diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2472dda..2f37dca 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ add_compile_options(-Wall -Wextra)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-pkg_check_modules(deps REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET glib-2.0 harfbuzz cairo gdk)
+pkg_check_modules(deps REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET glib-2.0 harfbuzz cairo gtk4)
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SRCFILES "src/*.cpp")
 
diff --git a/src/events/events.cpp b/src/events/events.cpp
index 992eec9..73e6124 100644
--- a/src/events/events.cpp
+++ b/src/events/events.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ gpointer handle(gpointer data) {
 void Events::setThread() {
 
     // Start a GTK thread so that Cairo does not complain.
-    gdk_threads_enter();
 
     g_pWindowManager->barThread = g_thread_new("Bar", handle, nullptr);
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9385682..22ff237 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     xcb_disconnect(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection);
 
-    gdk_threads_leave();
-
     if (const auto err = xcb_connection_has_error(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection); err != 0) {
         Debug::log(CRIT, "Exiting because of error " + std::to_string(err));
         return err;