diff --git a/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs b/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
index 16f1f17d063..08d54cbe343 100644
--- a/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
+++ b/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
@@ -679,11 +679,14 @@ fn build_gtk_event_box(bargs: &mut BuilderArgs) -> Result<gtk::EventBox> {
         // @prop onscroll - event to execute when the user scrolls with the mouse over the widget. The placeholder `{}` used in the command will be replaced with either `up` or `down`.
         prop(timeout: as_duration = Duration::from_millis(200), onscroll: as_string) {
             gtk_widget.add_events(gdk::EventMask::SCROLL_MASK);
-            gtk_widget.add_events(gdk::EventMask::SMOOTH_SCROLL_MASK);
-            connect_signal_handler!(gtk_widget, gtk_widget.connect_scroll_event(move |_, evt| {
-                let delta = evt.delta().1;
-                if delta != 0f64 { // Ignore the first event https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675959
-                    run_command(timeout, &onscroll, &[if delta < 0f64 { "up" } else { "down" }]);
+            connect_signal_handler!(gtk_widget, gtk_widget.connect_scroll_event(move |_, evt| {
+                let dir = match evt.direction() {
+                    gdk::ScrollDirection::Left => "up",
+                    gdk::ScrollDirection::Right => "down",
+                    _ => "",
+                };
+                if dir != "" {
+                    run_command(timeout, &onscroll, &[dir]);
                 }
                 gtk::Inhibit(false)
             }));