diff --git a/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs b/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
index ec307537407..49c70571d4b 100644
--- a/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
+++ b/crates/eww/src/widgets/widget_definitions.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
 use anyhow::*;
 use codespan_reporting::diagnostic::Severity;
 use eww_shared_util::Spanned;
-use gdk::NotifyType;
+use gdk::{NotifyType, ScrollDirection};
 use gtk::{self, glib, prelude::*};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
@@ -523,11 +523,14 @@ 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_single_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" });
+                let dir = match evt.direction() {
+                    ScrollDirection::Up => "up",
+                    ScrollDirection::Down => "down",
+                    _ => "",
+                };
+                if dir != "" {
+                    run_command(timeout, &onscroll, dir);
                 }
                 gtk::Inhibit(false)
             }));