diff --git a/src/SDL/MyOpenGLView.h b/src/SDL/MyOpenGLView.h
index e3eaabfa7..bd594d917 100644
--- a/src/SDL/MyOpenGLView.h
+++ b/src/SDL/MyOpenGLView.h
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ extern int debug;
 
 	int					keycodetrans[255];
 
-	BOOL				m_glContextInitialized;
     NSPoint				mouseDragStartPoint;
 
 	BOOL				mouseWarped;
diff --git a/src/SDL/MyOpenGLView.m b/src/SDL/MyOpenGLView.m
index 8e80bd38a..ab9d0d07f 100644
--- a/src/SDL/MyOpenGLView.m
+++ b/src/SDL/MyOpenGLView.m
@@ -468,8 +468,6 @@ - (id) init
 
 	_mouseWheelDelta = 0.0f;
 
-	m_glContextInitialized = NO;
-
 	return self;
 }
 
@@ -523,6 +521,7 @@ - (void) endSplashScreen
 		*/
 	}
 
+	[self initialiseGLWithSize:firstScreen];
 	[self updateScreen];
 	[self autoShowMouse];
 }
@@ -766,34 +765,13 @@ - (NSSize) modeAsSize:(int)sizeIndex
 
 - (void) updateScreen
 {
-	SDL_SetWindowSize(window, (int)viewSize.width, (int)viewSize.height);
-	SDL_Surface* surface = SDL_GetWindowSurface(window);
-	int windowWidth, windowHeight;
-	SDL_GetWindowSize(window, &windowWidth, &windowHeight);
-	if ((viewSize.width != windowWidth)||(viewSize.height != windowHeight)) // resized
-	{
-		viewSize.width = windowWidth;
-		viewSize.height = windowHeight;
-	}
-
-    if (m_glContextInitialized == NO)
-	{
-		[self initialiseGLWithSize:viewSize];
-	}
-
-	if (surface == 0)
-		return;
-
-	// do all the drawing!
-	//
 	if (UNIVERSE)
 	{
-		[UNIVERSE drawUniverse];
+		[UNIVERSE drawUniverse];  // do all the drawing!
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		// not set up yet, draw a black screen
-		glClearColor( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+		glClearColor( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);  // not set up yet, draw a black screen
 		glClear( GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
 	}
 
@@ -1365,8 +1343,6 @@ - (void) initialiseGLWithSize:(NSSize) v_size
 	[[self gameController] setUpBasicOpenGLStateWithSize:pixelSize];
 	SDL_GL_SwapWindow(window);
 	squareX = 0.0f;
-
-	m_glContextInitialized = YES;
 }