diff --git a/effects/screenshot/screenshot.h b/effects/screenshot/screenshot.h
--- a/effects/screenshot/screenshot.h
+++ b/effects/screenshot/screenshot.h
@@ -87,11 +87,7 @@
      **/
     Q_SCRIPTABLE QString screenshotFullscreen(bool captureCursor = false);
     /**
-     * Starts an interactive screenshot session.
-     *
-     * The user is asked to confirm that a screenshot is taken by having to actively
-     * click and giving the possibility to cancel.
-     *
+     * Takes a screenshot of all screens.
      * Once the screenshot is taken it gets saved into the @p fd passed to the
      * method. It is intended to be used with a pipe, so that the invoking side can just
      * read from the pipe. The image gets written into the fd using a QDataStream.
diff --git a/effects/screenshot/screenshot.cpp b/effects/screenshot/screenshot.cpp
--- a/effects/screenshot/screenshot.cpp
+++ b/effects/screenshot/screenshot.cpp
@@ -508,20 +508,8 @@
     }
     m_captureCursor = captureCursor;
 
-    showInfoMessage(InfoMessageMode::Screen);
-    effects->startInteractivePositionSelection(
-        [this] (const QPoint &p) {
-            hideInfoMessage();
-            if (p == QPoint(-1, -1)) {
-                // error condition
-                close(m_fd);
-                m_fd = -1;
-            } else {
-                m_scheduledGeometry = effects->virtualScreenGeometry();
-                effects->addRepaint(m_scheduledGeometry);
-            }
-        }
-    );
+    m_scheduledGeometry = effects->virtualScreenGeometry();
+    effects->addRepaintFull();
 }
 
 QString ScreenShotEffect::screenshotScreen(int screen, bool captureCursor)