diff --git a/modules/tools/lookup/autoload/xwidget.el b/modules/tools/lookup/autoload/xwidget.el
index 90cb6d26a..fb8603a32 100644
--- a/modules/tools/lookup/autoload/xwidget.el
+++ b/modules/tools/lookup/autoload/xwidget.el
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
       (setq xwidget-webkit-last-session-buffer +lookup--xwidget-webkit-last-session-buffer)
       (save-window-excursion
         (xwidget-webkit-browse-url url new-session))
-      (with-popup-rules! '(("^\\*xwidget" :vslot -11 :size 0.35 :select nil))
-        (pop-to-buffer xwidget-webkit-last-session-buffer))
+      (pop-to-buffer xwidget-webkit-last-session-buffer)
       (setq +lookup--xwidget-webkit-last-session-buffer xwidget-webkit-last-session-buffer
             xwidget-webkit-last-session-buffer orig-last-session-buffer))))
diff --git a/modules/ui/popup/config.el b/modules/ui/popup/config.el
index 27504302e..09ad19234 100644
--- a/modules/ui/popup/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/popup/config.el
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ prevent the popup(s) from messing up the UI (or vice versa)."
        :slot 2 :vslot -8 :size 0.35 :select t)
       ("^\\*eww\\*"  ; `eww' (and used by dash docsets)
        :vslot -11 :size 0.35 :select t)
+      ("^\\*xwidget"
+       :vslot -11 :size 0.35 :select nil)
       ("^\\*info\\*$"  ; `Info-mode'
        :slot 2 :vslot 2 :size 0.45 :select t)))
   '(("^\\*Warnings" :vslot 99 :size 0.25)