diff --git a/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.cpp b/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.cpp
index 586faf7f42..b4a49b4d4d 100644
--- a/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.cpp
+++ b/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.cpp
@@ -381,23 +381,21 @@ WPEView::WPEView(WebKitWebContext* web_context, GstWpeVideoSrc* src, GstGLContex
     threading.ready = FALSE;
 
     g_mutex_init(&images_mutex);
-    if (g_strcmp0(g_getenv("LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE"), "true")) {
-        if (context)
-            gst.context = GST_GL_CONTEXT(gst_object_ref(context));
-        if (display) {
-            gst.display = GST_GL_DISPLAY(gst_object_ref(display));
-        }
+    if (context)
+        gst.context = GST_GL_CONTEXT(gst_object_ref(context));
+    if (display) {
+        gst.display = GST_GL_DISPLAY(gst_object_ref(display));
+    }
 
-        wpe.width = width;
-        wpe.height = height;
+    wpe.width = width;
+    wpe.height = height;
 
-        if (context && display) {
-            if (gst_gl_context_get_gl_platform(context) == GST_GL_PLATFORM_EGL) {
-                gst.display_egl = gst_gl_display_egl_from_gl_display (gst.display);
-            } else {
-                GST_DEBUG ("Available GStreamer GL Context is not EGL - not creating an EGL display from it");
-            }
-        }
+    if (context && display) {
+      if (gst_gl_context_get_gl_platform(context) == GST_GL_PLATFORM_EGL) {
+        gst.display_egl = gst_gl_display_egl_from_gl_display (gst.display);
+      } else {
+        GST_DEBUG ("Available GStreamer GL Context is not EGL - not creating an EGL display from it");
+      }
     }
 
     if (gst.display_egl) {