diff --git a/scriptmodules/supplementary/emulationstation.sh b/scriptmodules/supplementary/emulationstation.sh
index c845c5a4d1..b7b5f275e0 100644
--- a/scriptmodules/supplementary/emulationstation.sh
+++ b/scriptmodules/supplementary/emulationstation.sh
@@ -166,16 +166,6 @@ function build_emulationstation() {
         isPlatform "mesa" && params+=(-DGL=On)
         # force GLESv1 on videocore due to performance issue with GLESv2
         isPlatform "videocore" && params+=(-DUSE_GLES1=On)
-    elif isPlatform "x11"; then
-        if isPlatform "gles"; then
-            params+=(-DGLES=On)
-            local gles_ver=$(sudo -u $user glxinfo -B | grep -oP 'Max GLES[23] profile version:\s\K.*')
-            compareVersions $gles_ver lt 2.0  && params+=(-DUSE_GLES1=On)
-        else
-            params+=(-DGL=On)
-            local gl_ver=$(sudo -u $user glxinfo -B | grep -oP 'Max compat profile version:\s\K.*')
-            compareVersions $gl_ver gt 2.0 && params+=(-DUSE_GL21=On)
-        fi
     elif isPlatform "gles"; then
         params+=(-DGLES=On)
         ! isPlatform "gles2" && params+=(-DUSE_GLES1=On)