diff --git a/src/input/cursor.cpp b/src/input/cursor.cpp
index a3f7abe..52e3732 100644
--- a/src/input/cursor.cpp
+++ b/src/input/cursor.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/input-event-codes.h>
 #include "wlr.h"
 // clang-format on
+#include "wlr/util/edges.h"
 #include "workspace/scratchpad.h"
 #include "workspace/workspace.h"
 
@@ -1689,24 +1690,19 @@ namespace umbriel {
     const int y = view->sceneTree()->node.y + geo.y;
     const double cx = m_cursor->x;
     const double cy = m_cursor->y;
-    const double distLeft = std::abs(cx - x);
-    const double distRight = std::abs(cx - (x + geo.width));
-    const double distTop = std::abs(cy - y);
-    const double distBottom = std::abs(cy - (y + geo.height));
-    const double nearestH = std::min(distLeft, distRight);
-    const double nearestV = std::min(distTop, distBottom);
+    const double px = cx - x;
+    const double py = cy - y;
 
     uint32_t edges = 0;
-    if (nearestH <= nearestV) {
-      edges |= distLeft <= distRight ? WLR_EDGE_LEFT : WLR_EDGE_RIGHT;
-    } else {
-      edges |= distTop <= distBottom ? WLR_EDGE_TOP : WLR_EDGE_BOTTOM;
-    }
-    // Prefer a corner when the cursor is near both axes.
-    constexpr double kCornerSlop = 32.0;
-    if (nearestH < kCornerSlop && nearestV < kCornerSlop) {
-      edges = (distLeft <= distRight ? WLR_EDGE_LEFT : WLR_EDGE_RIGHT)
-          | (distTop <= distBottom ? WLR_EDGE_TOP : WLR_EDGE_BOTTOM);
+    if (px < geo.width / 3.0) {
+      edges |= WLR_EDGE_LEFT;
+    } else if (px > 2.0 * geo.width / 3.0) {
+      edges |= WLR_EDGE_RIGHT;
+    }
+    if (py < geo.height / 3.0) {
+      edges |= WLR_EDGE_TOP;
+    } else if (py > 2.0 * geo.height / 3.0) {
+      edges |= WLR_EDGE_BOTTOM;
     }
     return edges;
   }
diff --git a/tests/unit/presentation.cpp b/tests/unit/presentation.cpp
index c30d060..848203e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/presentation.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/presentation.cpp
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #include "wlr.h"
 // clang-format on
 
-// A fullscreen client whose buffer does not match the output is centered rather than scaled, and that centering lives in
-// the scene node's position. The wlroots xdg scene helper rewrites that position to (-geometry.x, -geometry.y) on every
-// commit, so the offset has to be re-applied afterwards or an oversized fullscreen buffer drifts to the top left on the
-// next frame the client draws.
+// A fullscreen client whose buffer does not match the output is centered rather than scaled, and that centering lives
+// in the scene node's position. The wlroots xdg scene helper rewrites that position to (-geometry.x, -geometry.y) on
+// every commit, so the offset has to be re-applied afterwards or an oversized fullscreen buffer drifts to the top left
+// on the next frame the client draws.
 UMBRIEL_TEST(fullscreenCenteringSurvivesSceneReconfiguration) {
   wlr_scene* scene = wlr_scene_create();
   CHECK(scene != nullptr);