diff --git a/dom/plugins/ipc/PluginProcessChild.cpp b/dom/plugins/ipc/PluginProcessChild.cpp
index bef4f38774ac..b93ef4cc8111 100644
--- a/dom/plugins/ipc/PluginProcessChild.cpp
+++ b/dom/plugins/ipc/PluginProcessChild.cpp
@@ -128,11 +128,6 @@ PluginProcessChild::Init(int aArgc, char* aArgv[])
 #  error Sorry
 #endif
 
-    if (NS_FAILED(nsRegion::InitStatic())) {
-      NS_ERROR("Could not initialize nsRegion");
-      return false;
-    }
-
     bool retval = mPlugin.InitForChrome(pluginFilename, ParentPid(),
                                         IOThreadChild::message_loop(),
                                         IOThreadChild::channel());
@@ -164,8 +159,6 @@ PluginProcessChild::CleanUp()
     mozilla::KillClearOnShutdown(ShutdownPhase::ShutdownFinal);
     NS_LogTerm();
 #endif
-
-    nsRegion::ShutdownStatic();
 }
 
 } // namespace plugins
diff --git a/gfx/src/nsRegion.h b/gfx/src/nsRegion.h
index 70eaf96da02b..4665df5db0b4 100644
--- a/gfx/src/nsRegion.h
+++ b/gfx/src/nsRegion.h
@@ -93,15 +93,6 @@ public:
     aOther->mImpl = tmp;
   }
 
-  static
-  nsresult InitStatic()
-  {
-    return NS_OK;
-  }
-
-  static
-  void ShutdownStatic() {}
-
   void AndWith(const nsRegion& aOther)
   {
     And(*this, aOther);
diff --git a/ipc/ipdl/test/cxx/IPDLUnitTestProcessChild.cpp b/ipc/ipdl/test/cxx/IPDLUnitTestProcessChild.cpp
index d67b83ac6d23..bc085523477c 100644
--- a/ipc/ipdl/test/cxx/IPDLUnitTestProcessChild.cpp
+++ b/ipc/ipdl/test/cxx/IPDLUnitTestProcessChild.cpp
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ IPDLUnitTestProcessChild::Init(int aArgc, char* aArgv[])
                           ParentPid(),
                           IOThreadChild::message_loop());
 
-    if (NS_FAILED(nsRegion::InitStatic()))
-      return false;
-
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/layout/build/nsLayoutStatics.cpp b/layout/build/nsLayoutStatics.cpp
index 9375ec82f017..b49aa11b7a53 100644
--- a/layout/build/nsLayoutStatics.cpp
+++ b/layout/build/nsLayoutStatics.cpp
@@ -161,11 +161,6 @@ nsLayoutStatics::Initialize()
   NS_SetStaticAtomsDone();
 
   StartupJSEnvironment();
-  rv = nsRegion::InitStatic();
-  if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
-    NS_ERROR("Could not initialize nsRegion");
-    return rv;
-  }
 
   nsGlobalWindowInner::Init();
   nsGlobalWindowOuter::Init();
@@ -423,8 +418,6 @@ nsLayoutStatics::Shutdown()
 
   mozilla::dom::FallbackEncoding::Shutdown();
 
-  nsRegion::ShutdownStatic();
-
   mozilla::EventDispatcher::Shutdown();
 
   HTMLInputElement::DestroyUploadLastDir();