diff --git a/src/Avalonia.X11/X11Window.cs b/src/Avalonia.X11/X11Window.cs
index a89bde33ce1..f710ddab773 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.X11/X11Window.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.X11/X11Window.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ internal unsafe partial class X11Window : IWindowImpl, IPopupImpl, IXI2Client
         private PixelSize _realSize;
         private bool _cleaningUp;
         private IntPtr _handle;
-        private IntPtr _parentHandle;
         private IntPtr _xic;
         private IntPtr _renderHandle;
         private IntPtr _xSyncCounter;
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ public X11Window(AvaloniaX11Platform platform, IWindowImpl? popupParent, bool ov
             _mouse = new MouseDevice();
             _touch = new TouchDevice();
             _keyboard = platform.KeyboardDevice;
-            _parentHandle = popupParent != null ? ((X11Window)popupParent)._handle : _x11.RootWindow;
 
             var glfeature = AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<IPlatformGraphics>();
             XSetWindowAttributes attr = new XSetWindowAttributes();
@@ -123,7 +121,7 @@ public X11Window(AvaloniaX11Platform platform, IWindowImpl? popupParent, bool ov
             {
                 visual = visualInfo.Value.visual;
                 depth = (int)visualInfo.Value.depth;
-                attr.colormap = XCreateColormap(_x11.Display, _parentHandle, visualInfo.Value.visual, 0);
+                attr.colormap = XCreateColormap(_x11.Display, _x11.RootWindow, visualInfo.Value.visual, 0);
                 valueMask |= SetWindowValuemask.ColorMap;   
             }
 
@@ -146,7 +144,7 @@ public X11Window(AvaloniaX11Platform platform, IWindowImpl? popupParent, bool ov
             defaultWidth = Math.Max(defaultWidth, 300);
             defaultHeight = Math.Max(defaultHeight, 200);
 
-            _handle = XCreateWindow(_x11.Display, _parentHandle, 10, 10, defaultWidth, defaultHeight, 0,
+            _handle = XCreateWindow(_x11.Display, _x11.RootWindow, 10, 10, defaultWidth, defaultHeight, 0,
                 depth,
                 (int)CreateWindowArgs.InputOutput, 
                 visual,
@@ -517,7 +515,7 @@ private void OnEvent(ref XEvent ev)
                     _configurePoint = new PixelPoint(ev.ConfigureEvent.x, ev.ConfigureEvent.y);
                 else
                 {
-                    XTranslateCoordinates(_x11.Display, _handle, _parentHandle,
+                    XTranslateCoordinates(_x11.Display, _handle, _x11.RootWindow,
                         0, 0,
                         out var tx, out var ty, out _);
                     _configurePoint = new PixelPoint(tx, ty);
@@ -1100,12 +1098,10 @@ public PixelPoint Position
                     UpdateSizeHints(null);
                 }
 
-                XTranslateCoordinates(_x11.Display, _parentHandle, _x11.RootWindow, 0, 0, out var wx, out var wy, out _);
-
                 var changes = new XWindowChanges
                 {
-                    x = value.X - wx,
-                    y = (int)value.Y - wy
+                    x = value.X,
+                    y = (int)value.Y
                 };
 
                 XConfigureWindow(_x11.Display, _handle, ChangeWindowFlags.CWX | ChangeWindowFlags.CWY,
@@ -1168,7 +1164,7 @@ private void SendNetWMMessage(IntPtr message_type, IntPtr l0,
                 }
             };
             xev.ClientMessageEvent.ptr4 = l4 ?? IntPtr.Zero;
-            XSendEvent(_x11.Display, _parentHandle, false,
+            XSendEvent(_x11.Display, _x11.RootWindow, false,
                 new IntPtr((int)(EventMask.SubstructureRedirectMask | EventMask.SubstructureNotifyMask)), ref xev);
 
         }