diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/ProgViewer/progviewer.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/ProgViewer/progviewer.cc
index 558665aa..6f8eebc5 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Apps/ProgViewer/progviewer.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Apps/ProgViewer/progviewer.cc
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QGLWidget>
 
-#ifdef ARCH_DARWIN
-#include <glut.h>
-#else
-#include <GL/glut.h>
-#endif
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -65,8 +60,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   QApplication::setColorSpec( QApplication::CustomColor );
   QApplication app(argc,argv);
 
-  glutInit(&argc,argv);
-
   if ( !QGLFormat::hasOpenGL() ) {
     std::cerr << "This system has no OpenGL support.\n";
     return -1;