diff --git a/exwm-input.el b/exwm-input.el
index 5767f13..b4d6d28 100644
--- a/exwm-input.el
+++ b/exwm-input.el
@@ -587,20 +587,10 @@ instead."
   (when (called-interactively-p 'any)
     (exwm-input--update-global-prefix-keys)))
 
-;; Putting (t . EVENT) into `unread-command-events' does not really work
-;; as documented for Emacs < 26.2.
-(eval-and-compile
-  (if (or (< emacs-major-version 26)
-          (and (= emacs-major-version 26)
-               (< emacs-minor-version 2)))
-      (defsubst exwm-input--unread-event (event)
-        (declare (indent defun))
-        (setq unread-command-events
-              (append unread-command-events (list event))))
-    (defsubst exwm-input--unread-event (event)
-      (declare (indent defun))
-      (setq unread-command-events
-            (append unread-command-events `((t . ,event)))))))
+(defsubst exwm-input--unread-event (event)
+  (declare (indent defun))
+  (setq unread-command-events
+        (append unread-command-events `((t . ,event)))))
 
 (defun exwm-input--mimic-read-event (event)
   "Process EVENT as if it were returned by `read-event'."
diff --git a/exwm.el b/exwm.el
index 319168a..92591d4 100644
--- a/exwm.el
+++ b/exwm.el
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ;; Author: Chris Feng <chris.w.feng@gmail.com>
 ;; Maintainer: Adrián Medraño Calvo <adrian@medranocalvo.com>, Steven Allen <steven@stebalien.com>, Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de>
 ;; Version: 0.28
-;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "26.1") (xelb "0.18"))
+;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "27.1") (xelb "0.18"))
 ;; Keywords: unix
 ;; URL: https://github.com/emacs-exwm/exwm