diff --git a/src/qwaylandlayersurface.cpp b/src/qwaylandlayersurface.cpp
index d186df8..e43b938 100644
--- a/src/qwaylandlayersurface.cpp
+++ b/src/qwaylandlayersurface.cpp
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ QWaylandLayerSurface::QWaylandLayerSurface(QWaylandLayerShellIntegration *shell,
 
 QWaylandLayerSurface::~QWaylandLayerSurface()
 {
-    if (m_waitForSyncCallback) {
-        wl_callback_destroy(m_waitForSyncCallback);
-    }
     destroy();
 }
 
@@ -99,7 +96,7 @@ void QWaylandLayerSurface::zwlr_layer_surface_v1_configure(uint32_t serial, uint
 
     if (!m_configured) {
         m_configured = true;
-        window()->resizeFromApplyConfigure(m_pendingSize);
+        applyConfigure();
         sendExpose();
     } else {
         // Later configures are resizes, so we have to queue them up for a time when we
@@ -121,7 +118,9 @@ void QWaylandLayerSurface::attachPopup(QtWaylandClient::QWaylandShellSurface *po
 
 void QWaylandLayerSurface::applyConfigure()
 {
+    m_configuring = true;
     window()->resizeFromApplyConfigure(m_pendingSize);
+    m_configuring = false;
 }
 
 void QWaylandLayerSurface::setAnchor(uint anchor)
@@ -160,8 +159,7 @@ void QWaylandLayerSurface::setLayer(uint32_t layer)
 
 void QWaylandLayerSurface::setWindowGeometry(const QRect &geometry)
 {
-    // if we are setting it to the last size we were configured at, we don't need to do anything
-    if (geometry.size() == m_pendingSize && !m_waitForSyncCallback) {
+    if (m_configuring) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -176,7 +174,6 @@ void QWaylandLayerSurface::setWindowGeometry(const QRect &geometry)
         size.setHeight(0);
     }
     set_size(size.width(), size.height());
-    requestWaylandSync();
 }
 
 bool QWaylandLayerSurface::requestActivate()
@@ -227,34 +224,6 @@ void QWaylandLayerSurface::requestXdgActivationToken(quint32 serial)
     connect(tokenProvider, &QWaylandXdgActivationTokenV1::done, tokenProvider, &QObject::deleteLater);
 }
 
-const wl_callback_listener QWaylandLayerSurface::syncCallbackListener = {
-    .done = [](void *data, struct wl_callback *callback, uint32_t time){
-        Q_UNUSED(time);
-        wl_callback_destroy(callback);
-        QWaylandLayerSurface *layerSurface = static_cast<QWaylandLayerSurface *>(data);
-        layerSurface->m_waitForSyncCallback = nullptr;
-        layerSurface->sendExpose();
-    }
-};
-
-void QWaylandLayerSurface::requestWaylandSync()
-{
-    if (m_waitForSyncCallback) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    m_waitForSyncCallback = wl_display_sync(m_window->display()->wl_display());
-    wl_callback_add_listener(m_waitForSyncCallback, &syncCallbackListener, this);
-}
-
-void QWaylandLayerSurface::handleWaylandSyncDone()
-{
-    if (!window()->isExposed()) {
-        return;
-    }
-    sendExpose();
-}
-
 void QWaylandLayerSurface::sendExpose()
 {
 #if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 7, 0)
diff --git a/src/qwaylandlayersurface_p.h b/src/qwaylandlayersurface_p.h
index c4f7e12..12c2644 100644
--- a/src/qwaylandlayersurface_p.h
+++ b/src/qwaylandlayersurface_p.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public:
 
     bool isExposed() const override
     {
-        return m_configured && !m_waitForSyncCallback;
+        return m_configured;
     }
     void attachPopup(QtWaylandClient::QWaylandShellSurface *popup) override;
 
@@ -62,9 +62,7 @@ private:
     QString m_activationToken;
 
     bool m_configured = false;
-
-    static const wl_callback_listener syncCallbackListener;
-    struct wl_callback *m_waitForSyncCallback = nullptr;
+    bool m_configuring = false;
 };
 
 }