diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 30ea5d7ce1..a8e815b61c 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -6319,7 +6319,8 @@ The following video options are currently all specific to ``--vo=gpu`` and
         unavailable, it silently falls back on a normal framebuffer. Note that
         if you set the ``--fbo-format`` option to a non-default value, a
         format with alpha must be specified, or this won't work.
-        This does not work on X11 with EGL and Mesa (freedesktop bug 67676).
+        Whether this really works depends on the windowing system and desktop
+        environment.
     no
         Ignore alpha component.
 
diff --git a/video/out/opengl/egl_helpers.c b/video/out/opengl/egl_helpers.c
index ad026ba253..564068a448 100644
--- a/video/out/opengl/egl_helpers.c
+++ b/video/out/opengl/egl_helpers.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static bool create_context(struct ra_ctx *ctx, EGLDisplay display,
         EGL_RED_SIZE, 8,
         EGL_GREEN_SIZE, 8,
         EGL_BLUE_SIZE, 8,
-        EGL_ALPHA_SIZE, ctx->opts.want_alpha ? 1 : 0,
+        EGL_ALPHA_SIZE, 0,
         EGL_RENDERABLE_TYPE, rend,
         EGL_NONE
     };