diff --git a/src/logic/Windows.swift b/src/logic/Windows.swift
index dc3cc2a3..a53d67c0 100644
--- a/src/logic/Windows.swift
+++ b/src/logic/Windows.swift
@@ -95,12 +95,6 @@ class Windows {
         }
     }
 
-    // some window can get invalid *after* we add them to our list, but without us getting notified about it
-    // workaround: we remove the invalid windows right before showing the UI
-    static func removeWindowsWhichBecameInvalid() {
-        Windows.list.removeAll(where: { !$0.axUiElement.isActualWindow($0.application.runningApplication.bundleIdentifier) })
-    }
-
     static func refreshIfWindowShouldBeShownToTheUser(_ window: Window, _ screen: NSScreen) {
         window.shouldShowTheUser = !(!Preferences.showMinimizedWindows && window.isMinimized) &&
             !(!Preferences.showHiddenWindows && window.isHidden) &&
diff --git a/src/ui/App.swift b/src/ui/App.swift
index bd44251b..f3a1d014 100644
--- a/src/ui/App.swift
+++ b/src/ui/App.swift
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ class App: NSApplication, NSApplicationDelegate {
             // TODO: find a way to update space index when windows are moved to another space, instead of on every trigger
             Windows.updateSpaces()
             let screen = Screen.preferred()
-            Windows.removeWindowsWhichBecameInvalid()
             Windows.refreshWhichWindowsToShowTheUser(screen)
             if (!Windows.list.contains { $0.shouldShowTheUser }) { hideUi(); return }
             Windows.updateFocusedWindowIndex(0)