diff --git a/src/xpra/client/gl/gl_check.py b/src/xpra/client/gl/gl_check.py
index 0cddd5310d..eb7e552a23 100755
--- a/src/xpra/client/gl/gl_check.py
+++ b/src/xpra/client/gl/gl_check.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 if sys.platform.startswith("darwin"):
     #crashes were reported with the Intel driver on OSX
     BLACKLIST["vendor"].append("Intel Inc.")
-    WHITELIST["renderer"] = ["Intel HD Graphics 4000 OpenGL Engine"]
 
 #alpha requires gtk3 or *nix only for gtk2:
 DEFAULT_ALPHA = sys.version>'3' or (not sys.platform.startswith("win") and not sys.platform.startswith("darwin"))