diff --git a/app/os_wayland.go b/app/os_wayland.go
index 119a1ae0..e3750526 100644
--- a/app/os_wayland.go
+++ b/app/os_wayland.go
@@ -94,10 +94,7 @@ type wlDisplay struct {
 
 	// Notification pipe fds.
 	notify struct {
-		read int
-
-		mu    sync.Mutex
-		write int
+		read, write int
 	}
 
 	repeat repeatState
@@ -1445,11 +1442,6 @@ func (w *window) SetAnimating(anim bool) {
 // Wakeup wakes up the event loop through the notification pipe.
 func (d *wlDisplay) wakeup() {
 	oneByte := make([]byte, 1)
-	d.notify.mu.Lock()
-	defer d.notify.mu.Unlock()
-	if d.notify.write == 0 {
-		return
-	}
 	if _, err := syscall.Write(d.notify.write, oneByte); err != nil && err != syscall.EAGAIN {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("failed to write to pipe: %v", err))
 	}
@@ -1828,12 +1820,10 @@ func newWLDisplay() (*wlDisplay, error) {
 }
 
 func (d *wlDisplay) destroy() {
-	d.notify.mu.Lock()
 	if d.notify.write != 0 {
 		syscall.Close(d.notify.write)
 		d.notify.write = 0
 	}
-	d.notify.mu.Unlock()
 	if d.notify.read != 0 {
 		syscall.Close(d.notify.read)
 		d.notify.read = 0