diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index fabb487..9f79977 100644
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -215,9 +215,6 @@ baseUpdateSysConfig /etc/sysconfig/console CONSOLE_ENCODING "UTF-8"
 [ "$desktop" = "x11" ] && displaymanager=lightdm
 baseUpdateSysConfig /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager DISPLAYMANAGER $displaymanager
 
-# boo#1039756
-[ "$desktop" = "gnome" ] && baseUpdateSysConfig /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager DEFAULT_WM gnome
-
 # Disable journal write to disk in live mode, bug 950999
 echo "Storage=volatile" >> /etc/systemd/journald.conf
 
diff --git a/livecd-openSUSE.changes b/livecd-openSUSE.changes
index 620399b..6af9c1a 100644
--- a/livecd-openSUSE.changes
+++ b/livecd-openSUSE.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug  9 12:53:27 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- config.sh: no longer update DEFAULT_WM in
+  /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager: the default WM definition has been
+  migrated to update-alternatives back in 2017.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 29 09:51:58 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dleuenberger@suse.com>