diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-actor-surface.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-actor-surface.c
index 47b3c1c3e2f8e8ac6b8c9205eba4162eb57bfc9f..ed7c45411ef2629d9407a7d4b514a7046f248cf7 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-actor-surface.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-actor-surface.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ clear_surface_actor (MetaWaylandActorSurface *actor_surface)
                                         meta_wayland_surface_notify_geometry_changed,
                                         surface);
   g_signal_handlers_disconnect_by_func (priv->actor,
-                                        meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively,
+                                        meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs,
                                         surface);
   g_clear_object (&priv->actor);
 }
@@ -443,6 +443,9 @@ meta_wayland_actor_surface_reset_actor (MetaWaylandActorSurface *actor_surface)
                             G_CALLBACK (meta_wayland_surface_notify_geometry_changed),
                             surface);
   g_signal_connect_swapped (priv->actor, "notify::mapped",
-                            G_CALLBACK (meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively),
+                            G_CALLBACK (meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs),
+                            surface);
+  g_signal_connect_swapped (priv->actor, "stage-views-changed",
+                            G_CALLBACK (meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs),
                             surface);
 }
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-shell-surface.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-shell-surface.c
index 12d291043d5fb34ee617aa47281187ec5a9b02df..7bad43f34d0b61626dff7305ee2be181c5a54ba5 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-shell-surface.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-shell-surface.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ typedef struct _MetaWaylandShellSurfacePrivate
   MetaWindow *window;
 
   gulong unmanaging_handler_id;
-  gulong position_changed_handler_id;
   gulong effects_completed_handler_id;
 } MetaWaylandShellSurfacePrivate;
 
@@ -107,8 +106,6 @@ clear_window (MetaWaylandShellSurface *shell_surface)
 
   g_clear_signal_handler (&priv->unmanaging_handler_id,
                           priv->window);
-  g_clear_signal_handler (&priv->position_changed_handler_id,
-                          priv->window);
   g_clear_signal_handler (&priv->effects_completed_handler_id,
                           meta_window_actor_from_window (priv->window));
   priv->window = NULL;
@@ -127,18 +124,10 @@ window_unmanaging (MetaWindow              *window,
   clear_window (shell_surface);
 }
 
-static void
-window_position_changed (MetaWindow         *window,
-                         MetaWaylandSurface *surface)
-{
-  meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively (surface);
-}
-
 static void
 window_actor_effects_completed (MetaWindowActor    *window_actor,
                                 MetaWaylandSurface *surface)
 {
-  meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively (surface);
   meta_wayland_compositor_repick (surface->compositor);
 }
 
@@ -167,11 +156,6 @@ meta_wayland_shell_surface_set_window (MetaWaylandShellSurface *shell_surface,
                       "unmanaging",
                       G_CALLBACK (window_unmanaging),
                       shell_surface);
-  priv->position_changed_handler_id =
-    g_signal_connect (window,
-                      "position-changed",
-                      G_CALLBACK (window_position_changed),
-                      surface);
   priv->effects_completed_handler_id =
     g_signal_connect (meta_window_actor_from_window (window),
                       "effects-completed",
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
index edc2eb772bc38c6753876dd2567809a3f21e5669..d1894a8cc43251f8a38d44f9641f986dfbe5cff5 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
@@ -1295,17 +1295,6 @@ meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs (MetaWaylandSurface *surface)
                         surface);
 }
 
-void
-meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively (MetaWaylandSurface *surface)
-{
-  MetaWaylandSurface *subsurface_surface;
-
-  meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs (surface);
-
-  META_WAYLAND_SURFACE_FOREACH_SUBSURFACE (surface, subsurface_surface)
-    meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively (subsurface_surface);
-}
-
 void
 meta_wayland_surface_notify_unmapped (MetaWaylandSurface *surface)
 {
@@ -1613,10 +1602,6 @@ meta_wayland_surface_init (MetaWaylandSurface *surface)
   surface->subsurface_branch_node = g_node_new (surface);
   surface->subsurface_leaf_node =
     g_node_prepend_data (surface->subsurface_branch_node, surface);
-
-  g_signal_connect (surface, "geometry-changed",
-                    G_CALLBACK (meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively),
-                    NULL);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.h b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.h
index c9ed38e306dbb020c90cd4cf8d6d6c17dbf821ac..0c7298886d861dd3ae2dabbca143bfc2ea95ba82 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.h
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.h
@@ -336,8 +336,6 @@ void                meta_wayland_surface_notify_subsurface_state_changed (MetaWa
 
 void                meta_wayland_surface_notify_unmapped (MetaWaylandSurface *surface);
 
-void                meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively (MetaWaylandSurface *surface);
-
 int                 meta_wayland_surface_get_width (MetaWaylandSurface *surface);
 int                 meta_wayland_surface_get_height (MetaWaylandSurface *surface);
 
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-xwayland-surface.c b/src/wayland/meta-xwayland-surface.c
index c8625f414c9f0075d5dffc5f73c2d98fb6469891..11f58012724e0182298d9b7f144e78df56ab3bd2 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-xwayland-surface.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-xwayland-surface.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ struct _MetaXwaylandSurface
   MetaWindow *window;
 
   gulong unmanaging_handler_id;
-  gulong position_changed_handler_id;
   gulong effects_completed_handler_id;
 };
 
@@ -67,8 +66,6 @@ clear_window (MetaXwaylandSurface *xwayland_surface)
 
   g_clear_signal_handler (&xwayland_surface->unmanaging_handler_id,
                           xwayland_surface->window);
-  g_clear_signal_handler (&xwayland_surface->position_changed_handler_id,
-                          xwayland_surface->window);
 
   window_actor = meta_window_actor_from_window (xwayland_surface->window);
   g_clear_signal_handler (&xwayland_surface->effects_completed_handler_id,
@@ -91,18 +88,10 @@ window_unmanaging (MetaWindow          *window,
   clear_window (xwayland_surface);
 }
 
-static void
-window_position_changed (MetaWindow         *window,
-                         MetaWaylandSurface *surface)
-{
-  meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively (surface);
-}
-
 static void
 window_actor_effects_completed (MetaWindowActor    *window_actor,
                                 MetaWaylandSurface *surface)
 {
-  meta_wayland_surface_update_outputs_recursively (surface);
   meta_wayland_compositor_repick (surface->compositor);
 }
 
@@ -142,11 +131,6 @@ meta_xwayland_surface_associate_with_window (MetaXwaylandSurface *xwayland_surfa
                       "unmanaging",
                       G_CALLBACK (window_unmanaging),
                       xwayland_surface);
-  xwayland_surface->position_changed_handler_id =
-    g_signal_connect (window,
-                      "position-changed",
-                      G_CALLBACK (window_position_changed),
-                      surface);
   xwayland_surface->effects_completed_handler_id =
     g_signal_connect (meta_window_actor_from_window (window),
                       "effects-completed",