diff --git a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11mouse.h b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11mouse.h
index a9c84ee48..313cb487c 100644
--- a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11mouse.h
+++ b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11mouse.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ typedef struct SDL_XInput2DeviceInfo
     double minval[2];
     double maxval[2];
     double prev_coords[2];
-    Time prev_time;
     struct SDL_XInput2DeviceInfo *next;
 } SDL_XInput2DeviceInfo;
 
diff --git a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11window.c b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11window.c
index 1f2d0d773..5ed302dac 100644
--- a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11window.c
+++ b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11window.c
@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ void X11_SetWindowMouseGrab(_THIS, SDL_Window *window, SDL_bool grabbed)
 
             /* Try for up to 5000ms (5s) to grab. If it still fails, stop trying. */
             for (attempts = 0; attempts < 100; attempts++) {
-                result = X11_XGrabPointer(display, data->xwindow, True, mask, GrabModeAsync,
+                result = X11_XGrabPointer(display, data->xwindow, False, mask, GrabModeAsync,
                                           GrabModeAsync, data->xwindow, None, CurrentTime);
                 if (result == GrabSuccess) {
                     data->mouse_grabbed = SDL_TRUE;
diff --git a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11xinput2.c b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11xinput2.c
index 6396be39c..618eb6fad 100644
--- a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11xinput2.c
+++ b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11xinput2.c
@@ -294,10 +294,6 @@ int X11_HandleXinput2Event(SDL_VideoData *videodata, XGenericEventCookie *cookie
         parse_valuators(rawev->raw_values, rawev->valuators.mask,
                         rawev->valuators.mask_len, coords, 2);
 
-        if ((rawev->time == devinfo->prev_time) && (coords[0] == devinfo->prev_coords[0]) && (coords[1] == devinfo->prev_coords[1])) {
-            return 0; /* duplicate event, drop it. */
-        }
-
         for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
             if (devinfo->relative[i]) {
                 processed_coords[i] = coords[i];
@@ -309,7 +305,6 @@ int X11_HandleXinput2Event(SDL_VideoData *videodata, XGenericEventCookie *cookie
         SDL_SendMouseMotion(0, mouse->focus, mouse->mouseID, 1, (float)processed_coords[0], (float)processed_coords[1]);
         devinfo->prev_coords[0] = coords[0];
         devinfo->prev_coords[1] = coords[1];
-        devinfo->prev_time = rawev->time;
         return 1;
     } break;