diff --git a/lanczosfilter.cpp b/lanczosfilter.cpp
index 7091a029e6..f011c13e65 100644
--- a/lanczosfilter.cpp
+++ b/lanczosfilter.cpp
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ void LanczosFilter::init()
     if (!force && options->glSmoothScale() != 2)
         return; // disabled by config
 
-    // The lanczos filter is reported to be broken with the Intel driver and Mesa 7.10
+    // The lanczos filter is reported to be broken with the Intel driver prior SandyBridge
     GLPlatform *gl = GLPlatform::instance();
-    if (!force && gl->driver() == Driver_Intel && gl->mesaVersion() >= kVersionNumber(7, 10) && gl->chipClass() < SandyBridge)
+    if (!force && gl->driver() == Driver_Intel && gl->chipClass() < SandyBridge)
         return;
     // With fglrx the ARB Shader crashes KWin (see Bug #270818 and #286795)
     if (!force && gl->driver() == Driver_Catalyst && effects->compositingType() == OpenGL1Compositing) {
diff --git a/libkwineffects/kwinglplatform.cpp b/libkwineffects/kwinglplatform.cpp
index 35d7ff53ee..59ce7b2d80 100644
--- a/libkwineffects/kwinglplatform.cpp
+++ b/libkwineffects/kwinglplatform.cpp
@@ -809,10 +809,6 @@ void GLPlatform::detect(OpenGLPlatformInterface platformInterface)
         m_looseBinding = true;
     }
 
-    // Loose binding is broken with Gallium drivers in Mesa 7.10
-    if (isGalliumDriver() && mesaVersion() == kVersionNumber(7, 10, 0))
-        m_looseBinding = false;
-
     if (isSoftwareEmulation()) {
         // we recommend XRender
         m_recommendedCompositor = XRenderCompositing;
diff --git a/scene_opengl.cpp b/scene_opengl.cpp
index f2cf03fe13..3f130b9bbc 100644
--- a/scene_opengl.cpp
+++ b/scene_opengl.cpp
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ SceneOpenGL::SceneOpenGL(Workspace* ws, OpenGLBackend *backend)
         return; // error
     }
 #endif
-    if (glPlatform->isMesaDriver() && glPlatform->mesaVersion() < kVersionNumber(7, 10)) {
-        kError(1212) << "KWin requires at least Mesa 7.10 for OpenGL compositing.";
+    if (glPlatform->isMesaDriver() && glPlatform->mesaVersion() < kVersionNumber(8, 0)) {
+        kError(1212) << "KWin requires at least Mesa 8.0 for OpenGL compositing.";
         return;
     }
 #ifndef KWIN_HAVE_OPENGLES