diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c07bb89f..57719c49 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0')
 gio_unix_dep = dependency('gio-unix-2.0')
 gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0')
 gdk_wl_dep = dependency('gtk4-wayland')
-# GDK X11 dep is for detecting whether we're on Wayland or not ONLY, we don't actually have
-# a hard X11 dependency here
-gdk_x11_dep = dependency('gtk4-x11')
-x11_dep = dependency('x11')
 gtk_dep = dependency('gtk4')
 gee_dep = dependency('gee-0.8')
 granite_dep = dependency('granite-7', version: '>=7.6.0')
diff --git a/src/PanelWindow.vala b/src/PanelWindow.vala
index d100246d..4250473a 100644
--- a/src/PanelWindow.vala
+++ b/src/PanelWindow.vala
@@ -69,11 +69,7 @@ public class Wingpanel.PanelWindow : Gtk.Window {
         update_panel_dimensions ();
         Services.BackgroundManager.initialize (panel_height);
 
-        if (Gdk.Display.get_default () is Gdk.Wayland.Display) {
-            init_wl ();
-        } else {
-            init_x ();
-        }
+        init_wl ();
     }
 
     private void update_panel_dimensions () {
@@ -82,7 +78,7 @@ public class Wingpanel.PanelWindow : Gtk.Window {
         // We just use our monitor because Gala makes sure we are always on the primary one
         var monitor_dimensions = get_display ().get_monitor_at_surface (get_surface ()).get_geometry ();
 
-        if (!Services.DisplayConfig.is_logical_layout () && Gdk.Display.get_default () is Gdk.Wayland.Display) {
+        if (!Services.DisplayConfig.is_logical_layout ()) {
             monitor_dimensions.width /= get_scale_factor ();
             monitor_dimensions.height /= get_scale_factor ();
             monitor_dimensions.x /= get_scale_factor ();
@@ -99,8 +95,6 @@ public class Wingpanel.PanelWindow : Gtk.Window {
     private void on_scale_changed () {
         if (desktop_panel != null) {
             desktop_panel.set_size (-1, get_actual_height ());
-        } else {
-            init_x ();
         }
 
         update_panel_dimensions ();
@@ -114,23 +108,6 @@ public class Wingpanel.PanelWindow : Gtk.Window {
         return get_allocated_height ();
     }
 
-    private void init_x () {
-        var display = Gdk.Display.get_default ();
-        if (display is Gdk.X11.Display) {
-            unowned var xdisplay = ((Gdk.X11.Display) display).get_xdisplay ();
-
-            var window = ((Gdk.X11.Surface) get_surface ()).get_xid ();
-
-            var prop = xdisplay.intern_atom ("_MUTTER_HINTS", false);
-
-            var value = "anchor=4:hide-mode=0";
-
-            xdisplay.change_property (window, prop, X.XA_STRING, 8, 0, (uchar[]) value, value.length);
-
-            Idle.add_once (update_panel_dimensions); // Update again since we now can be 100% sure that we are on the primary monitor
-        }
-    }
-
     public void registry_handle_global (Wl.Registry wl_registry, uint32 name, string @interface, uint32 version) {
         if (@interface == "io_elementary_pantheon_shell_v1") {
             desktop_shell = wl_registry.bind<Pantheon.Desktop.Shell> (name, ref Pantheon.Desktop.Shell.iface, uint32.min (version, 1));
@@ -150,17 +127,15 @@ public class Wingpanel.PanelWindow : Gtk.Window {
     private void init_wl () {
         registry_listener.global = registry_handle_global;
         unowned var display = Gdk.Display.get_default ();
-        if (display is Gdk.Wayland.Display) {
-            unowned var wl_display = ((Gdk.Wayland.Display) display).get_wl_display ();
-            var wl_registry = wl_display.get_registry ();
-            wl_registry.add_listener (
-                registry_listener,
-                this
-            );
-
-            if (wl_display.roundtrip () < 0) {
-                return;
-            }
+        unowned var wl_display = ((Gdk.Wayland.Display) display).get_wl_display ();
+        var wl_registry = wl_display.get_registry ();
+        wl_registry.add_listener (
+            registry_listener,
+            this
+        );
+
+        if (wl_display.roundtrip () < 0) {
+            return;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index f5f14c21..649b4416 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ wingpanel_deps = [
     libwingpanel_dep,
     granite_dep,
     gdk_wl_dep,
-    gdk_x11_dep,
-    x11_dep,
     posix_dep,
     wl_client_dep,
     pantheon_desktop_shell_dep