diff --git a/src/control/Control.cpp b/src/control/Control.cpp
index ed8b7622..c05f01d6 100644
--- a/src/control/Control.cpp
+++ b/src/control/Control.cpp
@@ -1896,8 +1896,6 @@ void Control::showSettings()
 
 	enableAutosave(settings->isAutosaveEnabled());
 
-	getWindow()->getXournal()->setEventCompression(settings->isEventCompression());
-
 	this->zoom->setZoom100(settings->getDisplayDpi() / 72.0);
 
 	getWindow()->getXournal()->getTouchHelper()->reload();
diff --git a/src/control/settings/Settings.cpp b/src/control/settings/Settings.cpp
index 8c25c662..05f049c6 100644
--- a/src/control/settings/Settings.cpp
+++ b/src/control/settings/Settings.cpp
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ void Settings::loadDefault()
 
 	this->backgroundColor = 0xDCDAD5;
 
-	this->eventCompression = true;
-
 	this->pageTemplate = "xoj/template\ncopyLastPageSettings=true\nsize=595.275591x841.889764\nbackgroundType=lined\nbackgroundColor=#ffffff\n";
 
 	inTransaction = false;
@@ -300,10 +298,6 @@ void Settings::parseItem(xmlDocPtr doc, xmlNodePtr cur)
 	{
 		this->widthMaximumMultiplier = g_ascii_strtod((const char*) value, NULL);
 	}
-	else if (xmlStrcmp(name, (const xmlChar*) "eventCompression") == 0)
-	{
-		this->eventCompression = xmlStrcmp(value, (const xmlChar*) "true") ? false : true;
-	}
 	else if (xmlStrcmp(name, (const xmlChar*) "sidebarOnRight") == 0)
 	{
 		this->sidebarOnRight = xmlStrcmp(value, (const xmlChar*) "true") ? false : true;
@@ -730,8 +724,6 @@ void Settings::save()
 	WRITE_DOUBLE_PROP(widthMaximumMultiplier);
 	WRITE_COMMENT("The multiplier for the pressure sensitivity of the pen");
 
-	WRITE_BOOL_PROP(eventCompression);
-
 	WRITE_COMMENT("Config for new pages");
 	WRITE_STRING_PROP(pageTemplate);
 
@@ -1041,27 +1033,6 @@ void Settings::setDefaultSaveName(string name)
 	save();
 }
 
-bool Settings::isEventCompression()
-{
-	XOJ_CHECK_TYPE(Settings);
-
-	return this->eventCompression;
-}
-
-void Settings::setEventCompression(bool enabled)
-{
-	XOJ_CHECK_TYPE(Settings);
-
-	if (this->eventCompression == enabled)
-	{
-		return;
-	}
-
-	this->eventCompression = enabled;
-
-	save();
-}
-
 string Settings::getPageTemplate()
 {
 	XOJ_CHECK_TYPE(Settings);
diff --git a/src/control/settings/Settings.h b/src/control/settings/Settings.h
index 629eb333..50757933 100644
--- a/src/control/settings/Settings.h
+++ b/src/control/settings/Settings.h
@@ -260,9 +260,6 @@ public:
 	int getPdfPageCacheSize();
 	void setPdfPageCacheSize(int size);
 
-	bool isEventCompression();
-	void setEventCompression(bool enabled);
-
 	string getPageTemplate();
 	void setPageTemplate(string pageTemplate);
 
@@ -502,11 +499,6 @@ private:
 	 */
 	int backgroundColor;
 
-	/**
-	 * Whether event compression should be enabled
-	 */
-	bool eventCompression;
-
 	/**
 	 * Page template String
 	 */
diff --git a/src/gui/XournalView.cpp b/src/gui/XournalView.cpp
index 1e675e5d..46f3aa03 100644
--- a/src/gui/XournalView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/XournalView.cpp
@@ -348,7 +348,15 @@ void XournalView::onRealized(GtkWidget* widget, XournalView* view)
 {
 	XOJ_CHECK_TYPE_OBJ(view, XournalView);
 
-	view->setEventCompression(view->getControl()->getSettings()->isEventCompression());
+	// Disable event compression
+	if (gtk_widget_get_realized(view->getWidget()))
+	{
+		gdk_window_set_event_compression(gtk_widget_get_window(view->getWidget()), false);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		g_warning("could not disable event compression");
+	}
 }
 
 // send the focus back to the appropriate widget
@@ -862,15 +870,6 @@ void XournalView::repaintSelection(bool evenWithoutSelection)
 	gtk_widget_queue_draw(this->widget);
 }
 
-void XournalView::setEventCompression(gboolean enable)
-{
-	// Enable this when gdk is new enough for the compression feature.
-	if (gtk_widget_get_realized(getWidget()))
-	{
-		gdk_window_set_event_compression(gtk_widget_get_window(getWidget()), enable);
-	}
-}
-
 void XournalView::layoutPages()
 {
 	XOJ_CHECK_TYPE(XournalView);
diff --git a/src/gui/XournalView.h b/src/gui/XournalView.h
index 9cac9959..eb23e280 100644
--- a/src/gui/XournalView.h
+++ b/src/gui/XournalView.h
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ public:
 	void deleteSelection(EditSelection* sel = NULL);
 	void repaintSelection(bool evenWithoutSelection = false);
 
-	void setEventCompression(gboolean enable);
-
 	TextEditor* getTextEditor();
 	ArrayIterator<XojPageView*> pageViewIterator();
 	Control* getControl();