diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-texture-tower.c b/src/compositor/meta-texture-tower.c
index 97ef60195..73e12274d 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-texture-tower.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-texture-tower.c
@@ -430,12 +430,7 @@ texture_tower_revalidate_fbo (MetaTextureTower *tower,
   CoglMatrix modelview;
 
   if (tower->fbos[level] == COGL_INVALID_HANDLE)
-    {
-      /* Work around http://bugzilla.openedhand.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2110 */
-      cogl_flush();
-
-      tower->fbos[level] = cogl_offscreen_new_to_texture (dest_texture);
-    }
+    tower->fbos[level] = cogl_offscreen_new_to_texture (dest_texture);
 
   if (tower->fbos[level] == COGL_INVALID_HANDLE)
     return FALSE;