diff --git a/src/appicon.c b/src/appicon.c
index 3c62117..078310a 100644
--- a/src/appicon.c
+++ b/src/appicon.c
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ void paint_app_icon(WApplication *wapp)
 	if (!wapp || !wapp->app_icon || !wapp->main_window_desc)
 		return;
 
+	/* Phase 79: Wayland — no X11 window system for icon display */
+	if (!dpy)
+		return;
+
 	icon = wapp->app_icon->icon;
 	scr = wapp->main_window_desc->screen_ptr;
 	wapp->app_icon->main_window = wapp->main_window;
@@ -369,7 +373,8 @@ static void drawCorner(WIcon * icon)
 
 void wAppIconMove(WAppIcon * aicon, int x, int y)
 {
-	XMoveWindow(dpy, aicon->icon->core->window, x, y);
+	if (dpy)
+		XMoveWindow(dpy, aicon->icon->core->window, x, y);
 	aicon->x_pos = x;
 	aicon->y_pos = y;
 }
@@ -404,6 +409,10 @@ void wAppIconPaint(WAppIcon *aicon)
 	else
 		wapp = NULL;
 
+	/* Phase 79: Wayland — wIconPaint and all X11 drawing are no-ops */
+	if (!dpy)
+		return;
+
 	wIconPaint(aicon->icon);
 
 # ifdef WS_INDICATOR
diff --git a/src/icon.c b/src/icon.c
index 9aea33a..f8aa2d0 100644
--- a/src/icon.c
+++ b/src/icon.c
@@ -660,6 +660,10 @@ void wIconUpdate(WIcon *icon)
 
 void update_icon_pixmap(WIcon *icon)
 {
+	/* Phase 79: Wayland — no X11 pixmap infrastructure; skip rendering */
+	if (!dpy)
+		return;
+
 	if (icon->pixmap != None)
 		XFreePixmap(dpy, icon->pixmap);
 
@@ -823,6 +827,10 @@ void wIconPaint(WIcon *icon)
 	if (!icon || !icon->core || !icon->core->screen_ptr)
 		return;
 
+	/* Phase 79: Wayland — no X11 rendering surface for icon */
+	if (!dpy)
+		return;
+
 	WScreen *scr = icon->core->screen_ptr;
 
 	XClearWindow(dpy, icon->core->window);