diff --git a/basis/ui/backend/gtk/gtk-docs.factor b/basis/ui/backend/gtk/gtk-docs.factor
index 32d962ffeb..de069ee1e3 100644
--- a/basis/ui/backend/gtk/gtk-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/ui/backend/gtk/gtk-docs.factor
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ HELP: on-configure
   { "user-data" alien }
   { "?" boolean }
 }
-{ $description "Handles a configure event (" { $link GdkEventConfigure } " sent from the windowing system. The world is activated if it isn't already and a map event has been received. Then it is relayouted." } ;
+{ $description "Handles a configure event (" { $link GdkEventConfigure } " sent from the windowing system. If the world has been sent the on-map event from gtk then it is relayouted, otherwise nothing happens." } ;
diff --git a/basis/ui/backend/gtk/gtk.factor b/basis/ui/backend/gtk/gtk.factor
index 0263840425..a10ad511c5 100644
--- a/basis/ui/backend/gtk/gtk.factor
+++ b/basis/ui/backend/gtk/gtk.factor
@@ -257,18 +257,18 @@ CONSTANT: action-key-codes
     2drop window relayout t ;
 
 : on-configure ( win event user-data -- ? )
-    drop swap window dup active?>> 50 >= [
-        100 >>active? swap GdkEventConfigure memory>struct
+    drop swap window dup active?>> 100 = [
+        swap GdkEventConfigure memory>struct
         [ event-loc >>window-loc ] [ event-dim >>dim ] bi
         relayout-1
     ] [ 2drop ] if f ;
 
+: on-map ( win event user-data -- ? )
+    2drop window 100 >>active? drop t ;
+
 : on-delete ( win event user-data -- ? )
     2drop window ungraft t ;
 
-: on-map ( win event user-data -- ? )
-    2drop window 50 >>active? drop t ;
-
 :: connect-win-state-signals ( win -- )
     win "expose-event" [ on-expose yield ]
     GtkWidget:expose-event connect-signal