diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/VDPMSynthesizerViewerWidget.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/VDPMSynthesizerViewerWidget.cc
index 55f3b256..2c6d28d4 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/VDPMSynthesizerViewerWidget.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/VDPMSynthesizerViewerWidget.cc
@@ -62,13 +62,6 @@
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QDataStream>
 
-#ifdef ARCH_DARWIN
- #include <glut.h>
-#else
- #include <GL/glut.h>
-#endif
-
-
 #include <OpenMesh/Core/IO/MeshIO.hh>
 #include <OpenMesh/Core/IO/BinaryHelper.hh>
 #include <OpenMesh/Core/Utils/Endian.hh>
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/vdpmsynthesizer.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/vdpmsynthesizer.cc
index 3e077eac..d4c11fcd 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/vdpmsynthesizer.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/VDProgMesh/Synthesizer/vdpmsynthesizer.cc
@@ -52,21 +52,12 @@
 
 #include "VDPMSynthesizerViewerWidget.hh"
 
-#ifdef ARCH_DARWIN
- #include <glut.h>
-#else
- #include <GL/glut.h>
-#endif
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
   // OpenGL check
   QApplication::setColorSpec( QApplication::CustomColor );
   QApplication app(argc,argv);
 
-#if !defined(__APPLE__)
-  glutInit(&argc,argv);
-#endif
 
   if ( !QGLFormat::hasOpenGL() ) {
     std::cerr << "This system has no OpenGL support.\n";