diff --git a/js/ui/layout.js b/js/ui/layout.js
index 4cd066582..55cefb282 100644
--- a/js/ui/layout.js
+++ b/js/ui/layout.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ const Signals = imports.signals;
 
 const Background = imports.ui.background;
 const BackgroundMenu = imports.ui.backgroundMenu;
-const LoginManager = imports.misc.loginManager;
 
 const DND = imports.ui.dnd;
 const Main = imports.ui.main;
@@ -295,18 +294,6 @@ var LayoutManager = GObject.registerClass({
         monitorManager.connect('monitors-changed',
                                this._monitorsChanged.bind(this));
         this._monitorsChanged();
-
-        // NVIDIA drivers don't preserve FBO contents across
-        // suspend/resume, see
-        // https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739178
-        if (Shell.util_need_background_refresh()) {
-            LoginManager.getLoginManager().connect('prepare-for-sleep',
-                (lm, suspending) => {
-                    if (suspending)
-                        return;
-                    Meta.Background.refresh_all();
-                });
-        }
     }
 
     // This is called by Main after everything else is constructed
diff --git a/src/shell-util.c b/src/shell-util.c
index dd9be51a3..5fe2dfcaf 100644
--- a/src/shell-util.c
+++ b/src/shell-util.c
@@ -409,34 +409,6 @@ shell_util_create_pixbuf_from_data (const guchar      *data,
 
 typedef const gchar *(*ShellGLGetString) (GLenum);
 
-static const gchar *
-get_gl_vendor (void)
-{
-  static const gchar *vendor = NULL;
-
-  if (!vendor)
-    {
-      ShellGLGetString gl_get_string;
-      gl_get_string = (ShellGLGetString) cogl_get_proc_address ("glGetString");
-      if (gl_get_string)
-        vendor = gl_get_string (GL_VENDOR);
-    }
-
-  return vendor;
-}
-
-gboolean
-shell_util_need_background_refresh (void)
-{
-  if (!clutter_check_windowing_backend (CLUTTER_WINDOWING_X11))
-    return FALSE;
-
-  if (g_strcmp0 (get_gl_vendor (), "NVIDIA Corporation") == 0)
-    return TRUE;
-
-  return FALSE;
-}
-
 static gboolean
 canvas_draw_cb (ClutterContent *content,
                 cairo_t        *cr,
diff --git a/src/shell-util.h b/src/shell-util.h
index aa79f4973..00127ca95 100644
--- a/src/shell-util.h
+++ b/src/shell-util.h
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ GdkPixbuf *shell_util_create_pixbuf_from_data (const guchar      *data,
                                                int                height,
                                                int                rowstride);
 
-gboolean shell_util_need_background_refresh (void);
-
 ClutterContent * shell_util_get_content_for_window_actor (MetaWindowActor *window_actor,
                                                           MetaRectangle   *window_rect);