diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index 4205c3178..0b563c24c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -463,8 +463,9 @@ fn canvas_cursor(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &Ui, view_info: vectorcraft_engin
                     && crate::cursors::paint_glyphs(crate::cursors::HIDES_ONLY_WHEN_KEY, ui.input(|i| i.focused), app.services.no_cursor_theme)
                     && crate::cursors::paint(&painter, c, hp, 1.0 / ui_scale) =>
             {
-                // No cursor theme (Wayland): the glyph is painted, the system pointer stays (#2450).
-                if crate::cursors::hide_system_pointer(app.services.no_cursor_theme) { egui::CursorIcon::None } else { cursor_icon(c) }
+                // The painted glyph stands in for the hidden system pointer. Without a cursor theme
+                // (Wayland) none is painted: the system pointer can't be hidden there (#2450).
+                egui::CursorIcon::None
             }
             _ => cursor_icon(c),
         }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/cursors.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/cursors.rs
index b404f9967..eda747fc8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/cursors.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/cursors.rs
@@ -702,20 +702,14 @@ pub fn os_cursors(build: bool, wayland: bool) -> bool {
     build && !wayland
 }
 
-/// Does the canvas hide the system pointer to show a painted tool glyph alone? Not when there is no
-/// cursor theme on Wayland ([`crate::Services::no_cursor_theme`]): winit sets no pointer then, and a
-/// hidden one would not come back over the panels (#2450). The system pointer stays beside the glyph.
-pub fn hide_system_pointer(no_cursor_theme: bool) -> bool {
-    !no_cursor_theme
-}
-
 /// Does the window hide the pointer only while it is the key window? macOS does: winit hides it with
 /// a cursor rect holding a transparent cursor, and macOS applies the rect only in the key window.
 /// Over a window behind another app or under a sheet, the system pointer shows (#2020).
 pub const HIDES_ONLY_WHEN_KEY: bool = cfg!(target_os = "macos");
 
 /// Does the window paint a glyph over a hidden pointer? Not where it cannot hide the system pointer
-/// (no cursor theme on Wayland), or where the system shows its pointer without the focus
+/// (no cursor theme on Wayland, [`crate::Services::no_cursor_theme`]: winit sets no pointer then,
+/// and a hidden one would not come back over the panels, #2450), or where the system shows its pointer without the focus
 /// ([`HIDES_ONLY_WHEN_KEY`]): the system pointer shows alone there.
 pub fn paint_glyphs(hides_only_when_key: bool, focused: bool, no_cursor_theme: bool) -> bool {
     !no_cursor_theme && (focused || !hides_only_when_key)
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/cursors/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/cursors/tests.rs
index 73c0b5979..e70f7d488 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/cursors/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/cursors/tests.rs
@@ -387,8 +387,6 @@ fn a_wayland_window_paints_the_tool_cursor() {
 /// Without a cursor theme the canvas keeps the system pointer visible (#2450).
 #[test]
 fn no_cursor_theme_keeps_the_system_pointer() {
-    assert!(!hide_system_pointer(true));
-    assert!(hide_system_pointer(false));
     let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), crate::Services { wayland: true, no_cursor_theme: true, ..Default::default() });
     app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 400, "height": 300})).unwrap();
     let ctx = egui::Context::default();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/services.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/services.rs
index 3d3524788..d7fe9e593 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/services.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/services.rs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ pub struct Services {
     pub wayland: bool,
     /// On Wayland, no cursor theme can be loaded, so winit sets no pointer and the compositor's
     /// default one would never come back once the canvas hid it: the canvas keeps the system
-    /// pointer visible next to the tool glyph ([`cursors::hide_system_pointer`], #2450).
+    /// pointer and paints no tool glyph ([`cursors::paint_glyphs`], #2450).
     pub no_cursor_theme: bool,
     /// The pen pressure and pen end the host reads from the system itself (desktop Linux under
     /// X11 and XWayland, macOS and Windows). The canvas uses the pressure when a frame's events carry no touch force,