diff --git a/gtk/gtkimmulticontext.c b/gtk/gtkimmulticontext.c
index 2ec8b32..69a8625 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkimmulticontext.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkimmulticontext.c
@@ -289,9 +289,6 @@ gtk_im_multicontext_set_client_window (GtkIMContext *context,
 
   if (g_strcmp0 (multicontext->context_id, get_effective_context_id (multicontext)) != 0)
     gtk_im_multicontext_set_slave (multicontext, NULL, FALSE);
-
-  if (multicontext->slave)
-    gtk_im_context_set_client_window (multicontext->slave, window);
 }
 
 static void