diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-context.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-context.h
index 6a3fc8ae9..c4854041f 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-context.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-context.h
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ cogl_is_context (void *object);
  * @COGL_FEATURE_ID_TEXTURE_RG: Support for
  *    %COGL_TEXTURE_COMPONENTS_RG as the internal components of a
  *    texture.
- * @COGL_FEATURE_ID_OFFSCREEN_MULTISAMPLE: Multisample support for
- *    offscreen framebuffers
  * @COGL_FEATURE_ID_UNSIGNED_INT_INDICES: Set if
  *     %COGL_INDICES_TYPE_UNSIGNED_INT is supported in
  *     cogl_indices_new().
@@ -203,7 +201,6 @@ cogl_is_context (void *object);
  */
 typedef enum _CoglFeatureID
 {
-  COGL_FEATURE_ID_OFFSCREEN_MULTISAMPLE,
   COGL_FEATURE_ID_UNSIGNED_INT_INDICES,
   COGL_FEATURE_ID_MAP_BUFFER_FOR_READ,
   COGL_FEATURE_ID_MAP_BUFFER_FOR_WRITE,
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
index 29c078c8d..c399fa9aa 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
@@ -422,12 +422,6 @@ _cogl_driver_update_features (CoglContext *ctx,
     COGL_FLAGS_SET (private_features,
                     COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_BLIT_FRAMEBUFFER, TRUE);
 
-  if (ctx->glRenderbufferStorageMultisampleIMG)
-    {
-      COGL_FLAGS_SET (ctx->features,
-                      COGL_FEATURE_ID_OFFSCREEN_MULTISAMPLE, TRUE);
-    }
-
   COGL_FLAGS_SET (private_features, COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_PBOS, TRUE);
 
   COGL_FLAGS_SET (ctx->features, COGL_FEATURE_ID_MAP_BUFFER_FOR_READ, TRUE);