diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp
index f7e022b5e5f..cff8665e072 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp
@@ -1007,12 +1007,6 @@ void Document::set_needs_layout()
     schedule_layout_update();
 }
 
-void Document::force_layout()
-{
-    tear_down_layout_tree();
-    update_layout();
-}
-
 void Document::invalidate_layout()
 {
     tear_down_layout_tree();
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.h
index 00a6b2bf8f2..f79d2d07237 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.h
@@ -207,8 +207,6 @@ public:
     Color visited_link_color() const;
     void set_visited_link_color(Color);
 
-    void force_layout();
-
     void update_style();
     void update_layout();
     void update_paint_and_hit_testing_properties_if_needed();
diff --git a/Userland/Services/WebContent/ConnectionFromClient.cpp b/Userland/Services/WebContent/ConnectionFromClient.cpp
index 2a6558bdabe..2b3f15df094 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/WebContent/ConnectionFromClient.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Services/WebContent/ConnectionFromClient.cpp
@@ -743,11 +743,6 @@ void ConnectionFromClient::remove_dom_node(u64 page_id, i32 node_id)
 
     dom_node->remove();
 
-    // FIXME: When nodes are removed from the DOM, the associated layout nodes become stale and still
-    //        remain in the layout tree. This has to be fixed, this just causes everything to be recomputed
-    //        which really hurts performance.
-    active_document->force_layout();
-
     async_did_finish_editing_dom_node(page_id, previous_dom_node->unique_id());
 }