diff --git a/WINGs/wevent_wl.c b/WINGs/wevent_wl.c
index f2d5822..c7f7136 100644
--- a/WINGs/wevent_wl.c
+++ b/WINGs/wevent_wl.c
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <strings.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <xkbcommon/xkbcommon.h>
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
@@ -377,14 +375,9 @@ static void wl_keysym_convert_case(void *ectx, WMNativeKeysym sym,
 static void wl_send_wm_command(void *ectx, const char *cmd)
 {
     (void)ectx;
-    if (cmd && strcmp(cmd, "Reconfigure") == 0) {
-        const char *pidstr = getenv("WMAKER_PID");
-        if (pidstr) {
-            pid_t pid = (pid_t)atoi(pidstr);
-            if (pid > 0)
-                kill(pid, SIGUSR2);
-        }
-    }
+    (void)cmd;
+    /* Wayland backend relies on inotify to detect defaults file changes.
+     * No explicit signal needed — wmaker's event loop polls inotify. */
 }
 
 static void wl_set_window_hints(void *ectx, WNativeWindow w,
diff --git a/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c b/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
index 8c485ba..4d4dc3c 100644
--- a/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
@@ -3480,12 +3480,6 @@ wl_signalfd_handler(int fd, uint32_t mask, void *data)
     if (n != (ssize_t)sizeof(info))
         return 0;
 
-    if (info.ssi_signo == SIGUSR2) {
-        wwarning("wl_backend: signalfd received SIGUSR2 - rereading defaults");
-        wDefaultsCheckDomains(NULL);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
     wwarning("wl_backend: signalfd received signal %u - terminating event loop",
              (unsigned)info.ssi_signo);
 
@@ -3577,7 +3571,6 @@ wl_event_loop_run(void)
         sigaddset(&ss, SIGTERM);
         sigaddset(&ss, SIGINT);
         sigaddset(&ss, SIGHUP);
-        sigaddset(&ss, SIGUSR2);
 
         wl_state.sigfd = signalfd(-1, &ss, SFD_NONBLOCK | SFD_CLOEXEC);
         if (wl_state.sigfd >= 0) {