diff --git a/src/backends/drm/drm_object_plane.cpp b/src/backends/drm/drm_object_plane.cpp
index 8e8318dd26..bedf2eb153 100644
--- a/src/backends/drm/drm_object_plane.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/drm/drm_object_plane.cpp
@@ -103,9 +103,8 @@ bool DrmPlane::init()
             }
         }
         if (m_supportedFormats.isEmpty()) {
-            qCWarning(KWIN_DRM) << "Driver doesn't advertise any formats for this plane. Falling back to XRGB8888 and ARGB8888 without modifiers";
+            qCWarning(KWIN_DRM) << "Driver doesn't advertise any formats for this plane. Falling back to XRGB8888 without explicit modifiers";
             m_supportedFormats.insert(DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888, {});
-            m_supportedFormats.insert(DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888, {});
         }
     }
     return success;
diff --git a/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp b/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp
index 11d3226c4d..074b0ff172 100644
--- a/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp
@@ -458,8 +458,7 @@ DrmOutput *DrmPipeline::output() const
 }
 
 static const QMap<uint32_t, QVector<uint64_t>> legacyFormats = {
-    {DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888, {}},
-    {DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888, {}}
+    {DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888, {}}
 };
 
 bool DrmPipeline::isFormatSupported(uint32_t drmFormat) const