diff --git a/gdk/x11/gdkapplaunchcontext-x11.c b/gdk/x11/gdkapplaunchcontext-x11.c
index e82f578057..bb38e62c59 100644
--- a/gdk/x11/gdkapplaunchcontext-x11.c
+++ b/gdk/x11/gdkapplaunchcontext-x11.c
@@ -463,14 +463,13 @@ GdkAppLaunchContext *
 _gdk_x11_display_get_app_launch_context (GdkDisplay *display)
 {
   GdkAppLaunchContext *ctx;
-  static gchar *display_name;
+  const gchar *display_name;
 
   ctx = g_object_new (GDK_TYPE_X11_APP_LAUNCH_CONTEXT,
                       "display", display,
                       NULL);
 
-  display_name = g_app_launch_context_get_display (G_APP_LAUNCH_CONTEXT (ctx),
-                                                   NULL, NULL);
+  display_name = gdk_display_get_name (display);
   if (display_name)
     g_app_launch_context_setenv (G_APP_LAUNCH_CONTEXT (ctx),
                                  "DISPLAY", display_name);