diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3da4e90b3..95970adbf 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Emulation fixes:
  - GBA SIO: Fix SI value for unattached MULTI mode
 Other fixes:
  - GBA: Fix out of bounds ROM accesses on patched ROMs smaller than 32 MiB
+ - Qt: Remove potentially deadlocking optimization
 
 0.9.2: (2021-07-10)
 Emulation fixes:
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/DisplayGL.cpp b/src/platform/qt/DisplayGL.cpp
index e2614fcb7..534c10532 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/DisplayGL.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/DisplayGL.cpp
@@ -473,11 +473,6 @@ void PainterGL::draw() {
 		performDraw();
 		m_backend->swap(m_backend);
 	}
-
-	QMutexLocker locker(&m_mutex);
-	if (!m_queue.isEmpty()) {
-		QTimer::singleShot(1, this, &PainterGL::draw);
-	}
 }
 
 void PainterGL::forceDraw() {