diff --git a/src/Compositor.cpp b/src/Compositor.cpp
index b6f2e2d8..70249ef3 100644
--- a/src/Compositor.cpp
+++ b/src/Compositor.cpp
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ void CCompositor::startCompositor() {
 
     signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
-    if (fork() == 0)
+    if (m_sWLRSession /* Session-less Hyprland usually means a nest, don't update the env in that case */ && fork() == 0)
         execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", "dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE", nullptr);
 
     Debug::log(LOG, "Running on WAYLAND_DISPLAY: %s", m_szWLDisplaySocket);