diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-outputs.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-outputs.c
index 3c9baf23f..f8069b692 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-outputs.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-outputs.c
@@ -596,39 +596,15 @@ send_xdg_output_events (struct wl_resource *resource,
                         gboolean            need_all_events,
                         gboolean           *pending_done_event)
 {
-  MetaRectangle new_layout;
-  MetaRectangle old_layout;
+  MetaRectangle layout;
   MetaLogicalMonitor *logical_monitor;
-  MetaLogicalMonitor *old_logical_monitor;
-  gboolean need_done;
   int version;
 
-  need_done = FALSE;
   logical_monitor = meta_monitor_get_logical_monitor (monitor);
-  old_logical_monitor =
-    meta_monitor_get_logical_monitor (wayland_output->monitor);
-  old_layout = meta_logical_monitor_get_layout (old_logical_monitor);
-  new_layout = meta_logical_monitor_get_layout (logical_monitor);
+  layout = meta_logical_monitor_get_layout (logical_monitor);
 
-  if (need_all_events ||
-      old_layout.x != new_layout.x ||
-      old_layout.y != new_layout.y)
-    {
-      zxdg_output_v1_send_logical_position (resource,
-                                            new_layout.x,
-                                            new_layout.y);
-      need_done = TRUE;
-    }
-
-  if (need_all_events ||
-      old_layout.width != new_layout.width ||
-      old_layout.height != new_layout.height)
-    {
-      zxdg_output_v1_send_logical_size (resource,
-                                        new_layout.width,
-                                        new_layout.height);
-      need_done = TRUE;
-    }
+  zxdg_output_v1_send_logical_position (resource, layout.x, layout.y);
+  zxdg_output_v1_send_logical_size (resource, layout.width, layout.height);
 
   version = wl_resource_get_version (resource);
 
@@ -648,7 +624,7 @@ send_xdg_output_events (struct wl_resource *resource,
       zxdg_output_v1_send_description (resource, description);
     }
 
-  if (pending_done_event && need_done)
+  if (pending_done_event)
     *pending_done_event = TRUE;
 }