diff --git a/src/glx/glxext.c b/src/glx/glxext.c
index fa8de18816e..8930e866fa3 100644
--- a/src/glx/glxext.c
+++ b/src/glx/glxext.c
@@ -623,15 +623,6 @@ __glXInitializeVisualConfigFromTags(struct glx_config * config, int count,
          }
       }
    }
-
-   /* The GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float spec says:
-    *
-    *     "Note that floating point rendering is only supported for
-    *     GLXPbuffer drawables."
-    */
-   if (config->renderType &
-       (GLX_RGBA_FLOAT_BIT_ARB|GLX_RGBA_UNSIGNED_FLOAT_BIT_EXT))
-      config->drawableType &= GLX_PBUFFER_BIT;
 }
 
 static struct glx_config *