diff --git a/src/drivers/Wayland/Fl_Wayland_Gl_Window_Driver.cxx b/src/drivers/Wayland/Fl_Wayland_Gl_Window_Driver.cxx
index f782b744a..9285d3a15 100644
--- a/src/drivers/Wayland/Fl_Wayland_Gl_Window_Driver.cxx
+++ b/src/drivers/Wayland/Fl_Wayland_Gl_Window_Driver.cxx
@@ -289,9 +289,6 @@ void Fl_Wayland_Gl_Window_Driver::make_current_before() {
     // Tested apps: shape, glpuzzle, cube, fractals, gl_overlay, fullscreen, unittests,
     //   OpenGL3-glut-test, OpenGL3test.
     // Tested wayland compositors: mutter, kde-plasma, weston, sway on FreeBSD.
-    if (!pWindow->parent()) { // force toplevel GL win to enter its display
-      while (wl_list_empty(&win->outputs)) wl_display_dispatch(fl_wl_display());
-    }
   }
 }