diff --git a/src/modules/window/sdl/Window.cpp b/src/modules/window/sdl/Window.cpp
index 07c6fad6e..31bc23e0d 100644
--- a/src/modules/window/sdl/Window.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/window/sdl/Window.cpp
@@ -771,12 +771,6 @@ void Window::updateSettings(const WindowSettings &newsettings, bool updateGraphi
 
 	settings.usedpiscale = newsettings.usedpiscale;
 
-	// Only minimize on focus loss if the window is in exclusive-fullscreen mode
-	if (settings.fullscreen && settings.fstype == FULLSCREEN_EXCLUSIVE)
-		SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_VIDEO_MINIMIZE_ON_FOCUS_LOSS, "1");
-	else
-		SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_VIDEO_MINIMIZE_ON_FOCUS_LOSS, "0");
-
 	settings.vsync = getVSync();
 
 	settings.stencil = newsettings.stencil;