diff --git a/src/core/window.c b/src/core/window.c
index 509c78409..245218508 100644
--- a/src/core/window.c
+++ b/src/core/window.c
@@ -2579,11 +2579,6 @@ meta_window_show (MetaWindow *window)
   if (did_show)
     meta_display_queue_check_fullscreen (window->display);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_WAYLAND
-  if (did_show && window->client_type == META_WINDOW_CLIENT_TYPE_WAYLAND)
-    meta_wayland_compositor_repick (meta_wayland_compositor_get_default ());
-#endif
-
   /*
    * Now that we have shown the window, we no longer want to consider the
    * initial timestamp in any subsequent deliberations whether to focus this