diff --git a/docs/api/environment-variables.md b/docs/api/environment-variables.md
index f6b05c4cf85c..c033676a5915 100644
--- a/docs/api/environment-variables.md
+++ b/docs/api/environment-variables.md
@@ -186,14 +186,3 @@ the one downloaded by `npm install`. Usage:
 ```sh
 export ELECTRON_OVERRIDE_DIST_PATH=/Users/username/projects/electron/out/Testing
 ```
-
-## Set By Electron
-
-Electron sets some variables in your environment at runtime.
-
-### `ORIGINAL_XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP`
-
-This variable is set to the value of `XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP` that your application
-originally launched with.  Electron sometimes modifies the value of `XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP`
-to affect other logic within Chromium so if you want access to the _original_ value
-you should look up this environment variable instead.
diff --git a/docs/breaking-changes.md b/docs/breaking-changes.md
index 05e8bec2f144..32538c0381fc 100644
--- a/docs/breaking-changes.md
+++ b/docs/breaking-changes.md
@@ -16,9 +16,15 @@ This document uses the following convention to categorize breaking changes:
 
 ### Removed: `ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT` environment variable
 
-The default value of the `--ozone-plaftform` flag [changed to `auto`](https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/6775426).
+The default value of the `--ozone-platform` flag [changed to `auto`](https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/6775426).
 
-You should use the `XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland` environment variable instead to use Wayland.
+Electron now defaults to running as a native Wayland app when launched in a Wayland session (when `XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland`).
+Users can force XWayland by passing `--ozone-platform=x11`.
+
+### Removed: `ORIGINAL_XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP` environment variable
+
+Previously, Electron changed the value of `XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP` internally to `Unity`, and stored the original name of the desktop session
+in a separate variable. `XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP` is no longer overriden and now reflects the actual desktop environment.
 
 ### Removed: macOS 11 support
 
diff --git a/lib/browser/init.ts b/lib/browser/init.ts
index 0b9b225884f0..35cf6f832561 100644
--- a/lib/browser/init.ts
+++ b/lib/browser/init.ts
@@ -162,27 +162,6 @@ require('@electron/internal/browser/api/web-contents-view');
 // Set main startup script of the app.
 const mainStartupScript = packageJson.main || 'index.js';
 
-const KNOWN_XDG_DESKTOP_VALUES = new Set(['Pantheon', 'Unity:Unity7', 'pop:GNOME']);
-
-function currentPlatformSupportsAppIndicator () {
-  if (process.platform !== 'linux') return false;
-  const currentDesktop = process.env.XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP;
-
-  if (!currentDesktop) return false;
-  if (KNOWN_XDG_DESKTOP_VALUES.has(currentDesktop)) return true;
-  // ubuntu based or derived session (default ubuntu one, communitheme…) supports
-  // indicator too.
-  if (/ubuntu/ig.test(currentDesktop)) return true;
-
-  return false;
-}
-
-// Workaround for electron/electron#5050 and electron/electron#9046
-process.env.ORIGINAL_XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP = process.env.XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP;
-if (currentPlatformSupportsAppIndicator()) {
-  process.env.XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP = 'Unity';
-}
-
 // Quit when all windows are closed and no other one is listening to this.
 app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
   if (app.listenerCount('window-all-closed') === 1) {
diff --git a/shell/common/platform_util_linux.cc b/shell/common/platform_util_linux.cc
index d0f6ca904b12..b5cedcff0ad3 100644
--- a/shell/common/platform_util_linux.cc
+++ b/shell/common/platform_util_linux.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 #include "base/cancelable_callback.h"
 #include "base/containers/contains.h"
-#include "base/containers/map_util.h"
 #include "base/environment.h"
 #include "base/files/file_util.h"
 #include "base/files/scoped_file.h"
@@ -59,8 +58,6 @@ const char kFreedesktopPortalName[] = "org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop";
 const char kFreedesktopPortalPath[] = "/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop";
 const char kFreedesktopPortalOpenURI[] = "org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI";
 
-const char kOriginalXdgCurrentDesktopEnvVar[] = "ORIGINAL_XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP";
-
 const char kMethodOpenDirectory[] = "OpenDirectory";
 
 class ShowItemHelper {
@@ -279,12 +276,6 @@ bool XDGUtil(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
     base::nix::CreateLaunchOptionsWithXdgActivation(base::BindOnce(
         [](base::RepeatingClosure quit_loop, base::LaunchOptions* options_out,
            base::LaunchOptions options) {
-          // Correct the XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP environment variable before calling
-          // XDG, in case it was changed for compatibility.
-          if (const auto* orig = base::FindOrNull(
-                  options.environment, kOriginalXdgCurrentDesktopEnvVar))
-            options.environment.emplace(base::nix::kXdgCurrentDesktopEnvVar,
-                                        *orig);
           *options_out = std::move(options);
           std::move(quit_loop).Run();
         },