diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformopenglcontext.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformopenglcontext.cpp
index eeec7a8106..4d52085a83 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformopenglcontext.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformopenglcontext.cpp
@@ -98,10 +98,6 @@ bool QAndroidPlatformOpenGLContext::makeCurrent(QPlatformSurface *surface)
     bool ret = QEGLPlatformContext::makeCurrent(surface);
     QOpenGLContextPrivate *ctx_d = QOpenGLContextPrivate::get(context());
 
-    const char *rendererString = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(glGetString(GL_RENDERER));
-    if (rendererString != 0 && qstrncmp(rendererString, "Android Emulator", 16) == 0)
-        ctx_d->workaround_missingPrecisionQualifiers = true;
-
     if (!ctx_d->workaround_brokenFBOReadBack && needsFBOReadBackWorkaround())
         ctx_d->workaround_brokenFBOReadBack = true;