diff --git a/src/DesktopIntegration.vala b/src/DesktopIntegration.vala
index 3e5d5ff00..49818dabb 100644
--- a/src/DesktopIntegration.vala
+++ b/src/DesktopIntegration.vala
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ public class Gala.DesktopIntegration : GLib.Object {
         unowned var display = wm.get_display ();
         unowned var workspace_manager = display.get_workspace_manager ();
 
-        workspace_manager.active_workspace_changed.connect (() => {
-            active_workspace_changed ();
-            windows_changed (); // windows have 'on-active-workspace' property that we need to update
-        });
+        workspace_manager.active_workspace_changed.connect (() => active_workspace_changed ());
         workspace_manager.workspaces_reordered.connect (() => windows_changed ());
         workspace_manager.workspace_added.connect (() => windows_changed ());
         workspace_manager.workspace_removed.connect ((index) => {
@@ -99,7 +96,6 @@ public class Gala.DesktopIntegration : GLib.Object {
     public Window[] get_windows () throws GLib.DBusError, GLib.IOError {
         Window[] returned_windows = {};
         var apps = Gala.AppSystem.get_default ().get_running_apps ();
-        unowned var active_workspace = wm.get_display ().get_workspace_manager ().get_active_workspace ();
         foreach (unowned var app in apps) {
             foreach (weak Meta.Window window in app.get_windows ()) {
                 if (!is_eligible_window (window)) {
@@ -116,7 +112,6 @@ public class Gala.DesktopIntegration : GLib.Object {
                 properties.insert ("client-type", new GLib.Variant.uint32 (window.get_client_type ()));
                 properties.insert ("is-hidden", new GLib.Variant.boolean (window.is_hidden ()));
                 properties.insert ("has-focus", new GLib.Variant.boolean (window.has_focus ()));
-                properties.insert ("on-active-workspace", new GLib.Variant.boolean (window.located_on_workspace (active_workspace)));
                 properties.insert ("workspace-index", new GLib.Variant.int32 (window.get_workspace ().index ()));
                 properties.insert ("width", new GLib.Variant.uint32 (frame_rect.width));
                 properties.insert ("height", new GLib.Variant.uint32 (frame_rect.height));