diff --git a/src/Gui/Thumbnail.cpp b/src/Gui/Thumbnail.cpp
index 33426b6731..1d13bde7a9 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Thumbnail.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Thumbnail.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ void Thumbnail::SaveDocFile (Base::Writer &writer) const
 #if !defined(HAVE_QT5_OPENGL)
     bool pbuffer = QGLPixelBuffer::hasOpenGLPbuffers();
 #else
-    bool pbuffer = QtGLFramebufferObject::hasOpenGLFramebufferObjects();
+    bool pbuffer = false;
 #endif
     if (App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath
         ("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Document")->GetBool("DisablePBuffers",!pbuffer)) {
diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DInventor.cpp b/src/Gui/View3DInventor.cpp
index 9254e272eb..75c69a6b22 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DInventor.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DInventor.cpp
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ void View3DInventor::print(QPrinter* printer)
 #if !defined(HAVE_QT5_OPENGL)
     bool pbuffer = QGLPixelBuffer::hasOpenGLPbuffers();
 #else
-    bool pbuffer = QtGLFramebufferObject::hasOpenGLFramebufferObjects();
+    bool pbuffer = false;
 #endif
     if (App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath
         ("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Document")->GetBool("DisablePBuffers",!pbuffer)) {
diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp b/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
index f66d1f37e3..a383db677a 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ Py::Object View3DInventorPy::saveImage(const Py::Tuple& args)
 #if !defined(HAVE_QT5_OPENGL)
     bool pbuffer = QGLPixelBuffer::hasOpenGLPbuffers();
 #else
-    bool pbuffer = QtGLFramebufferObject::hasOpenGLFramebufferObjects();
+    bool pbuffer = false;
 #endif
     if (App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath
         ("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Document")->GetBool("DisablePBuffers",!pbuffer)) {