diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c7221854..55356914 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -373,17 +373,13 @@ optional_component(GLOBALSHORTCUTS ON "Global shortcuts"
   DEPENDS "D-Bus, X11, Windows or macOS" HAVE_GLOBALSHORTCUTS_SUPPORT
 )
 
-if(BUILD_WITH_QT6 AND (Qt6Core_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 6.2.0 OR Qt6Core_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 6.2.0))
-  optional_component(X11_GLOBALSHORTCUTS ON "X11 global shortcuts" DEPENDS "X11" X11_FOUND)
-else()
-  if(HAVE_X11EXTRAS OR HAVE_QPA_QPLATFORMNATIVEINTERFACE_H)
-    set(HAVE_X11EXTRAS_OR_QPA_QPLATFORMNATIVEINTERFACE_H ON)
-  endif()
-  optional_component(X11_GLOBALSHORTCUTS ON "X11 global shortcuts"
-    DEPENDS "X11" X11_FOUND
-    DEPENDS "Qt >= 6.2, X11Extras or qpa/qplatformnativeinterface.h header" HAVE_X11EXTRAS_OR_QPA_QPLATFORMNATIVEINTERFACE_H
-  )
+if(HAVE_X11EXTRAS OR HAVE_QPA_QPLATFORMNATIVEINTERFACE_H)
+  set(HAVE_X11EXTRAS_OR_QPA_QPLATFORMNATIVEINTERFACE_H ON)
 endif()
+optional_component(X11_GLOBALSHORTCUTS ON "X11 global shortcuts"
+  DEPENDS "X11" X11_FOUND
+  DEPENDS "X11Extras or qpa/qplatformnativeinterface.h header" HAVE_X11EXTRAS_OR_QPA_QPLATFORMNATIVEINTERFACE_H
+)
 
 optional_component(AUDIOCD ON "Devices: Audio CD support"
   DEPENDS "libcdio" LIBCDIO_FOUND
diff --git a/src/globalshortcuts/globalshortcut-x11.cpp b/src/globalshortcuts/globalshortcut-x11.cpp
index 8862c030..44d93a9a 100644
--- a/src/globalshortcuts/globalshortcut-x11.cpp
+++ b/src/globalshortcuts/globalshortcut-x11.cpp
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@
 #include <xcb/xcb.h>
 #include <xcb/xproto.h>
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 2, 0)
-#  include <QGuiApplication>
-#elif defined(HAVE_X11EXTRAS)
+#include <QGuiApplication>
+
+#if defined(HAVE_X11EXTRAS)
 #  include <QX11Info>
 #elif defined(HAVE_QPA_QPLATFORMNATIVEINTERFACE_H)
 #  include <qpa/qplatformnativeinterface.h>
 #else
-#  error "Missing Qt >= 6.2, X11Extras or qpa/qplatformnativeinterface.h header."
+#  error "Missing X11Extras or qpa/qplatformnativeinterface.h header."
 #endif
 
 const QVector<quint32> GlobalShortcut::mask_modifiers_ = QVector<quint32>() << 0 << Mod2Mask << LockMask << (Mod2Mask | LockMask);
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ Display *X11Display() {
 
 quint32 AppRootWindow() {
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 2, 0)  // 6.2: Use the new native interface.
+#if 0  // 6.2: There currently isn't a way to access rootWindow through QX11Application.
 
   if (QNativeInterface::QX11Application *x11_app = qApp->nativeInterface<QNativeInterface::QX11Application>()) {
-    return static_cast<xcb_window_t>(reinterpret_cast<quintptr>(x11_app->connection()));
+    return static_cast<xcb_window_t>(reinterpret_cast<quintptr>(x11_app->rootWindow()));
   }
   else {
     return 0;