diff --git a/src/winwidget.c b/src/winwidget.c
index 9f61ba6d..d3312678 100644
--- a/src/winwidget.c
+++ b/src/winwidget.c
@@ -851,8 +851,6 @@ void winwidget_show(winwidget winwid)
 		/* wait for the window to map */
 		D(("Waiting for window to map\n"));
 		XMaskEvent(disp, StructureNotifyMask, &ev);
-		winwidget_get_geometry(winwid, NULL);
-
 		/* Unfortunately, StructureNotifyMask does not only mask
 		 * the events of type MapNotify (which we want to mask here)
 		 * but also such of type ConfigureNotify (and others, see