diff --git a/src/core/display.c b/src/core/display.c
index 3000ab8b3..0a191c0fb 100644
--- a/src/core/display.c
+++ b/src/core/display.c
@@ -1480,10 +1480,6 @@ meta_display_sync_wayland_input_focus (MetaDisplay *display)
 #ifdef HAVE_WAYLAND
   MetaWaylandCompositor *compositor = wayland_compositor_from_display (display);
   MetaWindow *focus_window = NULL;
-  MetaBackend *backend = backend_from_display (display);
-  ClutterBackend *clutter_backend = meta_backend_get_clutter_backend (backend);
-  ClutterSeat *seat = clutter_backend_get_default_seat (clutter_backend);
-  MetaStage *stage = META_STAGE (meta_backend_get_stage (backend));
   gboolean is_no_focus_xwindow = FALSE;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_X11_CLIENT
@@ -1503,9 +1499,6 @@ meta_display_sync_wayland_input_focus (MetaDisplay *display)
     meta_topic (META_DEBUG_FOCUS, "Focus change has no effect, because there is no matching wayland surface");
 
   meta_wayland_compositor_set_input_focus (compositor, focus_window);
-
-  clutter_stage_repick_device (CLUTTER_STAGE (stage),
-                               clutter_seat_get_pointer (seat));
 #endif
 }