diff --git a/src/glx/drisw_glx.c b/src/glx/drisw_glx.c
index 07d495595a9..d63f6e8d5ff 100644
--- a/src/glx/drisw_glx.c
+++ b/src/glx/drisw_glx.c
@@ -362,10 +362,6 @@ driswCreateDrawable(struct glx_screen *base, XID xDrawable,
 
    const __DRIswrastExtension *swrast = psc->swrast;
 
-   /* Old dri can't handle GLX 1.3+ drawable constructors. */
-   if (xDrawable != drawable)
-      return NULL;
-
    pdp = Xmalloc(sizeof(*pdp));
    if (!pdp)
       return NULL;