diff --git a/src/gs-featured-carousel.c b/src/gs-featured-carousel.c
index 5b83fe846285535e2f3cd3ae5e14288c5037fe11..50ceb205705984fde3610d7b7bf271048aefb304 100644
--- a/src/gs-featured-carousel.c
+++ b/src/gs-featured-carousel.c
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ static void
 gs_featured_carousel_init (GsFeaturedCarousel *self)
 {
 	gtk_widget_init_template (GTK_WIDGET (self));
+
+	/* Disable scrolling through the carousel, as it’s typically used
+	 * in application pages which are themselves scrollable. */
+	adw_carousel_set_allow_scroll_wheel (self->carousel, FALSE);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/gs-screenshot-carousel.c b/src/gs-screenshot-carousel.c
index 09965d6345176374011c983816805b92ef4d5015..b24ca335ba65acd98d7146ed9291a176572fb03f 100644
--- a/src/gs-screenshot-carousel.c
+++ b/src/gs-screenshot-carousel.c
@@ -333,11 +333,9 @@ gs_screenshot_carousel_init (GsScreenshotCarousel *self)
 {
 	gtk_widget_init_template (GTK_WIDGET (self));
 
-#if ADW_CHECK_VERSION(1, 3, 0)
 	/* Disable scrolling through the carousel, as it’s typically used
 	 * in application pages which are themselves scrollable. */
 	adw_carousel_set_allow_scroll_wheel (ADW_CAROUSEL (self->carousel), FALSE);
-#endif
 
 	/* setup networking */
 	self->session = soup_session_new_with_options ("user-agent", gs_user_agent (),