diff --git a/compositingprefs.cpp b/compositingprefs.cpp
index bb3b7b9d3c..2341f13337 100644
--- a/compositingprefs.cpp
+++ b/compositingprefs.cpp
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ void CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion()
 // See http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KWin/HW for a list of some cards that are known to work.
 void CompositingPrefs::applyDriverSpecificOptions()
     {
+#ifdef KWIN_HAVE_OPENGL_COMPOSITING
     // Always recommend
     mRecommendCompositing = true;
 
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ void CompositingPrefs::applyDriverSpecificOptions()
     mStrictBinding = !gl->supports( LooseBinding );
     if ( gl->driver() == Driver_Intel )
         mEnableVSync = false;
+#endif
     }
 
 
diff --git a/options.cpp b/options.cpp
index 687aece7a4..117765e90b 100644
--- a/options.cpp
+++ b/options.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ int currentRefreshRate()
     int rate = -1;
     if( options->refreshRate > 0 ) // use manually configured refresh rate
         rate = options->refreshRate;
+#ifdef KWIN_HAVE_OPENGL_COMPOSITING
     else if ( GLPlatform::instance()->driver() == Driver_NVidia )
         {
         QProcess nvidia_settings;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ int currentRefreshRate()
                 rate = qRound(frate);
             }
         }
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_XRANDR
     else if( Extensions::randrAvailable() )
         {