diff --git a/src/desktop/desktopiconwindow.c b/src/desktop/desktopiconwindow.c
index 1396077..2070b71 100644
--- a/src/desktop/desktopiconwindow.c
+++ b/src/desktop/desktopiconwindow.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ struct _DesktopIconWindow
 /* functions */
 /* desktopiconwindow_new */
 static gboolean _on_desktopiconwindow_closex(void);
-static void _on_desktopiconwindow_realize(GtkWidget * widget, gpointer data);
 
 DesktopIconWindow * desktopiconwindow_new(DesktopIcon * icon)
 {
@@ -75,9 +74,6 @@ DesktopIconWindow * desktopiconwindow_new(DesktopIcon * icon)
 	gtk_window_set_focus_on_map(w, FALSE);
 #endif
 	gtk_window_set_keep_below(w, TRUE);
-#if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3, 0, 0)
-	gtk_window_set_resizable(w, FALSE);
-#endif
 	gtk_window_set_skip_pager_hint(w, TRUE);
 #ifdef EMBEDDED
 	gtk_window_set_type_hint(w, GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_UTILITY);
@@ -88,8 +84,6 @@ DesktopIconWindow * desktopiconwindow_new(DesktopIcon * icon)
 			DESKTOPICON_MAX_WIDTH, DESKTOPICON_MAX_HEIGHT);
 	g_signal_connect(window->widget, "delete-event", G_CALLBACK(
 				_on_desktopiconwindow_closex), NULL);
-	g_signal_connect(window->widget, "realize", G_CALLBACK(
-				_on_desktopiconwindow_realize), window);
 	/* icon */
 	widget = desktopicon_get_widget(icon);
 	gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window->widget), widget);
@@ -103,30 +97,6 @@ static gboolean _on_desktopiconwindow_closex(void)
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-static void _on_desktopiconwindow_realize(GtkWidget * widget, gpointer data)
-{
-	DesktopIconWindow * window = data;
-	GdkWindow * w;
-	GdkGeometry geometry;
-	/* XXX check */
-	const unsigned int hints = GDK_HINT_MIN_SIZE | GDK_HINT_MAX_SIZE;
-
-#ifdef DEBUG
-	fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: %s()\n", __func__);
-#endif
-	memset(&geometry, 0, sizeof(geometry));
-	geometry.min_width = DESKTOPICON_MIN_WIDTH;
-	geometry.min_height = DESKTOPICON_MIN_HEIGHT;
-	geometry.max_width = DESKTOPICON_MAX_WIDTH;
-	geometry.max_height = DESKTOPICON_MAX_HEIGHT;
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2, 14, 0)
-	w = gtk_widget_get_window(window->widget);
-#else
-	w = window->window;
-#endif
-	gdk_window_set_geometry_hints(w, &geometry, hints);
-}
-
 
 /* desktopiconwindow_delete */
 void desktopiconwindow_delete(DesktopIconWindow * window)