diff --git a/src/bin/e_dnd.c b/src/bin/e_dnd.c
index f7c3916b7..14045c04e 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_dnd.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_dnd.c
@@ -743,10 +743,6 @@ _e_drag_update(Ecore_X_Window root, int x, int y, Ecore_X_Atom action)
    int dx, dy, dw, dh;
    Ecore_X_Window win, ignore_win[2];
    int responsive = 0;
-   static struct 
-     {
-	Ecore_X_Window root, win;
-     } cache = {0, 0};
 
 //   double t1 = ecore_time_get(); ////
    if (_drag_current && !_xdnd)
@@ -756,15 +752,7 @@ _e_drag_update(Ecore_X_Window root, int x, int y, Ecore_X_Atom action)
 	/* FIXME: this is nasty. every x mouse event we go back to x and do
 	 * a whole bunch of round-trips narrowing down the toplevel window
 	 * which contains the mouse */
-	if (cache.win != root)
-	  {
-	     /* A little bit of caching to avoid trips to X. */
-	     cache.win = root;
-// wtf - get root of root window? pointless!             
-	     cache.root = ecore_x_window_root_get(root);
-	     cache.root = root;
-	  }
-	win = ecore_x_window_shadow_tree_at_xy_with_skip_get(cache.root, x, y, ignore_win, 2);
+	win = ecore_x_window_shadow_tree_at_xy_with_skip_get(root, x, y, ignore_win, 2);
 //	win = ecore_x_window_at_xy_with_skip_get(x, y, ignore_win, 2);
      }
    else