diff --git a/clutter/glx/clutter-glx-texture-pixmap.c b/clutter/glx/clutter-glx-texture-pixmap.c
index ecc6e8dd9..4a41070b5 100644
--- a/clutter/glx/clutter-glx-texture-pixmap.c
+++ b/clutter/glx/clutter-glx-texture-pixmap.c
@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ texture_bind (ClutterGLXTexturePixmap *tex)
   if (!cogl_texture_get_gl_texture (cogl_tex, &handle, &target))
       return FALSE;
 
-  glEnable(target);
-
   /* FIXME: fire off an error here? */
   glBindTexture (target, handle);