diff --git a/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml b/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
index 9e72c3eb2..84fb9635d 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.79"
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 wry = { version = "0.35.0", default-features = false, features = [
+    "os-webview",
     "protocol",
     "file-drop",
 ] }
@@ -67,12 +68,6 @@ objc_id = "0.1.1"
 core-foundation = "0.9.3"
 objc = "0.2.7"
 
-[target."cfg(any(target_os = \"linux\", target_os = \"dragonfly\", target_os = \"freebsd\", target_os = \"openbsd\", target_os = \"netbsd\"))".dependencies]
-gtk = { version = "0.18", features = [ "v3_24" ] }
-webkit2gtk = { version = "=2.0", features = [ "v2_38" ] }
-percent-encoding = "2.1"
-
-
 [features]
 default = ["tokio_runtime", "hot-reload", "wry/objc-exception"]
 tokio_runtime = ["tokio"]
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/desktop_context.rs b/packages/desktop/src/desktop_context.rs
index 46460b12e..c97272293 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/desktop_context.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/desktop_context.rs
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ impl std::ops::Deref for DesktopService {
 
 impl DesktopService {
     pub(crate) fn new(
-        window: Window,
         webview: WebView,
+        window: Window,
         shared: Rc<SharedContext>,
         edit_queue: EditQueue,
         asset_handlers: AssetHandlerRegistry,
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/webview.rs b/packages/desktop/src/webview.rs
index 1cfd7b54e..57dec57df 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/webview.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/webview.rs
@@ -73,15 +73,12 @@ impl WebviewInstance {
             // Otherwise, try to serve an asset, either from the user or the filesystem
             match index_bytes {
                 Some(body) => responder.respond(body),
-                None => {
-                    // we need to do this in the context of the dioxus runtime since the user gave us these closures
-                    protocol::desktop_handler(
-                        request,
-                        asset_handlers_.clone(),
-                        &edit_queue_,
-                        responder,
-                    );
-                }
+                None => protocol::desktop_handler(
+                    request,
+                    asset_handlers_.clone(),
+                    &edit_queue_,
+                    responder,
+                ),
             }
         };
 
@@ -143,11 +140,9 @@ impl WebviewInstance {
             webview = webview.with_devtools(true);
         }
 
-        let webview = webview.build().unwrap();
-
         let desktop_context = Rc::from(DesktopService::new(
+            webview.build().unwrap(),
             window,
-            webview,
             shared.clone(),
             edit_queue,
             asset_handlers,
@@ -161,7 +156,6 @@ impl WebviewInstance {
             .provide_context(Rc::new(DesktopEvalProvider::new(desktop_context.clone())));
 
         WebviewInstance {
-            // We want to poll the virtualdom and the event loop at the same time, so the waker will be connected to both
             waker: tao_waker(shared.proxy.clone(), desktop_context.window.id()),
             desktop_context,
             dom,