diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Screen.cpp b/desktop_version/src/Screen.cpp
index 9d9ca56a..c24af1ed 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Screen.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Screen.cpp
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ void Screen::init(const struct ScreenSettings* settings)
     badSignalEffect = settings->badSignal;
     vsync = settings->useVsync;
 
-    SDL_SetHintWithPriority(
-        SDL_HINT_RENDER_VSYNC,
-        vsync ? "1" : "0",
-        SDL_HINT_OVERRIDE
-    );
-
     // Uncomment this next line when you need to debug -flibit
     // SDL_SetHintWithPriority(SDL_HINT_RENDER_DRIVER, "software", SDL_HINT_OVERRIDE);
 
@@ -71,6 +65,8 @@ void Screen::init(const struct ScreenSettings* settings)
         VVV_exit(1);
     }
 
+    SDL_RenderSetVSync(m_renderer, (int) vsync);
+
 #ifdef INTERIM_VERSION_EXISTS
     /* Branch name limits are ill-defined but on GitHub it's ~256 chars
      * ( https://stackoverflow.com/a/24014513/ ).