diff --git a/GraphicsView/include/CGAL/Qt/CreateOpenGLContext.h b/GraphicsView/include/CGAL/Qt/CreateOpenGLContext.h
index d05c5904cc6..54bf9b7697a 100644
--- a/GraphicsView/include/CGAL/Qt/CreateOpenGLContext.h
+++ b/GraphicsView/include/CGAL/Qt/CreateOpenGLContext.h
@@ -34,19 +34,6 @@ inline QGLContext* createOpenGLContext(QObject* parent)
     result->create();
     return result;
 }
-
-inline QGLContext* createOpenGLMSAAContext(QObject* parent)
-{
-    QOpenGLContext *context = new QOpenGLContext(parent);
-    QSurfaceFormat format;
-    format.setVersion(2,1);
-    format.setProfile(QSurfaceFormat::CompatibilityProfile);
-    format.setSamples(16);
-    context->setFormat(format);
-    QGLContext *result = QGLContext::fromOpenGLContext(context);
-    result->create();
-    return result;
-}
 } // namespace Qt
 } // namespace CGAL
 #endif
diff --git a/Linear_cell_complex/demo/Linear_cell_complex/Viewer.cpp b/Linear_cell_complex/demo/Linear_cell_complex/Viewer.cpp
index 052dda15a5b..77af1a08527 100644
--- a/Linear_cell_complex/demo/Linear_cell_complex/Viewer.cpp
+++ b/Linear_cell_complex/demo/Linear_cell_complex/Viewer.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 
 Viewer::Viewer(QWidget* parent)
-  : QGLViewer(CGAL::Qt::createOpenGLMSAAContext(parent),parent), wireframe(false),
+  : QGLViewer(CGAL::Qt::createOpenGLContext(parent),parent), wireframe(false),
     flatShading(true), edges(true), vertices(true),
     m_previous_scene_empty(true), are_buffers_initialized(false)
 {