diff --git a/clutter/x11/clutter-event-x11.c b/clutter/x11/clutter-event-x11.c
index b83a0b2f3..0f75daf2c 100644
--- a/clutter/x11/clutter-event-x11.c
+++ b/clutter/x11/clutter-event-x11.c
@@ -427,12 +427,6 @@ event_translate (ClutterBackend *backend,
     case ConfigureNotify:
       if (!stage_x11->is_foreign_xwin)
         {
-	  /* Set a flag so that the stage will know the actor is being
-	     resized in response to the window size changing as
-	     opposed to a request from the application. This prevents
-	     it from trying to resize the window again */
-	  stage_x11->handling_configure = TRUE;
-
           CLUTTER_NOTE (BACKEND, "%s: ConfigureNotify[%x] (%d, %d)",
                         G_STRLOC,
                         (unsigned int) stage_x11->xwin,
@@ -443,8 +437,6 @@ event_translate (ClutterBackend *backend,
 				  xevent->xconfigure.width,
 				  xevent->xconfigure.height);
 
-	  stage_x11->handling_configure = FALSE;
-
           /* the resize process is complete, so we can ask the stage
            * to set up the GL viewport with the new size
            */
diff --git a/clutter/x11/clutter-stage-x11.c b/clutter/x11/clutter-stage-x11.c
index d01d8e2b1..725a75650 100644
--- a/clutter/x11/clutter-stage-x11.c
+++ b/clutter/x11/clutter-stage-x11.c
@@ -270,21 +270,8 @@ clutter_stage_x11_allocate (ClutterActor          *self,
       stage_x11->xwin_width  = new_width;
       stage_x11->xwin_height = new_height;
 
-      /* The 'handling_configure' flag below is used to prevent the
-	 window from being resized again in response to a
-	 ConfigureNotify event. Normally this will not be a problem
-	 because the window will be resized to xwin_width and
-	 xwin_height so the above test will prevent it from resizing
-	 the window a second time. However if the stage is resized
-	 multiple times without the events being processed in between
-	 (eg, when calling g_object_set to set both width and height)
-	 then there will be multiple ConfigureNotify events in the
-	 queue. Handling the first event will undo the work of setting
-	 the second property which will cause it to keep generating
-	 events in an infinite loop. See bug #810 */
       if (stage_x11->xwin != None &&
-	  !stage_x11->is_foreign_xwin &&
-	  !stage_x11->handling_configure)
+	  !stage_x11->is_foreign_xwin)
         {
           CLUTTER_NOTE (BACKEND, "%s: XResizeWindow[%x] (%d, %d)",
                         G_STRLOC,
@@ -577,7 +564,6 @@ clutter_stage_x11_init (ClutterStageX11 *stage)
 
   stage->is_foreign_xwin = FALSE;
   stage->fullscreen_on_map = FALSE;
-  stage->handling_configure = FALSE;
   stage->is_cursor_visible = TRUE;
 
   stage->title = NULL;
diff --git a/clutter/x11/clutter-stage-x11.h b/clutter/x11/clutter-stage-x11.h
index 229f058e1..c1a913950 100644
--- a/clutter/x11/clutter-stage-x11.h
+++ b/clutter/x11/clutter-stage-x11.h
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ struct _ClutterStageX11
 
   guint        is_foreign_xwin    : 1;
   guint        fullscreen_on_map  : 1;
-  guint        handling_configure : 1;
   guint        is_cursor_visible  : 1;
 
   Display     *xdpy;