diff --git a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandwindow.c b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandwindow.c
index 960e3c927..c18e159e8 100644
--- a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandwindow.c
+++ b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandwindow.c
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ SetFullscreen(SDL_Window *window, struct wl_output *output)
             wl_shell_surface_set_toplevel(wind->shell_surface.wl);
         }
     }
-
-    WAYLAND_wl_display_flush(viddata->display);
 }
 
 /* On modern desktops, we probably will use the xdg-shell protocol instead