diff --git a/engine/client/renderer.c b/engine/client/renderer.c
index d816078fe..800aaaf2b 100644
--- a/engine/client/renderer.c
+++ b/engine/client/renderer.c
@@ -307,7 +307,8 @@ cvar_t gl_skyboxdist						= SCVAR  ("gl_skyboxdist", "2300");
 cvar_t gl_smoothcrosshair					= SCVAR  ("gl_smoothcrosshair", "1");
 
 //gl blends. Set this to 1 to stop the outside of your conchars from being visible
-cvar_t gl_smoothfont						= SCVAR  ("gl_smoothfont", "1");
+cvar_t gl_smoothfont						= SCVARF  ("gl_smoothfont", "1",
+												CVAR_RENDERERCALLBACK);
 
 #ifdef SPECULAR
 cvar_t gl_specular							= SCVAR  ("gl_specular", "0");
diff --git a/engine/gl/gl_draw.c b/engine/gl/gl_draw.c
index 5c4d33bb7..1002b4ecb 100644
--- a/engine/gl/gl_draw.c
+++ b/engine/gl/gl_draw.c
@@ -1025,10 +1025,6 @@ TRACE(("dbg: GLDraw_ReInit: Allocating upload buffers\n"));
 			char_tex2 = GL_LoadTexture ("charset", 128, 128, draw_chars, false, true);
 	}
 	
-	//make sure the sampling takes effect
-	GL_Smoothfont_Callback(&gl_smoothfont, "");
-
-
 	cs_texture = texture_extension_number++;
 
 	missing_texture = GL_LoadTexture("no_texture", 16, 16, (unsigned char*)r_notexture_mip + r_notexture_mip->offsets[0], true, false);