diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_replay_linux.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_replay_linux.cpp
index e8073e443..8cb6d1a6f 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_replay_linux.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_replay_linux.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,12 @@ uint64_t GLReplay::MakeOutputWindow(WindowingSystem system, void *data, bool dep
   }
   else
   {
-    wnd = glXCreateWindow(dpy, fbcfg[0], draw, 0);
+    // on NV and AMD creating this window causes problems rendering to any widgets in Qt, with the
+    // width/height queries failing to return any values and the framebuffer blitting not working.
+    // For the moment, we use the passed-in drawable directly as this works in testing on
+    // renderdoccmd and qrenderdoc
+    wnd = draw;
+    // glXCreateWindow(dpy, fbcfg[0], draw, 0);
   }
 
   XFree(fbcfg);