diff --git a/src/dorkbox/systemTray/SystemTray.java b/src/dorkbox/systemTray/SystemTray.java
index 17081a2..8160768 100644
--- a/src/dorkbox/systemTray/SystemTray.java
+++ b/src/dorkbox/systemTray/SystemTray.java
@@ -167,8 +167,6 @@ class SystemTray implements Menu {
 
         Class<? extends Menu> trayType = null;
 
-        boolean isKDE = false;
-
         if (DEBUG) {
             logger.debug("is JavaFX detected? {}", isJavaFxLoaded);
             logger.debug("is SWT detected? {}", isSwtLoaded);
@@ -341,12 +339,6 @@ class SystemTray implements Menu {
 //                }
             }
 
-            // must always be set in case of forced tray types
-            if ("kde".equalsIgnoreCase(XDG)) {
-                isKDE = true;
-            }
-
-
             if (trayType == null) {
                 if ("unity".equalsIgnoreCase(XDG)) {
                     try {
@@ -586,9 +578,6 @@ class SystemTray implements Menu {
                     }
                 }
 
-                // need to set this
-                Gtk.isKDE = isKDE;
-
                 // have to construct swing stuff inside the swing EDT
                 // this is the safest way to do this.
                 final Class<? extends Menu> finalTrayType = trayType;
diff --git a/src/dorkbox/systemTray/linux/jna/Gtk.java b/src/dorkbox/systemTray/linux/jna/Gtk.java
index 863c724..ae65e1b 100644
--- a/src/dorkbox/systemTray/linux/jna/Gtk.java
+++ b/src/dorkbox/systemTray/linux/jna/Gtk.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class Gtk {
 
     // there is ONLY a single thread EVER setting this value!!
     private static volatile boolean isDispatch = false;
-    public static boolean isKDE = false;
 
     // objdump -T /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 | grep gtk
     // objdump -T /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0 | grep gtk
diff --git a/src/dorkbox/systemTray/util/ImageUtils.java b/src/dorkbox/systemTray/util/ImageUtils.java
index 8d5d4bf..f818f95 100644
--- a/src/dorkbox/systemTray/util/ImageUtils.java
+++ b/src/dorkbox/systemTray/util/ImageUtils.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import javax.imageio.stream.ImageInputStream;
 import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
 
 import dorkbox.systemTray.SystemTray;
-import dorkbox.systemTray.linux.jna.Gtk;
 import dorkbox.util.CacheUtil;
 import dorkbox.util.FileUtil;
 import dorkbox.util.LocationResolver;
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ class ImageUtils {
 
 
                 // KDE is bonkers.
-                if (Gtk.isKDE) {
+                if ("kde".equalsIgnoreCase(System.getenv("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP"))) {
                     try {
                         ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(8196);
                         PrintStream outputStream = new PrintStream(byteArrayOutputStream);