRO "Enable Cairo rendering for the wxWidgets port" ${CAIRO_DEFAULT})
-
 if( WIN32 )
   # not yet implemented
   option( ENABLE_DIRECT3D "Enable Direct3D rendering for the wxWidgets port" ON )
@@ -30,10 +25,6 @@ IF(APPLE)
     ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DwxMAC_USE_CORE_GRAPHICS)
 ENDIF(APPLE)
 
-if( NOT ENABLE_CAIRO )
-    ADD_DEFINITIONS (-DNO_CAIRO)
-endif( NOT ENABLE_CAIRO )
-
 if( NOT ENABLE_XAUDIO2 )
     ADD_DEFINITIONS (-DNO_XAUDIO2)
 endif( NOT ENABLE_XAUDIO2 )
@@ -130,19 +121,6 @@ FIND_PROGRAM(MSGINIT msginit)
 if(ENABLE_NLS AND (NOT XGETTEXT OR NOT MSGINIT))
    message(SEND_ERROR "Cannot find gettext ${XGETTEXT} ${MSGINIT}")
 endif(ENABLE_NLS AND (NOT XGETTEXT OR NOT MSGINIT))
-IF(ENABLE_CAIRO)
-    FIND_PACKAGE ( PkgConfig REQUIRED )
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CAIRO REQUIRED cairo)
-    include_directories(${CAIRO_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    IF(WIN32)
-       # need gdiplus to extract hdc for cairo context
-       SET(CAIRO_LIBRARIES ${CAIRO_LIBRARIES} -lgdiplus)
-    ENDIF(WIN32)
-    # SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CAIRO_CFLAGS})
-ELSE(ENABLE_CAIRO)
-    ADD_DEFINITIONS (-DNO_CAIRO)
-    SET(CAIRO_LIBRARIES )
-ENDIF(ENABLE_CAIRO)
 IF(WIN32 AND ENABLE_DIRECTX)
     FIND_PACKGE ( DirectX REQUIRED )
 ENDIF(WIN32 AND ENABLE_DIRECTX)
@@ -407,7 +385,6 @@ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (
     ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}
     ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES}
     ${DIRECTX_LIBRARIES}
-    ${CAIRO_LIBRARIES}
     ${GTK_LIBRARIES}
     ${OPENAL_LIBRARY}
 )
diff --git a/src/wx/drawing.h b/src/wx/drawing.h
index b2e14206..2c689675 100644
--- a/src/wx/drawing.h
+++ b/src/wx/drawing.h
@@ -57,20 +57,6 @@ protected:
 };
 #endif
 
-#ifndef NO_CAIRO
-#include <cairo.h>
-
-class CairoDrawingPanel : public DrawingPanel {
-public:
-    CairoDrawingPanel(wxWindow* parent, int _width, int _height);
-    ~CairoDrawingPanel();
-
-protected:
-    void DrawArea(wxWindowDC&);
-    cairo_surface_t* conv_surf;
-};
-#endif
-
 #if defined(__WXMAC__)
 class Quartz2DDrawingPanel : public BasicDrawingPanel {
 public:
diff --git a/src/wx/guiinit.cpp b/src/wx/guiinit.cpp
index 3e36ccb9..bc22c0a0 100644
--- a/src/wx/guiinit.cpp
+++ b/src/wx/guiinit.cpp
@@ -3316,10 +3316,6 @@ bool MainFrame::BindControls()
             if (wxGetApp().UsingWayland()) {
                 rb->Hide();
             }
-#endif
-            getrbi("OutputCairo", gopts.render_method, RND_CAIRO);
-#ifdef NO_CAIRO
-            rb->Hide();
 #endif
             getrbi("OutputDirect3D", gopts.render_method, RND_DIRECT3D);
 #if !defined(__WXMSW__) || defined(NO_D3D) || 1 // not implemented
diff --git a/src/wx/opts.cpp b/src/wx/opts.cpp
index de00d5e8..ce891bc1 100644
--- a/src/wx/opts.cpp
+++ b/src/wx/opts.cpp
@@ -156,11 +156,11 @@ opt_desc opts[] = {
     BOOLOPT("Display/KeepOnTop", "KeepOnTop", wxTRANSLATE("Keep window on top"), gopts.keep_on_top),
     INTOPT("Display/MaxThreads", "Multithread", wxTRANSLATE("Maximum number of threads to run filters in"), gopts.max_threads, 1, 8),
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
-    ENUMOPT("Display/RenderMethod", "", wxTRANSLATE("Render method; if unsupported, simple method will be used"), gopts.render_method, wxTRANSLATE("simple|opengl|cairo|direct3d")),
+    ENUMOPT("Display/RenderMethod", "", wxTRANSLATE("Render method; if unsupported, simple method will be used"), gopts.render_method, wxTRANSLATE("simple|opengl|direct3d")),
 #elif defined(__WXMAC__)
-    ENUMOPT("Display/RenderMethod", "", wxTRANSLATE("Render method; if unsupported, simple method will be used"), gopts.render_method, wxTRANSLATE("simple|opengl|cairo||quartz2d")),
+    ENUMOPT("Display/RenderMethod", "", wxTRANSLATE("Render method; if unsupported, simple method will be used"), gopts.render_method, wxTRANSLATE("simple|opengl|quartz2d")),
 #else
-    ENUMOPT("Display/RenderMethod", "", wxTRANSLATE("Render method; if unsupported, simple method will be used"), gopts.render_method, wxTRANSLATE("simple|opengl|cairo")),
+    ENUMOPT("Display/RenderMethod", "", wxTRANSLATE("Render method; if unsupported, simple method will be used"), gopts.render_method, wxTRANSLATE("simple|opengl")),
 #endif
     DOUBLEOPT("Display/Scale", "", wxTRANSLATE("Default scale factor"), gopts.video_scale, 1, 6),
     BOOLOPT("Display/Stretch", "RetainAspect", wxTRANSLATE("Retain aspect ratio when resizing"), gopts.retain_aspect),
diff --git a/src/wx/panel.cpp b/src/wx/panel.cpp
index 7dca12b5..c469863d 100644
--- a/src/wx/panel.cpp
+++ b/src/wx/panel.cpp
@@ -1002,11 +1002,6 @@ void GameArea::OnIdle(wxIdleEvent& event)
             panel = new GLDrawingPanel(this, basic_width, basic_height);
             break;
 #endif
-#ifndef NO_CAIRO
-        case RND_CAIRO:
-            panel = new CairoDrawingPanel(this, basic_width, basic_height);
-            break;
-#endif
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
         case RND_DIRECT3D:
             panel = new DXDrawingPanel(this, basic_width, basic_height);
@@ -2209,124 +2204,6 @@ void GLDrawingPanel::DrawArea(wxWindowDC& dc)
 
 #endif // GL support
 
-#ifndef NO_CAIRO
-
-CairoDrawingPanel::CairoDrawingPanel(wxWindow* parent, int _width, int _height)
-    : DrawingPanel(parent, _width, _height)
-{
-    conv_surf = NULL;
-
-    // Intialize color tables in reverse order from default
-    // probably doesn't help mmx hq3x/hq4x
-    if (systemColorDepth == 32) {
-#if wxBYTE_ORDER == wxLITTLE_ENDIAN
-        systemBlueShift = 3;
-        systemRedShift = 19;
-#else
-        systemBlueShift = 27;
-        systemRedShift = 11;
-#endif
-    }
-
-    // FIXME: should be "true" for GBA carts if lcd mode selected
-    utilUpdateSystemColorMaps(false);
-
-    if (!did_init) DrawingPanelInit();
-}
-
-CairoDrawingPanel::~CairoDrawingPanel()
-{
-    if (conv_surf)
-        cairo_surface_destroy(conv_surf);
-}
-
-#include <wx/graphics.h>
-#ifdef __WXMSW__
-#include <cairo-win32.h>
-#include <gdiplus.h>
-#endif
-#if defined(__WXMAC__) && wxMAC_USE_CORE_GRAPHICS
-#include <cairo-quartz.h>
-#endif
-
-void CairoDrawingPanel::DrawArea(wxWindowDC& dc)
-{
-    cairo_t* cr;
-    wxGraphicsContext* gc = wxGraphicsContext::Create(dc);
-#ifdef __WXMSW__
-    // not sure why this is so slow
-    // doing this only once in constructor and resize handler doesn't seem
-    // to help, and may be unsafe
-    Gdiplus::Graphics* gr = (Gdiplus::Graphics*)gc->GetNativeContext();
-    cairo_surface_t* s = cairo_win32_surface_create(gr->GetHDC());
-    cr = cairo_create(s);
-    cairo_surface_destroy(s);
-#else
-#ifdef __WXGTK__
-    cr = cairo_reference((cairo_t*)gc->GetNativeContext());
-#else
-#if defined(__WXMAC__) && wxMAC_USE_CORE_GRAPHICS
-    CGContextRef c = static_cast<CGContextRef>(gc->GetNativeContext());
-    cairo_surface_t* s = cairo_quartz_surface_create_for_cg_context(c, width, height);
-    cr = cairo_create(s);
-    cairo_surface_destroy(s);
-#else
-#error Cairo rendering is not supported on this platform
-#endif
-#endif
-#endif
-    cairo_surface_t* surf;
-
-    if (!out_16)
-        surf = cairo_image_surface_create_for_data(todraw + 4 * width,
-            CAIRO_FORMAT_RGB24,
-            width, height,
-            4 * (width + 1));
-    else {
-        if (!conv_surf)
-            conv_surf = cairo_image_surface_create(CAIRO_FORMAT_RGB24,
-                std::ceil(width * scale),
-                std::ceil(height * scale));
-
-        if (!conv_surf) {
-            wxLogError(_("Cannot create conversion buffer"));
-            wxGetApp().frame->Close(true);
-        }
-
-        surf = cairo_surface_reference(conv_surf);
-        uint16_t* src = (uint16_t*)todraw + (int)std::ceil((width + 2) * scale); // skip top border
-        uint32_t* dst = (uint32_t*)cairo_image_surface_get_data(surf);
-
-        for (int y = 0; y < std::ceil(height * scale); y++) {
-            for (int x = 0; x < std::ceil(width * scale); x++, src++) {
-                *dst++ = (((*src >> systemRedShift) & 0x1f) << 19) | (((*src >> systemGreenShift) & 0x1f) << 11) | (((*src >> systemBlueShift) & 0x1f) << 3);
-            }
-
-            src += 2; // skip rhs border
-        }
-    }
-
-    cairo_pattern_t* pat = cairo_pattern_create_for_surface(surf);
-    // GOOD is "similar to" bilinear, and FAST is "similar to" nearest
-    // could also just use BILINEAR and NEAREST directly, I suppose
-    cairo_pattern_set_filter(pat, gopts.bilinear ? CAIRO_FILTER_GOOD : CAIRO_FILTER_FAST);
-    double sx, sy;
-    int w, h;
-    GetClientSize(&w, &h);
-    sx = (double)width / w;
-    sy = (double)height / h;
-    cairo_matrix_t mat;
-    cairo_matrix_init_scale(&mat, sx, sy);
-    cairo_pattern_set_matrix(pat, &mat);
-    cairo_set_source(cr, pat);
-    cairo_paint(cr);
-    cairo_pattern_destroy(pat);
-    cairo_surface_destroy(surf);
-    cairo_destroy(cr);
-    delete gc;
-}
-#endif
-
 #if defined(__WXMSW__) && !defined(NO_D3D)
 #define DIRECT3D_VERSION 0x0900
 #include <d3d9.h>
diff --git a/src/wx/wxvbam.h b/src/wx/wxvbam.h
index d264d396..98459e30 100644
--- a/src/wx/wxvbam.h
+++ b/src/wx/wxvbam.h
@@ -436,7 +436,6 @@ enum ifbfunc {
 enum renderer {
     RND_SIMPLE,
     RND_OPENGL,
-    RND_CAIRO,
     RND_DIRECT3D,
     RND_QUARTZ2D,
 };