diff --git a/src/platform/qt/Display.cpp b/src/platform/qt/Display.cpp
index 2bd772836..3f20c79f6 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/Display.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/Display.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Display* Display::create(QWidget* parent) {
 	switch (s_driver) {
 #if defined(BUILD_GL) || defined(BUILD_GLES2) || defined(USE_EPOXY)
 	case Driver::OPENGL:
-		format.setVersion(3, 0);
 		return new DisplayGL(format, parent);
 #endif
 #ifdef BUILD_GL
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ Display* Display::create(QWidget* parent) {
 
 	default:
 #if defined(BUILD_GL) || defined(BUILD_GLES2) || defined(USE_EPOXY)
-		format.setVersion(3, 0);
 		return new DisplayGL(format, parent);
 #else
 		return new DisplayQt(parent);
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/DisplayGL.cpp b/src/platform/qt/DisplayGL.cpp
index 3dc43acdd..c565b545e 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/DisplayGL.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/DisplayGL.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ DisplayGL::DisplayGL(const QGLFormat& format, QWidget* parent)
 	, m_drawThread(nullptr)
 	, m_context(nullptr)
 {
-	m_painter = new PainterGL(format.majorVersion(), m_gl);
+	m_painter = new PainterGL(format.majorVersion() < 2 ? 1 : m_gl->format().majorVersion(), m_gl);
 	m_gl->setMouseTracking(true);
 	m_gl->setAttribute(Qt::WA_TransparentForMouseEvents); // This doesn't seem to work?
 }