diff --git a/view/nsView.cpp b/view/nsView.cpp
index 3f17afc92c4c4..8acedb73d7313 100644
--- a/view/nsView.cpp
+++ b/view/nsView.cpp
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ void nsView::DoResetWidgetBounds(bool aMoveOnly,
   // Stash a copy of these and use them so we can handle this being deleted (say
   // from sync painting/flushing from Show/Move/Resize on the widget).
   LayoutDeviceIntRect newBounds;
+  RefPtr<nsDeviceContext> dx = mViewManager->GetDeviceContext();
 
   nsWindowType type = widget->WindowType();
 
@@ -359,8 +360,7 @@ void nsView::DoResetWidgetBounds(bool aMoveOnly,
   // because of the potential for device-pixel coordinate spaces for mixed
   // hidpi/lodpi screens to overlap each other and result in bad placement
   // (bug 814434).
-
-  DesktopToLayoutDeviceScale scale = widget->GetDesktopToDeviceScaleByScreen();
+  DesktopToLayoutDeviceScale scale = dx->GetDesktopToDeviceScale();
 
   DesktopRect deskRect = newBounds / scale;
   if (changedPos) {
diff --git a/widget/gtk/nsWindow.cpp b/widget/gtk/nsWindow.cpp
index c2604fbfaaf04..f3d4676baa871 100644
--- a/widget/gtk/nsWindow.cpp
+++ b/widget/gtk/nsWindow.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 
 #if defined(MOZ_WAYLAND)
 #include <gdk/gdkwayland.h>
-#include "nsView.h"
 #endif
 
 #include "nsGkAtoms.h"
@@ -842,37 +841,6 @@ nsWindow::GetDesktopToDeviceScale()
     return DesktopToLayoutDeviceScale(1.0);
 }
 
-DesktopToLayoutDeviceScale
-nsWindow::GetDesktopToDeviceScaleByScreen()
-{
-#ifdef MOZ_WAYLAND
-    GdkDisplay* gdkDisplay = gdk_display_get_default();
-    // In Wayland there's no way to get absolute position of the window and use it to
-    // determine the screen factor of the monitor on which the window is placed.
-    // The window is notified of the current scale factor but not at this point,
-    // so the GdkScaleFactor can return wrong value which can lead to wrong popup
-    // placement.
-    // We need to use parent's window scale factor for the new one.
-    if (GDK_IS_WAYLAND_DISPLAY(gdkDisplay)) {
-        nsView* view = nsView::GetViewFor(this);
-        if (view) {
-            nsView* parentView = view->GetParent();
-            if (parentView) {
-                nsIWidget* parentWidget = parentView->GetNearestWidget(nullptr);
-                if (parentWidget) {
-                    return DesktopToLayoutDeviceScale(parentWidget->RoundsWidgetCoordinatesTo());
-                } else {
-                    NS_WARNING("Widget has no parent");
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            NS_WARNING("Cannot find widget view");
-        }
-    }
-#endif
-    return nsBaseWidget::GetDesktopToDeviceScale();
-}
-
 void
 nsWindow::SetParent(nsIWidget *aNewParent)
 {
diff --git a/widget/gtk/nsWindow.h b/widget/gtk/nsWindow.h
index f0ad1ebaf83b7..d3f0182745d59 100644
--- a/widget/gtk/nsWindow.h
+++ b/widget/gtk/nsWindow.h
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ class nsWindow final : public nsBaseWidget
     virtual float      GetDPI() override;
     virtual double     GetDefaultScaleInternal() override;
     mozilla::DesktopToLayoutDeviceScale GetDesktopToDeviceScale() override;
-    mozilla::DesktopToLayoutDeviceScale GetDesktopToDeviceScaleByScreen() override;
     virtual void       SetParent(nsIWidget* aNewParent) override;
     virtual void       SetModal(bool aModal) override;
     virtual bool       IsVisible() const override;
diff --git a/widget/nsBaseWidget.h b/widget/nsBaseWidget.h
index 481186045359b..947424ca2390d 100644
--- a/widget/nsBaseWidget.h
+++ b/widget/nsBaseWidget.h
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #include "nsIWidgetListener.h"
 #include "nsPIDOMWindow.h"
 #include "nsWeakReference.h"
-#include "nsView.h"
-#include "nsViewManager.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #if defined(XP_WIN)
@@ -240,10 +238,6 @@ class nsBaseWidget : public nsIWidget, public nsSupportsWeakReference
   mozilla::DesktopToLayoutDeviceScale GetDesktopToDeviceScale() override {
     return mozilla::DesktopToLayoutDeviceScale(1.0);
   }
-  mozilla::DesktopToLayoutDeviceScale GetDesktopToDeviceScaleByScreen() override {
-    return (nsView::GetViewFor(this)->GetViewManager()->GetDeviceContext())->GetDesktopToDeviceScale();
-  }
-
   virtual void            ConstrainPosition(bool aAllowSlop,
                                             int32_t *aX,
                                             int32_t *aY) override {}
diff --git a/widget/nsIWidget.h b/widget/nsIWidget.h
index e8fa4ec883008..2ae2361248834 100644
--- a/widget/nsIWidget.h
+++ b/widget/nsIWidget.h
@@ -577,13 +577,6 @@ class nsIWidget : public nsISupports
      */
     virtual mozilla::DesktopToLayoutDeviceScale GetDesktopToDeviceScale() = 0;
 
-    /**
-     * Return the scaling factor between device pixels and the platform-
-     * dependent "desktop pixels" by looking up the screen by the position
-     * of the widget.
-     */
-    virtual mozilla::DesktopToLayoutDeviceScale GetDesktopToDeviceScaleByScreen() = 0;
-
     /**
      * Return the default scale factor for the window. This is the
      * default number of device pixels per CSS pixel to use. This should