diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
index 37a72fd86..99d0fb9de 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ const ClipboardConfirmationWindow = @import("ClipboardConfirmationWindow.zig");
 const ResizeOverlay = @import("ResizeOverlay.zig");
 const inspector = @import("inspector.zig");
 const gtk_key = @import("key.zig");
-const cpkg = @import("c.zig");
-const c = cpkg.c;
+const c = @import("c.zig").c;
 const x11 = @import("x11.zig");
 
 const log = std.log.scoped(.gtk_surface);
@@ -823,15 +822,9 @@ pub fn shouldClose(self: *const Surface) bool {
 }
 
 pub fn getContentScale(self: *const Surface) !apprt.ContentScale {
-    const gtk_scale: f32 = scale: {
-        if (comptime cpkg.gtkVersionAtLeast(4, 12)) {
-            const native = c.gtk_widget_get_native(@ptrCast(self.gl_area));
-            const surface = c.gtk_native_get_surface(native);
-            break :scale @floatCast(c.gdk_surface_get_scale(surface));
-        } else {
-            break :scale @floatFromInt(c.gtk_widget_get_scale_factor(@ptrCast(self.gl_area)));
-        }
-    };
+    // Future: detect GTK version 4.12+ and use gdk_surface_get_scale so we
+    // can support fractional scaling.
+    const gtk_scale: f32 = @floatFromInt(c.gtk_widget_get_scale_factor(@ptrCast(self.gl_area)));
 
     // If we are on X11, we also have to scale using Xft.dpi
     const xft_dpi_scale = if (!x11.is_current_display_server()) 1.0 else xft_scale: {
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/c.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/c.zig
index fea609d11..e8788afee 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/c.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/c.zig
@@ -17,8 +17,3 @@ pub const c = @cImport({
     // compatibility
     @cInclude("ghostty_gtk_compat.h");
 });
-
-pub fn gtkVersionAtLeast(comptime major: c_int, comptime minor: c_int) bool {
-    return (c.GTK_MAJOR_VERSION > major or
-        (c.GTK_MAJOR_VERSION == major and c.GTK_MINOR_VERSION >= minor));
-}