diff --git a/client/src/main.rs b/client/src/main.rs
index 280cdcc..9273772 100644
--- a/client/src/main.rs
+++ b/client/src/main.rs
@@ -23,18 +23,6 @@ fn ensure_runtime_dir() {
 
 #[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    // Prefer X11/Xwayland on KDE Wayland so wmctrl-based placement works
-    if env::var_os("WAYLAND_DISPLAY").is_some() {
-        if let Some(desktop) = env::var_os("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP") {
-            if desktop.to_string_lossy().to_ascii_lowercase().contains("kde") {
-                unsafe {
-                    env::set_var("GDK_BACKEND", "x11");
-                    env::set_var("WINIT_UNIX_BACKEND", "x11");
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     ensure_runtime_dir();
 
     /*------------- common filter & stderr layer ------------------------*/