diff --git a/src/d_main.cpp b/src/d_main.cpp
index dd9f3b7ef..5d00a3442 100644
--- a/src/d_main.cpp
+++ b/src/d_main.cpp
@@ -595,14 +595,11 @@ static void D_Display(void)
 	// STUPID race condition...
 	{
 		wipegamestate = gamestate;
-		cansetrender = true;
 
 		// clean up border stuff
 		// see if the border needs to be initially drawn
 		if (gamestate == GS_LEVEL || (gamestate == GS_TITLESCREEN && titlemapinaction && curbghide && (!hidetitlemap)))
 		{
-			// Rendering a level; don't allow renderer changes!
-			cansetrender = false;
 
 			D_RenderLevel();
 
diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_cache.c b/src/hardware/hw_cache.c
index bb44952da..916742677 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_cache.c
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_cache.c
@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@ void HWR_MakePatch (const patch_t *patch, GLPatch_t *grPatch, GLMipmap_t *grMipm
 static size_t gl_numtextures = 0; // Texture count
 static GLMapTexture_t *gl_textures; // For all textures
 static GLMapTexture_t *gl_flats; // For all (texture) flats, as normal flats don't need to be cached
-boolean gl_maptexturesloaded = false;
 
 void HWR_FreeTextureData(patch_t *patch)
 {
@@ -748,7 +747,6 @@ void HWR_InitMapTextures(void)
 {
 	gl_textures = NULL;
 	gl_flats = NULL;
-	gl_maptexturesloaded = false;
 }
 
 static void FreeMapTexture(GLMapTexture_t *tex)
@@ -778,7 +776,6 @@ void HWR_FreeMapTextures(void)
 	gl_textures = NULL;
 	gl_flats = NULL;
 	gl_numtextures = 0;
-	gl_maptexturesloaded = false;
 }
 
 static void HWR_PrecacheLevelFlats(void)
@@ -1025,8 +1022,6 @@ void HWR_LoadMapTextures(size_t pnumtextures)
 
 	if (gl_textures == NULL || gl_flats == NULL)
 		I_Error("HWR_LoadMapTextures: ran out of memory for OpenGL textures");
-
-	gl_maptexturesloaded = true;
 }
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_main.c b/src/hardware/hw_main.c
index 4765747bc..87d8c9d40 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_main.c
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_main.c
@@ -6519,8 +6519,7 @@ void HWR_Switch(void)
 	HWD.pfnSetSpecialState(HWD_SET_TEXTUREANISOTROPICMODE, cv_glanisotropicmode.value);
 
 	// Load textures
-	if (!gl_maptexturesloaded)
-		HWR_LoadMapTextures(numtextures);
+	HWR_LoadMapTextures(numtextures);
 
 	// Create plane polygons
 	if (!gl_maploaded && levelloaded)
diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_main.h b/src/hardware/hw_main.h
index 2b72607ad..a75223554 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_main.h
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_main.h
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ extern precise_t ps_hw_batchdrawtime;
 
 extern boolean gl_init;
 extern boolean gl_maploaded;
-extern boolean gl_maptexturesloaded;
 extern boolean gl_sessioncommandsadded;
 extern boolean gl_shadersavailable;
 
diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index 2bd754ff3..675c76e3e 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 viddef_t vid;
 INT32 setmodeneeded; //video mode change needed if > 0 (the mode number to set + 1)
 UINT8 setrenderneeded = 0;
-boolean cansetrender = true;
 
 //added : 03-02-98: default screen mode, as loaded/saved in config
 consvar_t cv_scr_width = CVAR_INIT ("scr_width", "640", CV_SAVE, CV_Unsigned, NULL);
@@ -497,13 +496,6 @@ void SCR_ChangeRenderer(void)
 	|| (signed)rendermode == cv_renderer.value)
 		return;
 
-	if (!cansetrender)
-	{
-		CONS_Alert(CONS_NOTICE, "You cannot change renderers at the moment.\n");
-		CV_SetValue(&cv_renderer, (signed)rendermode);
-		return;
-	}
-
 #ifdef HWRENDER
 	// Check if OpenGL loaded successfully (or wasn't disabled) before switching to it.
 	if ((vid.glstate == VID_GL_LIBRARY_ERROR)
diff --git a/src/screen.h b/src/screen.h
index 1c893ea02..539ede6d4 100644
--- a/src/screen.h
+++ b/src/screen.h
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ enum
 extern viddef_t vid;
 extern INT32 setmodeneeded; // mode number to set if needed, or 0
 extern UINT8 setrenderneeded;
-extern boolean cansetrender;
 
 extern double averageFPS;