diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
index 79e8846e2..2ed178c2f 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ pub fn init(core_app: *CoreApp, opts: Options) !App {
         });
 
         // If not libadwaita, create a standard GTK application.
-        if ((comptime adwaita.comptimeEnabled()) and
+        if ((comptime adwaita.versionAtLeast(0, 0, 0)) and
             !adwaita.enabled(&config))
         {
             break :app @as(?*c.GtkApplication, @ptrCast(c.gtk_application_new(
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
index 0d5a2b27b..68b1197f7 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ pub fn init(self: *Window, app: *App) !void {
     };
 
     // Create the window
-    const adw_window = (comptime adwaita.comptimeEnabled()) and
+    const adw_window =
+        (comptime adwaita.versionAtLeast(1, 4, 0)) and
         adwaita.enabled(&app.config) and
         app.config.@"gtk-titlebar" and
-        (comptime adwaita.versionAtLeast(1, 4, 0)) and
         adwaita.versionAtLeast(1, 4, 0);
     const window: *c.GtkWidget = if (adw_window)
         c.adw_application_window_new(app.app)
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ pub fn init(self: *Window, app: *App) !void {
     // This is a really common issue where people build from source in debug and performance is really bad.
     if (comptime std.debug.runtime_safety) {
         const warning_text = "⚠️ You're running a debug build of Ghostty! Performance will be degraded.";
-        if ((comptime adwaita.comptimeEnabled()) and
-            (comptime adwaita.versionAtLeast(1, 3, 0)) and
+        if ((comptime adwaita.versionAtLeast(1, 3, 0)) and
             adwaita.enabled(&app.config) and
             adwaita.versionAtLeast(1, 3, 0))
         {
@@ -161,8 +160,7 @@ pub fn init(self: *Window, app: *App) !void {
     // Our actions for the menu
     initActions(self);
 
-    if ((comptime adwaita.comptimeEnabled()) and
-        (comptime adwaita.versionAtLeast(1, 4, 0)) and
+    if ((comptime adwaita.versionAtLeast(1, 4, 0)) and
         adwaita.enabled(&app.config) and
         adwaita.versionAtLeast(1, 4, 0) and
         app.config.@"gtk-titlebar" and
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/adwaita.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/adwaita.zig
index db509db3a..0543bdfa7 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/adwaita.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/adwaita.zig
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ const c = @import("c.zig").c;
 const build_options = @import("build_options");
 const Config = @import("../../config.zig").Config;
 
-/// Returns true if Ghostty is configured to build with libadwaita.
-pub fn comptimeEnabled() bool {
-    return build_options.libadwaita;
-}
-
 /// Returns true if Ghostty is configured to build with libadwaita and
 /// the configuration has enabled adwaita.
+///
+/// For a comptime version of this function, use `versionAtLeast` in
+/// a comptime context with all the version numbers set to 0.
 pub fn enabled(config: *const Config) bool {
     return build_options.libadwaita and
         config.@"gtk-adwaita";
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/notebook.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/notebook.zig
index a3d672f24..71f20aa4b 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/notebook.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/notebook.zig
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const adwaita = @import("adwaita.zig");
 
 const log = std.log.scoped(.gtk);
 
-const AdwTabView = if (adwaita.comptimeEnabled()) c.AdwTabView else anyopaque;
+const AdwTabView = if (adwaita.versionAtLeast(0, 0, 0)) c.AdwTabView else anyopaque;
 
 /// An abstraction over the GTK notebook and Adwaita tab view to manage
 /// all the terminal tabs in a window.
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ pub const Notebook = union(enum) {
     pub fn nPages(self: Notebook) c_int {
         return switch (self) {
             .gtk_notebook => |notebook| c.gtk_notebook_get_n_pages(notebook),
-            .adw_tab_view => |tab_view| if (comptime adwaita.comptimeEnabled())
+            .adw_tab_view => |tab_view| if (comptime adwaita.versionAtLeast(0, 0, 0))
                 c.adw_tab_view_get_n_pages(tab_view)
             else
                 unreachable,
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ pub const Notebook = union(enum) {
     pub fn currentPage(self: Notebook) c_int {
         switch (self) {
             .adw_tab_view => |tab_view| {
-                if (comptime !adwaita.comptimeEnabled()) unreachable;
+                if (comptime !adwaita.versionAtLeast(0, 0, 0)) unreachable;
                 const page = c.adw_tab_view_get_selected_page(tab_view);
                 return c.adw_tab_view_get_page_position(tab_view, page);
             },
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ pub const Notebook = union(enum) {
     pub fn currentTab(self: Notebook) ?*Tab {
         const child = switch (self) {
             .adw_tab_view => |tab_view| child: {
-                if (comptime !adwaita.comptimeEnabled()) unreachable;
+                if (comptime !adwaita.versionAtLeast(0, 0, 0)) unreachable;
                 const page = c.adw_tab_view_get_selected_page(tab_view) orelse return null;
                 const child = c.adw_tab_page_get_child(page);
                 break :child child;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ pub const Notebook = union(enum) {
     pub fn gotoNthTab(self: Notebook, position: c_int) void {
         switch (self) {
             .adw_tab_view => |tab_view| {
-                if (comptime !adwaita.comptimeEnabled()) unreachable;
+                if (comptime !adwaita.versionAtLeast(0, 0, 0)) unreachable;
                 const page_to_select = c.adw_tab_view_get_nth_page(tab_view, position);
                 c.adw_tab_view_set_selected_page(tab_view, page_to_select);
             },
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ pub const Notebook = union(enum) {
     pub fn getTabPosition(self: Notebook, tab: *Tab) ?c_int {
         return switch (self) {
             .adw_tab_view => |tab_view| page_idx: {
-                if (comptime !adwaita.comptimeEnabled()) unreachable;
+                if (comptime !adwaita.versionAtLeast(0, 0, 0)) unreachable;
                 const page = c.adw_tab_view_get_page(tab_view, @ptrCast(tab.box)) orelse return null;
                 break :page_idx c.adw_tab_view_get_page_position(tab_view, page);
             },
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ pub const Notebook = union(enum) {
     pub fn setTabLabel(self: Notebook, tab: *Tab, title: [:0]const u8) void {
         switch (self) {
             .adw_tab_view => |tab_view| {
-                if (comptime !adwaita.comptimeEnabled()) unreachable;
+                if (comptime !adwaita.versionAtLeast(0, 0, 0)) unreachable;
                 const page = c.adw_tab_view_get_page(tab_view, @ptrCast(tab.box));
                 c.adw_tab_page_set_title(page, title.ptr);
             },
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ pub const Notebook = union(enum) {
         const box_widget: *c.GtkWidget = @ptrCast(tab.box);
         switch (self) {
             .adw_tab_view => |tab_view| {
-                if (comptime !adwaita.comptimeEnabled()) unreachable;
+                if (comptime !adwaita.versionAtLeast(0, 0, 0)) unreachable;
 
                 const page = c.adw_tab_view_append(tab_view, box_widget);
                 c.adw_tab_page_set_title(page, title.ptr);
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ pub const Notebook = union(enum) {
         const window = tab.window;
         switch (self) {
             .adw_tab_view => |tab_view| {
-                if (comptime !adwaita.comptimeEnabled()) unreachable;
+                if (comptime !adwaita.versionAtLeast(0, 0, 0)) unreachable;
 
                 const page = c.adw_tab_view_get_page(tab_view, @ptrCast(tab.box)) orelse return;
                 c.adw_tab_view_close_page(tab_view, page);