diff --git a/common/single_top.cpp b/common/single_top.cpp
index 4501b715c5..8f6807ead1 100644
--- a/common/single_top.cpp
+++ b/common/single_top.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ struct APP_SINGLE_TOP : public wxApp
         // Disable overlay scrollbars as they mess up wxWidgets window sizing and cause excessive redraw requests
         wxSetEnv( wxT( "GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING" ), wxT( "0" ) );
 
+        // Set GTK2-style input instead of xinput2.  This disables touchscreen and smooth scrolling
+        // Needed to ensure that we are not getting multiple mouse scroll events
+        wxSetEnv( wxT( "GDK_CORE_DEVICE_EVENTS" ), wxT( "1" ) );
     }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/view/zoom_controller.h b/include/view/zoom_controller.h
index fa2eed6ab7..baa0e630ec 100644
--- a/include/view/zoom_controller.h
+++ b/include/view/zoom_controller.h
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public:
     double GetScaleForRotation( int aRotation ) override;
 
     /// A suitable (magic) scale factor for GTK3 systems
-    static constexpr double GTK3_SCALE = 0.001;
+    static constexpr double GTK3_SCALE = 0.002;
 
     /// A suitable (magic) scale factor for Mac systems
     static constexpr double MAC_SCALE = 0.01;
diff --git a/kicad/kicad.cpp b/kicad/kicad.cpp
index 9ed2b95cb8..ae6e5cda58 100644
--- a/kicad/kicad.cpp
+++ b/kicad/kicad.cpp
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ struct APP_KICAD : public wxApp
 
         // Disable overlay scrollbars as they mess up wxWidgets window sizing and cause excessive redraw requests
         wxSetEnv( wxT( "GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING" ), wxT( "0" ) );
+
+        // Set GTK2-style input instead of xinput2.  This disables touchscreen and smooth scrolling
+        // Needed to ensure that we are not getting multiple mouse scroll events
+        wxSetEnv( wxT( "GDK_CORE_DEVICE_EVENTS" ), wxT( "1" ) );
     }
 #endif