diff --git a/src/posix/sdl/sdlglvideo.cpp b/src/posix/sdl/sdlglvideo.cpp
index 106b98d79..2a4b869a7 100644
--- a/src/posix/sdl/sdlglvideo.cpp
+++ b/src/posix/sdl/sdlglvideo.cpp
@@ -62,17 +62,20 @@ CUSTOM_CVAR(Bool, gl_debug, false, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG | CVAR_NOINI
 {
 	Printf("This won't take effect until " GAMENAME " is restarted.\n");
 }
-CUSTOM_CVAR(Bool, vid_glswfb, true, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG | CVAR_NOINITCALL)
+#ifdef __arm__
+CUSTOM_CVAR(Bool, vid_glswfb, true, CVAR_NOINITCALL)
 {
 	Printf("This won't take effect until " GAMENAME " is restarted.\n");
 }
-
-#ifdef __arm__
-CUSTOM_CVAR(Bool, gl_es, true, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG | CVAR_NOINITCALL)
+CUSTOM_CVAR(Bool, gl_es, false, CVAR_NOINITCALL)
 {
 	Printf("This won't take effect until " GAMENAME " is restarted.\n");
 }
 #else
+CUSTOM_CVAR(Bool, vid_glswfb, true, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG | CVAR_NOINITCALL)
+{
+	Printf("This won't take effect until " GAMENAME " is restarted.\n");
+}
 CUSTOM_CVAR(Bool, gl_es, false, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG | CVAR_NOINITCALL)
 {
 	Printf("This won't take effect until " GAMENAME " is restarted.\n");