diff --git a/src/backends/x.rs b/src/backends/x.rs
index 4c34f267..47545113 100644
--- a/src/backends/x.rs
+++ b/src/backends/x.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ pub async fn create(state: &Rc<State>) -> Result<Rc<XBackend>, XBackendError> {
     {
         return Err(XBackendError::EnableXkb(e));
     }
-    let root = c.setup().screens[0].root;
+    let root = c.root_window();
     let drm = {
         let res = c
             .call(&Dri3Open {
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ pub async fn create(state: &Rc<State>) -> Result<Rc<XBackend>, XBackendError> {
     };
     {
         let se = XiSelectEvents {
-            window: c.setup().screens[0].root,
+            window: c.root_window(),
             masks: Cow::Borrowed(&[XiEventMask {
                 deviceid: INPUT_DEVICE_ALL,
                 mask: &[XI_EVENT_MASK_HIERARCHY],
diff --git a/src/xcon.rs b/src/xcon.rs
index 3a4115f1..d12826d2 100644
--- a/src/xcon.rs
+++ b/src/xcon.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ pub struct Xcon {
     data: Rc<XconData>,
     outgoing: Cell<Option<SpawnedFuture<()>>>,
     incoming: Cell<Option<SpawnedFuture<()>>>,
-    setup: Reply<Setup<'static>>,
+    root_window: u32,
     extensions: Rc<ExtensionData>,
 
     xid_next: Cell<u32>,
@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@ impl<T: Message<'static>> Future for AsyncReply<T> {
 }
 
 impl Xcon {
-    pub fn setup(&self) -> &Setup {
-        self.setup.get()
+    pub fn root_window(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.root_window
     }
 
     pub async fn event(&self) -> Event {
@@ -510,11 +510,7 @@ impl Xcon {
             xid_next: Cell::new(setup.resource_id_base),
             xid_inc: 1 << setup.resource_id_mask.trailing_zeros(),
             xid_max: setup.resource_id_mask | setup.resource_id_base,
-            setup: Reply {
-                socket: data.clone(),
-                t: unsafe { mem::transmute(setup) },
-                buf,
-            },
+            root_window: setup.screens[0].root,
             data,
         });
         slf.data.xorg.set(Rc::downgrade(&slf));
@@ -665,7 +661,7 @@ impl Xcon {
         let create_pixmap = self.call(&CreatePixmap {
             depth: 32,
             pid: pixmap,
-            drawable: self.setup.get().screens[0].root,
+            drawable: self.root_window,
             width: width as _,
             height: height as _,
         });
diff --git a/src/xwayland/xwm.rs b/src/xwayland/xwm.rs
index f05fcb54..5c65d28d 100644
--- a/src/xwayland/xwm.rs
+++ b/src/xwayland/xwm.rs
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ impl Wm {
             nf.insert(atoms._NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY);
             nf
         };
-        let root = c.setup().screens[0].root;
+        let root = c.root_window();
         {
             let events = 0
                 | EVENT_MASK_SUBSTRUCTURE_NOTIFY