diff --git a/xmonad.hs b/xmonad.hs
index de672f9..5766323 100644
--- a/xmonad.hs
+++ b/xmonad.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- default desktop configuration for Fedora
 
-import System.Posix.Env (getEnv, putEnv)
+import System.Posix.Env (getEnv)
 import Data.Maybe (maybe)
 
 import XMonad
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import XMonad.Config.Xfce
 
 main = do
      session <- getEnv "DESKTOP_SESSION"
-     putEnv "_JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1"
      xmonad  $ maybe desktopConfig desktop session
 
 desktop "gnome" = gnomeConfig
diff --git a/xmonad.spec b/xmonad.spec
index 33f5e2b..93a2a0c 100644
--- a/xmonad.spec
+++ b/xmonad.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name:           %{pkg_name}
 Version:        0.11.1
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        A tiling window manager
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}*/LICENSE
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 28 2015 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 0.11.1-3
+- revert adding _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING since it seems unnecessary now
+
 * Wed Aug  5 2015 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 0.11.1-2
 - use _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1 to handle Java apps correctly
   (#1061568, thanks to Erik Streb del Toro)