diff --git a/src/xwayland/drag_x.cpp b/src/xwayland/drag_x.cpp
index 3169c2368b..9b3944b663 100644
--- a/src/xwayland/drag_x.cpp
+++ b/src/xwayland/drag_x.cpp
@@ -44,10 +44,12 @@ static QStringList atomToMimeTypes(xcb_atom_t atom)
         mimeTypes << QString::fromLatin1("text/plain;charset=utf-8");
     } else if (atom == atoms->text) {
         mimeTypes << QString::fromLatin1("text/plain");
-    } else if (atom == atoms->uri_list || atom == atoms->netscape_url || atom == atoms->moz_url) {
-        // We identify netscape and moz format as less detailed formats text/uri-list,
-        // text/x-uri and accept the information loss.
+    } else if (atom == atoms->uri_list) {
         mimeTypes << QString::fromLatin1("text/uri-list") << QString::fromLatin1("text/x-uri");
+    } else if (atom == atoms->moz_url) {
+        mimeTypes << QStringLiteral("text/x-moz-url");
+    } else if (atom == atoms->netscape_url) {
+        mimeTypes << QStringLiteral("_NETSCAPE_URL");
     } else {
         mimeTypes << Selection::atomName(atom);
     }
diff --git a/src/xwayland/transfer.cpp b/src/xwayland/transfer.cpp
index 7035bde8ca..4bb45dac76 100644
--- a/src/xwayland/transfer.cpp
+++ b/src/xwayland/transfer.cpp
@@ -330,13 +330,8 @@ bool TransferXtoWl::handleSelectionNotify(xcb_selection_notify_event_t *event)
         return true;
     }
 
-    if (event->target == atoms->netscape_url) {
-        m_receiver = new NetscapeUrlReceiver;
-    } else if (event->target == atoms->moz_url) {
-        m_receiver = new MozUrlReceiver;
-    } else {
-        m_receiver = new DataReceiver;
-    }
+    m_receiver = new DataReceiver;
+
     startTransfer();
     return true;
 }
@@ -447,87 +442,6 @@ void DataReceiver::partRead(int length)
     }
 }
 
-void NetscapeUrlReceiver::setData(const char *value, int length)
-{
-    auto origData = QByteArray::fromRawData(value, length);
-
-    if (origData.indexOf('\n') == -1) {
-        // there are no line breaks, not in Netscape url format or empty,
-        // but try anyway
-        setDataInternal(origData);
-        return;
-    }
-    // remove every second line
-    QByteArray data;
-    int start = 0;
-    bool remLine = false;
-    while (start < length) {
-        auto part = QByteArray::fromRawData(value + start, length - start);
-        const int linebreak = part.indexOf('\n');
-        if (linebreak == -1) {
-            // no more linebreaks, end of work
-            if (!remLine) {
-                // append the rest
-                data.append(part);
-            }
-            break;
-        }
-        if (remLine) {
-            // no data to add, but add a linebreak for the next line
-            data.append('\n');
-        } else {
-            // add data till before linebreak
-            data.append(part.data(), linebreak);
-        }
-        remLine = !remLine;
-        start = linebreak + 1;
-    }
-    setDataInternal(data);
-}
-
-void MozUrlReceiver::setData(const char *value, int length)
-{
-    // represent as QByteArray (guaranteed '\0'-terminated)
-    const auto origData = QByteArray::fromRawData(value, length);
-
-    // text/x-moz-url data is sent in utf-16 - copies the content
-    // and converts it into 8 byte representation
-    const auto byteData = QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<const char16_t *>(origData.data())).toLatin1();
-
-    if (byteData.indexOf('\n') == -1) {
-        // there are no line breaks, not in text/x-moz-url format or empty,
-        // but try anyway
-        setDataInternal(byteData);
-        return;
-    }
-    // remove every second line
-    QByteArray data;
-    int start = 0;
-    bool remLine = false;
-    while (start < length) {
-        auto part = QByteArray::fromRawData(byteData.data() + start, byteData.size() - start);
-        const int linebreak = part.indexOf('\n');
-        if (linebreak == -1) {
-            // no more linebreaks, end of work
-            if (!remLine) {
-                // append the rest
-                data.append(part);
-            }
-            break;
-        }
-        if (remLine) {
-            // no data to add, but add a linebreak for the next line
-            data.append('\n');
-        } else {
-            // add data till before linebreak
-            data.append(part.data(), linebreak);
-        }
-        remLine = !remLine;
-        start = linebreak + 1;
-    }
-    setDataInternal(data);
-}
-
 void TransferXtoWl::dataSourceWrite()
 {
     QByteArray property = m_receiver->data();
diff --git a/src/xwayland/transfer.h b/src/xwayland/transfer.h
index 0b68d1006c..7491c838e9 100644
--- a/src/xwayland/transfer.h
+++ b/src/xwayland/transfer.h
@@ -155,43 +155,17 @@ public:
 
     void transferFromProperty(xcb_get_property_reply_t *reply);
 
-    virtual void setData(const char *value, int length);
+    void setData(const char *value, int length);
     QByteArray data() const;
 
     void partRead(int length);
 
-protected:
-    void setDataInternal(QByteArray data)
-    {
-        m_data = data;
-    }
-
 private:
     xcb_get_property_reply_t *m_propertyReply = nullptr;
     int m_propertyStart = 0;
     QByteArray m_data;
 };
 
-/**
- * Compatibility receiver for clients only
- * supporting the NETSCAPE_URL scheme (Firefox)
- */
-class NetscapeUrlReceiver : public DataReceiver
-{
-public:
-    void setData(const char *value, int length) override;
-};
-
-/**
- * Compatibility receiver for clients only
- * supporting the text/x-moz-url scheme (Chromium on own drags)
- */
-class MozUrlReceiver : public DataReceiver
-{
-public:
-    void setData(const char *value, int length) override;
-};
-
 /**
  * Represents a transfer from an X window to a Wayland native client.
  */