diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/codeblocks/desmume.cbp b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/codeblocks/desmume.cbp
index 120d59b08..5e7a0e255 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/codeblocks/desmume.cbp
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/codeblocks/desmume.cbp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 					<Add option="`pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0`" />
 					<Add library="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so" />
 					<Add library="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLESv2.so" />
-					<Add library="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLX.so" />
 					<Add library="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOSMesa.so" />
 					<Add library="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libEGL.so" />
 				</Linker>
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@
 					<Add option="`pkg-config --libs gtk+-3.0`" />
 					<Add library="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so" />
 					<Add library="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLESv2.so" />
-					<Add library="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLX.so" />
 					<Add library="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOSMesa.so" />
 					<Add library="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libEGL.so" />
 				</Linker>
diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/configure.ac b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/configure.ac
index 89b886618..d4d201014 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/configure.ac
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/configure.ac
@@ -126,18 +126,12 @@ if test "x$glx" = "xyes" ; then
     AC_CHECK_HEADERS([GL/glx.h], [have_glx=yes], [have_glx=no])
     if test "have_glx" = "no" ; then
 	    AC_MSG_WARN([Cannot use GLX -- headers not found.])
-    else
-        AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, main)
-        AC_CHECK_LIB(GL, main)
-	    AC_CHECK_LIB(GLX, main)
     fi
 fi
 
 if test "$have_glx" = "yes" ; then
     if test "$have_opengl" = "yes" ; then
 		AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_GLX)
-        GLX_LIBS="-lGLX"
-		AC_SUBST(GLX_LIBS)
 	else
         have_glx=no
 	    if test "$have_opengles" = "yes" ; then
diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/Makefile.am b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/Makefile.am
index c4952a715..63a1d7b08 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/Makefile.am
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/Makefile.am
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ endif
 endif
 
 if ENABLE_GLX
-desmume_LDADD += $(GLX_LIBS)
 desmume_SOURCES += ../shared/glx_3Demu.h ../shared/glx_3Demu.cpp
 else
 if ENABLE_OSMESA
diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/meson.build b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/meson.build
index 42c3c797b..53f4b3883 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/meson.build
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/meson.build
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ desmume_src = [
   gresource,
 ]
 
-if get_option('glx') and dep_glx.found()
+if get_option('glx') and dep_gl.found()
   desmume_src += [
     '../shared/glx_3Demu.cpp',
   ]
diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk2/Makefile.am b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk2/Makefile.am
index 1f155dc45..7554f5b52 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk2/Makefile.am
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk2/Makefile.am
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ endif
 endif
 
 if ENABLE_GLX
-desmume_LDADD += $(GLX_LIBS)
 desmume_SOURCES += ../shared/glx_3Demu.h ../shared/glx_3Demu.cpp
 else
 if ENABLE_OSMESA
diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk2/meson.build b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk2/meson.build
index e0d4fb01c..ffa9285fb 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk2/meson.build
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk2/meson.build
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ desmume_src = [
   'main.cpp',
 ]
 
-if get_option('glx') and dep_glx.found()
+if get_option('glx') and dep_gl.found()
   desmume_src += [
     '../shared/glx_3Demu.cpp',
   ]
diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/meson.build b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/meson.build
index 3280842b4..77e6f62c2 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/meson.build
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/meson.build
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ dep_alsa = dependency('alsa', required: false)
 dep_soundtouch = dependency('soundtouch', required: false)
 dep_agg = dependency('libagg', required: false)
 dep_fontconfig = dependency('fontconfig', required: false)
-dep_glx = dependency('glx', required: false)
 dep_osmesa = dependency('osmesa', required: false)
 dep_egl = dependency('egl', required: false)
 
@@ -198,17 +197,16 @@ elif get_option('opengl')
 endif
 
 if get_option('glx')
-  if dep_glx.found()
-    if get_option('opengl') and dep_gl.found()
+  if dep_gl.found()
+    if get_option('opengl')
       add_global_arguments('-DENABLE_GLX', language: ['c', 'cpp'])
-      dependencies += dep_glx
     elif get_option('opengles')
       message('GLX contexts are incompatible with OpenGL ES -- cancelling the use of GLX.')
     else
       message('GLX contexts are only compatible with standard OpenGL -- cancelling the use of GLX.')
     endif
   else
-    message('Cannot use GLX -- glx library not found.')
+    message('Cannot use GLX -- gl library not found.')
   endif
 elif get_option('osmesa')
   if dep_osmesa.found()
diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/shared/glx_3Demu.cpp b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/shared/glx_3Demu.cpp
index 80e872d47..9288d1f22 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/shared/glx_3Demu.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/shared/glx_3Demu.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static bool __glx_initOpenGL(const int requestedProfile, const int requestedVers
 		const char *extensionSet = glXQueryExtensionsString(currDisplay, currScreen);
 
 		const char *foundString = strstr(extensionSet, "GLX_ARB_create_context_profile");
-		glXCreateContextAttribsARB = (PFNGLXCREATECONTEXTATTRIBSARBPROC)glXGetProcAddressARB( (const GLubyte *) "glXCreateContextAttribsARB");
+		glXCreateContextAttribsARB = (PFNGLXCREATECONTEXTATTRIBSARBPROC)glXGetProcAddress( (const GLubyte *) "glXCreateContextAttribsARB");
 
 		if ( (foundString == NULL) || (glXCreateContextAttribsARB == NULL) )
 		{
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ bool glx_beginOpenGL()
 	prevReadDrawable = glXGetCurrentReadDrawable();
     prevContext      = glXGetCurrentContext();
 
-	if (pendingDrawable != NULL)
+	if (pendingDrawable != 0)
 	{
 		bool previousIsCurrent = (prevDrawDrawable == currDrawable);