diff --git a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor-gbm.c b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor-gbm.c
index c07926ce5..bab5b39a6 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor-gbm.c
+++ b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor-gbm.c
@@ -1301,7 +1301,6 @@ xwl_glamor_init_gbm(struct xwl_screen *xwl_screen)
     dixSetPrivate(&xwl_screen->screen->devPrivates, &xwl_gbm_private_key,
                   xwl_gbm);
 
-    xwl_screen->gbm_backend.check_flip = NULL;
     xwl_screen->gbm_backend.get_main_device = xwl_gbm_get_main_device;
     xwl_screen->gbm_backend.is_available = TRUE;
     xwl_screen->gbm_backend.backend_flags = XWL_EGL_BACKEND_NEEDS_BUFFER_FLUSH |
diff --git a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor.c b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor.c
index dc4f93993..a4ddaf9bd 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor.c
+++ b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor.c
@@ -93,15 +93,11 @@ Bool
 xwl_glamor_check_flip(WindowPtr present_window, PixmapPtr pixmap)
 {
     ScreenPtr screen = pixmap->drawable.pScreen;
-    struct xwl_screen *xwl_screen = xwl_screen_get(screen);
     PixmapPtr backing_pixmap = screen->GetWindowPixmap(present_window);
 
     if (pixmap->drawable.depth != backing_pixmap->drawable.depth)
         return FALSE;
 
-    if (xwl_screen->egl_backend->check_flip)
-        return xwl_screen->egl_backend->check_flip(pixmap);
-
     return TRUE;
 }