diff --git a/clutter/egl/clutter-backend-egl.c b/clutter/egl/clutter-backend-egl.c
index bad4b0e27..52f2e05d6 100644
--- a/clutter/egl/clutter-backend-egl.c
+++ b/clutter/egl/clutter-backend-egl.c
@@ -767,10 +767,6 @@ clutter_backend_egl_init (ClutterBackendEGL *backend_egl)
 #ifndef COGL_HAS_XLIB_SUPPORT
   ClutterBackend *backend = CLUTTER_BACKEND (backend_egl);
 
-  clutter_backend_set_resolution (backend, 96.0);
-  clutter_backend_set_double_click_time (backend, 250);
-  clutter_backend_set_double_click_distance (backend, 5);
-
 #ifdef HAVE_TSLIB
   backend_egl->event_timer = g_timer_new ();
 #endif
diff --git a/clutter/win32/clutter-backend-win32.c b/clutter/win32/clutter-backend-win32.c
index 26604a2b3..c14e0f56d 100644
--- a/clutter/win32/clutter-backend-win32.c
+++ b/clutter/win32/clutter-backend-win32.c
@@ -569,10 +569,11 @@ clutter_backend_win32_init (ClutterBackendWin32 *backend_win32)
   backend_win32->no_event_retrieval = FALSE;
   backend_win32->invisible_cursor   = NULL;
 
-  /* FIXME: get from GetSystemMetric? */
+  /* FIXME: get from GetSystemMetric?
   clutter_backend_set_double_click_time (backend, 250);
   clutter_backend_set_double_click_distance (backend, 5);
   clutter_backend_set_resolution (backend, 96.0);
+  */
 
   /* Set the maximum precision for Windows time functions. Without
      this glib will not be able to sleep accurately enough to give a