diff --git a/src/backend/wayland.c b/src/backend/wayland.c
index 801c03f..148ca44 100644
--- a/src/backend/wayland.c
+++ b/src/backend/wayland.c
@@ -2575,7 +2575,6 @@ static int MwLLWaylandCallInitImpl(void) {
 	/*
 	 * Order of precedence:
 	 * - MILSKO_BACKEND
-	 * - XDG_SESSION_TYPE
 	 * - manually checking environment variables
 	 */
 #ifdef __linux__
@@ -2583,11 +2582,7 @@ static int MwLLWaylandCallInitImpl(void) {
 	if(getenv("MILSKO_BACKEND")) {
 		loadWayland |=
 		    (strcmp(getenv("MILSKO_BACKEND"), "wayland") == 0);
-	}
-	if(getenv("XDG_SESSION_TYPE")) {
-		loadWayland |= (strcmp(getenv("XDG_SESSION_TYPE"), "wayland") == 0);
-	}
-	if(getenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY")) {
+	} else if(getenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY")) {
 		loadWayland |= (getenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY") != NULL);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/backend/x11.c b/src/backend/x11.c
index 755da71..4068186 100644
--- a/src/backend/x11.c
+++ b/src/backend/x11.c
@@ -1281,9 +1281,6 @@ static int MwLLX11CallInitImpl(void) {
 		loadX11 |=
 		    (strcmp(getenv("MILSKO_BACKEND"), "x11") == 0);
 	}
-	if(getenv("XDG_SESSION_TYPE")) {
-		loadX11 |= (strcmp(getenv("XDG_SESSION_TYPE"), "x11") == 0);
-	}
 	if(getenv("DISPLAY")) {
 		loadX11 |= (getenv("DISPLAY") != NULL);
 	}
diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index b4b6743..cdd0723 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -856,16 +856,16 @@ MwWidget MwGetParent(MwWidget handle) {
 typedef int (*call_t)(void);
 int MwLibraryInit(void) {
 	call_t calls[] = {
-/* x11 has higher priority then cocoa until it works */ 
+#ifdef USE_WAYLAND
+	    MwLLWaylandCallInit,
+#endif
+/* x11 has higher priority then cocoa until it works */
 #ifdef USE_X11
 	    MwLLX11CallInit,
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_COCOA
 	    MwLLCocoaCallInit,
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_WAYLAND
-	    MwLLWaylandCallInit,
-#endif
 #ifdef USE_GDI
 	    MwLLGDICallInit,
 #endif