diff --git a/src/xwayland-unmanaged.c b/src/xwayland-unmanaged.c
index fe22398a..00fd2f55 100644
--- a/src/xwayland-unmanaged.c
+++ b/src/xwayland-unmanaged.c
@@ -162,19 +162,6 @@ handle_dissociate(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data)
 	struct xwayland_unmanaged *unmanaged =
 		wl_container_of(listener, unmanaged, dissociate);
 
-	if (!unmanaged->mappable.connected) {
-		/*
-		 * In some cases wlroots fails to emit the associate event
-		 * due to an early return in xwayland_surface_associate().
-		 * This is arguably a wlroots bug, but nevertheless it
-		 * should not bring down labwc.
-		 *
-		 * TODO: Potentially remove when starting to track
-		 *       wlroots 0.18 and it got fixed upstream.
-		 */
-		wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "dissociate received before associate");
-		return;
-	}
 	mappable_disconnect(&unmanaged->mappable);
 }