diff --git a/hw/xwin/glx/indirect.c b/hw/xwin/glx/indirect.c
index cbbc11302..2df014e54 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/glx/indirect.c
+++ b/hw/xwin/glx/indirect.c
@@ -627,16 +627,6 @@ glxWinScreenProbe(ScreenPtr pScreen)
     // might have completely different capabilities.  Of course, good luck getting
     // those screens to be accelerated in XP and earlier...
 
-    {
-        // testing facility to not use any WGL extensions
-        char *envptr = getenv("GLWIN_NO_WGL_EXTENSIONS");
-
-        if ((envptr != NULL) && (atoi(envptr) != 0)) {
-            ErrorF("GLWIN_NO_WGL_EXTENSIONS is set, ignoring WGL_EXTENSIONS\n");
-            wgl_extensions = "";
-        }
-    }
-
     {
         //
         // Based on the WGL extensions available, enable various GLX extensions