diff --git a/imgui.cpp b/imgui.cpp
index 05281dbd7..67a82b9be 100644
--- a/imgui.cpp
+++ b/imgui.cpp
@@ -3557,7 +3557,7 @@ void ImGui::UpdateMouseMovingWindowEndFrame()
     {
         // Handle the edge case of a popup being closed while clicking in its empty space.
         // If we try to focus it, FocusWindow() > ClosePopupsOverWindow() will accidentally close any parent popups because they are not linked together any more.
-        ImGuiWindow* root_window = g.HoveredRootWindow;
+        ImGuiWindow* root_window = g.HoveredWindow ? g.HoveredWindow->RootWindow : NULL;
         const bool is_closed_popup = root_window && (root_window->Flags & ImGuiWindowFlags_Popup) && !IsPopupOpen(root_window->PopupId, ImGuiPopupFlags_AnyPopupLevel);
 
         if (root_window != NULL && !is_closed_popup)
@@ -3794,7 +3794,7 @@ void ImGui::UpdateHoveredWindowAndCaptureFlags()
 
     // Modal windows prevents mouse from hovering behind them.
     ImGuiWindow* modal_window = GetTopMostPopupModal();
-    if (modal_window && g.HoveredRootWindow && !IsWindowChildOf(g.HoveredRootWindow, modal_window))
+    if (modal_window && g.HoveredWindow && !IsWindowChildOf(g.HoveredWindow->RootWindow, modal_window))
         clear_hovered_windows = true;
 
     // Disabled mouse?
@@ -3822,7 +3822,7 @@ void ImGui::UpdateHoveredWindowAndCaptureFlags()
         clear_hovered_windows = true;
 
     if (clear_hovered_windows)
-        g.HoveredWindow = g.HoveredRootWindow = g.HoveredWindowUnderMovingWindow = NULL;
+        g.HoveredWindow = g.HoveredWindowUnderMovingWindow = NULL;
 
     // Update io.WantCaptureMouse for the user application (true = dispatch mouse info to imgui, false = dispatch mouse info to Dear ImGui + app)
     if (g.WantCaptureMouseNextFrame != -1)
@@ -4146,7 +4146,7 @@ void ImGui::Shutdown(ImGuiContext* context)
     g.CurrentWindowStack.clear();
     g.WindowsById.Clear();
     g.NavWindow = NULL;
-    g.HoveredWindow = g.HoveredRootWindow = g.HoveredWindowUnderMovingWindow = NULL;
+    g.HoveredWindow = g.HoveredWindowUnderMovingWindow = NULL;
     g.ActiveIdWindow = g.ActiveIdPreviousFrameWindow = NULL;
     g.MovingWindow = NULL;
     g.ColorStack.clear();
@@ -4550,7 +4550,6 @@ static void FindHoveredWindow()
     }
 
     g.HoveredWindow = hovered_window;
-    g.HoveredRootWindow = g.HoveredWindow ? g.HoveredWindow->RootWindow : NULL;
     g.HoveredWindowUnderMovingWindow = hovered_window_ignoring_moving_window;
 }
 
@@ -6560,30 +6559,28 @@ bool ImGui::IsWindowHovered(ImGuiHoveredFlags flags)
 {
     IM_ASSERT((flags & ImGuiHoveredFlags_AllowWhenOverlapped) == 0);   // Flags not supported by this function
     ImGuiContext& g = *GImGui;
+    if (g.HoveredWindow == NULL)
+        return false;
 
-    if (flags & ImGuiHoveredFlags_AnyWindow)
-    {
-        if (g.HoveredWindow == NULL)
-            return false;
-    }
-    else
+    if ((flags & ImGuiHoveredFlags_AnyWindow) == 0)
     {
+        ImGuiWindow* window = g.CurrentWindow;
         switch (flags & (ImGuiHoveredFlags_RootWindow | ImGuiHoveredFlags_ChildWindows))
         {
         case ImGuiHoveredFlags_RootWindow | ImGuiHoveredFlags_ChildWindows:
-            if (g.HoveredRootWindow != g.CurrentWindow->RootWindow)
+            if (g.HoveredWindow->RootWindow != window->RootWindow)
                 return false;
             break;
         case ImGuiHoveredFlags_RootWindow:
-            if (g.HoveredWindow != g.CurrentWindow->RootWindow)
+            if (g.HoveredWindow != window->RootWindow)
                 return false;
             break;
         case ImGuiHoveredFlags_ChildWindows:
-            if (g.HoveredWindow == NULL || !IsWindowChildOf(g.HoveredWindow, g.CurrentWindow))
+            if (!IsWindowChildOf(g.HoveredWindow, window))
                 return false;
             break;
         default:
-            if (g.HoveredWindow != g.CurrentWindow)
+            if (g.HoveredWindow != window)
                 return false;
             break;
         }
@@ -11047,7 +11044,7 @@ void ImGui::ShowMetricsWindow(bool* p_open)
         Text("WINDOWING");
         Indent();
         Text("HoveredWindow: '%s'", g.HoveredWindow ? g.HoveredWindow->Name : "NULL");
-        Text("HoveredRootWindow: '%s'", g.HoveredRootWindow ? g.HoveredRootWindow->Name : "NULL");
+        Text("HoveredWindow->Root: '%s'", g.HoveredWindow ? g.HoveredWindow->RootWindow->Name : "NULL");
         Text("HoveredWindowUnderMovingWindow: '%s'", g.HoveredWindowUnderMovingWindow ? g.HoveredWindowUnderMovingWindow->Name : "NULL");
         Text("MovingWindow: '%s'", g.MovingWindow ? g.MovingWindow->Name : "NULL");
         Unindent();
diff --git a/imgui_internal.h b/imgui_internal.h
index dcb90988e..f17229ab5 100644
--- a/imgui_internal.h
+++ b/imgui_internal.h
@@ -1312,7 +1312,6 @@ struct ImGuiContext
     int                     WindowsActiveCount;                 // Number of unique windows submitted by frame
     ImGuiWindow*            CurrentWindow;                      // Window being drawn into
     ImGuiWindow*            HoveredWindow;                      // Window the mouse is hovering. Will typically catch mouse inputs.
-    ImGuiWindow*            HoveredRootWindow;                  // == HoveredWindow ? HoveredWindow->RootWindow : NULL, merely a shortcut to avoid null test in some situation.
     ImGuiWindow*            HoveredWindowUnderMovingWindow;     // Hovered window ignoring MovingWindow. Only set if MovingWindow is set.
     ImGuiWindow*            MovingWindow;                       // Track the window we clicked on (in order to preserve focus). The actual window that is moved is generally MovingWindow->RootWindow.
     ImGuiWindow*            WheelingWindow;                     // Track the window we started mouse-wheeling on. Until a timer elapse or mouse has moved, generally keep scrolling the same window even if during the course of scrolling the mouse ends up hovering a child window.
@@ -1543,7 +1542,6 @@ struct ImGuiContext
         WindowsActiveCount = 0;
         CurrentWindow = NULL;
         HoveredWindow = NULL;
-        HoveredRootWindow = NULL;
         HoveredWindowUnderMovingWindow = NULL;
         MovingWindow = NULL;
         WheelingWindow = NULL;
diff --git a/imgui_widgets.cpp b/imgui_widgets.cpp
index 730f50c41..49f0f0c0c 100644
--- a/imgui_widgets.cpp
+++ b/imgui_widgets.cpp
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ bool ImGui::ButtonBehavior(const ImRect& bb, ImGuiID id, bool* out_hovered, bool
         flags |= ImGuiButtonFlags_PressedOnDefault_;
 
     ImGuiWindow* backup_hovered_window = g.HoveredWindow;
-    const bool flatten_hovered_children = (flags & ImGuiButtonFlags_FlattenChildren) && g.HoveredRootWindow == window;
+    const bool flatten_hovered_children = (flags & ImGuiButtonFlags_FlattenChildren) && g.HoveredWindow && g.HoveredWindow->RootWindow == window;
     if (flatten_hovered_children)
         g.HoveredWindow = window;