diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index e6e95b0fe..cc914dca2 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -795,30 +795,24 @@ fn addDeps(
         // get access to glib for dbus.
         if (flatpak) step.linkSystemLibrary2("gtk4", dynamic_link_opts);
 
-        // We may link GLFW below
-        const glfw_dep = b.dependency("glfw", .{
-            .target = step.target,
-            .optimize = step.optimize,
-            .x11 = step.target.isLinux(),
-            .wayland = step.target.isLinux(),
-            .metal = step.target.isDarwin(),
-        });
-
         switch (app_runtime) {
             .none => {},
 
             .glfw => {
+                const glfw_dep = b.dependency("glfw", .{
+                    .target = step.target,
+                    .optimize = step.optimize,
+                    .x11 = step.target.isLinux(),
+                    .wayland = step.target.isLinux(),
+                    .metal = step.target.isDarwin(),
+                });
+
                 step.addModule("glfw", mach_glfw_dep.module("mach-glfw"));
                 step.linkLibrary(mach_glfw_dep.artifact("mach-glfw"));
                 step.linkLibrary(glfw_dep.artifact("glfw"));
             },
 
             .gtk => {
-                // We need glfw for GTK because we use GLFW to get DPI.
-                step.addModule("glfw", mach_glfw_dep.module("mach-glfw"));
-                step.linkLibrary(mach_glfw_dep.artifact("mach-glfw"));
-                step.linkLibrary(glfw_dep.artifact("glfw"));
-
                 step.linkSystemLibrary2("gtk4", dynamic_link_opts);
             },
         }
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
index 74d3c6b76..47e69eba3 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ const App = @This();
 const std = @import("std");
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
-const glfw = @import("glfw");
 const configpkg = @import("../../config.zig");
 const input = @import("../../input.zig");
 const internal_os = @import("../../os/main.zig");
@@ -53,12 +52,6 @@ running: bool = true,
 pub fn init(core_app: *CoreApp, opts: Options) !App {
     _ = opts;
 
-    // This is super weird, but we still use GLFW with GTK only so that
-    // we can tap into their folklore logic to get screen DPI. If we can
-    // figure out a reliable way to determine this ourselves, we can get
-    // rid of this dep.
-    if (!glfw.init(.{})) return error.GlfwInitFailed;
-
     // Load our configuration
     var config = try Config.load(core_app.alloc);
     errdefer config.deinit();
@@ -166,8 +159,6 @@ pub fn terminate(self: *App) void {
     if (self.menu) |menu| c.g_object_unref(menu);
 
     self.config.deinit();
-
-    glfw.terminate();
 }
 
 /// Reload the configuration. This should return the new configuration.
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
index 86a6c816e..054c736e5 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 const Surface = @This();
 
 const std = @import("std");
-const glfw = @import("glfw");
 const configpkg = @import("../../config.zig");
 const apprt = @import("../../apprt.zig");
 const font = @import("../../font/main.zig");
@@ -19,9 +18,6 @@ const c = @import("c.zig");
 
 const log = std.log.scoped(.gtk);
 
-// We need native X11 access to access the primary clipboard.
-const glfw_native = glfw.Native(.{ .x11 = true });
-
 /// This is detected by the OpenGL renderer to move to a single-threaded
 /// draw operation. This basically puts locks around our draw path.
 pub const opengl_single_threaded_draw = true;
@@ -354,10 +350,10 @@ pub fn shouldClose(self: *const Surface) bool {
 }
 
 pub fn getContentScale(self: *const Surface) !apprt.ContentScale {
-    _ = self;
-    const monitor = glfw.Monitor.getPrimary() orelse return error.NoMonitor;
-    const scale = monitor.getContentScale();
-    return apprt.ContentScale{ .x = scale.x_scale, .y = scale.y_scale };
+    // Future: detect GTK version 4.12+ and use gdk_surface_get_scale so we
+    // can support fractional scaling.
+    const scale = c.gtk_widget_get_scale_factor(@ptrCast(self.gl_area));
+    return .{ .x = @floatFromInt(scale), .y = @floatFromInt(scale) };
 }
 
 pub fn getSize(self: *const Surface) !apprt.SurfaceSize {
@@ -625,6 +621,15 @@ fn gtkResize(area: *c.GtkGLArea, width: c.gint, height: c.gint, ud: ?*anyopaque)
         .height = @intCast(height),
     };
 
+    // We also update the content scale because there is no signal for
+    // content scale change and it seems to trigger a resize event.
+    if (self.getContentScale()) |scale| {
+        self.core_surface.contentScaleCallback(scale) catch |err| {
+            log.err("error in content scale callback err={}", .{err});
+            return;
+        };
+    } else |_| {}
+
     // Call the primary callback.
     if (self.realized) {
         self.core_surface.sizeCallback(self.size) catch |err| {