diff --git a/Model/Player/Backends/MPVClient.swift b/Model/Player/Backends/MPVClient.swift
index 7a08a98c..7d86262e 100644
--- a/Model/Player/Backends/MPVClient.swift
+++ b/Model/Player/Backends/MPVClient.swift
@@ -384,11 +384,6 @@ final class MPVClient: ObservableObject {
     }
 
     private func glUpdate(_ ctx: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) {
-        #if targetEnvironment(simulator)
-            // performance of drawing in simulator is poor and buggy, disable it
-            return
-        #endif
-
         let glView = unsafeBitCast(ctx, to: MPVOGLView.self)
 
         guard glView.needsDrawing else {