diff --git a/src/emuMB.c b/src/emuMB.c
index 472e74f..363de7e 100644
--- a/src/emuMB.c
+++ b/src/emuMB.c
@@ -320,15 +320,6 @@ EvdevMBEmuPreInit(InputInfoPtr pInfo)
     RegisterBlockAndWakeupHandlers (EvdevMBEmuBlockHandler,
                                     EvdevMBEmuWakeupHandler,
                                     (pointer)pInfo);
-
-#ifdef HAVE_PROPERTIES
-    XIChangeDeviceProperty(pInfo->dev, prop_mbemu, XA_INTEGER, 8,
-                           PropModeReplace, 1, &pEvdev->emulateMB.enabled,
-                           TRUE);
-    XIChangeDeviceProperty(pInfo->dev, prop_mbtimeout, XA_INTEGER, 16,
-                           PropModeReplace, 1, &pEvdev->emulateMB.timeout,
-                           TRUE);
-#endif
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/emuWheel.c b/src/emuWheel.c
index 246ab47..e73ddf3 100644
--- a/src/emuWheel.c
+++ b/src/emuWheel.c
@@ -308,25 +308,6 @@ EvdevWheelEmuPreInit(InputInfoPtr pInfo)
             "EmulateWheelInertia: %d, "
             "EmulateWheelTimeout: %d\n",
             pInfo->name, pEvdev->emulateWheel.button, inertia, timeout);
-
-#ifdef HAVE_PROPERTIES
-    XIChangeDeviceProperty(pInfo->dev, prop_wheel_emu, XA_INTEGER, 8,
-            PropModeReplace, 1, &pEvdev->emulateWheel.enabled, TRUE);
-    XIChangeDeviceProperty(pInfo->dev, prop_wheel_button, XA_INTEGER, 8,
-            PropModeReplace, 1, &pEvdev->emulateWheel.button, TRUE);
-    XIChangeDeviceProperty(pInfo->dev, prop_wheel_inertia, XA_INTEGER, 8,
-            PropModeReplace, 1, &pEvdev->emulateWheel.inertia, TRUE);
-    XIChangeDeviceProperty(pInfo->dev, prop_wheel_timeout, XA_INTEGER, 16,
-            PropModeReplace, 1, &pEvdev->emulateWheel.timeout, TRUE);
-
-    val[0] = pEvdev->emulateWheel.X.up_button;
-    val[1] = pEvdev->emulateWheel.X.down_button;
-    val[2] = pEvdev->emulateWheel.Y.up_button;
-    val[3] = pEvdev->emulateWheel.Y.down_button;
-    XIChangeDeviceProperty(pInfo->dev, prop_wheel_axismap, XA_INTEGER, 8,
-                           PropModeReplace, 4, val, TRUE);
-
-#endif
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PROPERTIES
diff --git a/src/evdev.c b/src/evdev.c
index f79cdfb..6d05b07 100644
--- a/src/evdev.c
+++ b/src/evdev.c
@@ -1000,13 +1000,6 @@ EvdevOn(DeviceIntPtr device)
     } else
     {
         xf86AddEnabledDevice(pInfo);
-        if ((pEvdev->flags & EVDEV_BUTTON_EVENTS) &&
-            !(pEvdev->flags & EVDEV_INITIALIZED))
-        {
-            EvdevMBEmuPreInit(pInfo);
-            EvdevWheelEmuPreInit(pInfo);
-            EvdevDragLockInit(pInfo);
-        }
         pEvdev->flags |= EVDEV_INITIALIZED;
         device->public.on = TRUE;
     }
@@ -1367,6 +1360,10 @@ EvdevPreInit(InputDriverPtr drv, IDevPtr dev, int flags)
 
     EvdevCacheCompare(pInfo, FALSE); /* cache device data */
 
+    EvdevMBEmuPreInit(pInfo);
+    EvdevWheelEmuPreInit(pInfo);
+    EvdevDragLockInit(pInfo);
+
     return pInfo;
 }