diff --git a/source/renderer/backend/gl/Device.cpp b/source/renderer/backend/gl/Device.cpp
index 59e8651644..b03249fd4c 100644
--- a/source/renderer/backend/gl/Device.cpp
+++ b/source/renderer/backend/gl/Device.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2024 Wildfire Games.
+/* Copyright (C) 2025 Wildfire Games.
  * This file is part of 0 A.D.
  *
  * 0 A.D. is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -362,7 +362,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<IDevice> CDevice::Create(SDL_Window* window, const bool arb)
 	capabilities.ARBShaders = !ogl_HaveExtensions(0, "GL_ARB_vertex_program", "GL_ARB_fragment_program", nullptr);
 	if (capabilities.ARBShaders)
 		capabilities.ARBShadersShadow = ogl_HaveExtension("GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow");
-	capabilities.computeShaders = ogl_HaveVersion(4, 3) || (ogl_HaveVersion(4, 2) && ogl_HaveExtension("GL_ARB_compute_shader") && ogl_HaveExtension("GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store"));
+	capabilities.computeShaders = !device->m_ARB &&
+		(ogl_HaveVersion(4, 3) || (ogl_HaveVersion(4, 2) && ogl_HaveExtension("GL_ARB_compute_shader") && ogl_HaveExtension("GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store")));
 #if CONFIG2_GLES
 	// Some GLES implementations have GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1
 	// but that only supports DXT1 so we can't use it.