diff --git a/code/renderergl1/tr_init.c b/code/renderergl1/tr_init.c
index 62b590e2..b2ccea2a 100644
--- a/code/renderergl1/tr_init.c
+++ b/code/renderergl1/tr_init.c
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@ int		max_polyverts;
 */
 static void InitOpenGL( void )
 {
-	char renderer_buffer[1024];
-
 	//
 	// initialize OS specific portions of the renderer
 	//
@@ -197,9 +195,6 @@ static void InitOpenGL( void )
 		
 		GLimp_Init( qfalse );
 
-		strcpy( renderer_buffer, glConfig.renderer_string );
-		Q_strlwr( renderer_buffer );
-
 		// OpenGL driver constants
 		qglGetIntegerv( GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE, &temp );
 		glConfig.maxTextureSize = temp;
diff --git a/code/renderergl2/tr_init.c b/code/renderergl2/tr_init.c
index 4cd0273b..4d19cc88 100644
--- a/code/renderergl2/tr_init.c
+++ b/code/renderergl2/tr_init.c
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@ int		max_polyverts;
 */
 static void InitOpenGL( void )
 {
-	char renderer_buffer[1024];
-
 	//
 	// initialize OS specific portions of the renderer
 	//
@@ -263,9 +261,6 @@ static void InitOpenGL( void )
 		GLimp_Init( qtrue );
 		GLimp_InitExtraExtensions();
 
-		strcpy( renderer_buffer, glConfig.renderer_string );
-		Q_strlwr( renderer_buffer );
-
 		// OpenGL driver constants
 		qglGetIntegerv( GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE, &temp );
 		glConfig.maxTextureSize = temp;