diff --git a/content/canvas/src/WebGLContextValidate.cpp b/content/canvas/src/WebGLContextValidate.cpp
index 87ec8519fed0..e5bc3ef9c425 100644
--- a/content/canvas/src/WebGLContextValidate.cpp
+++ b/content/canvas/src/WebGLContextValidate.cpp
@@ -1007,22 +1007,12 @@ WebGLContext::InitAndValidateGL()
         // specifically enabled on desktop GLSL.
         gl->fEnable(LOCAL_GL_VERTEX_PROGRAM_POINT_SIZE);
 
-        // we don't do the following glEnable(GL_POINT_SPRITE) on ATI cards on Windows, because bug 602183 shows that it causes
-        // crashes in the ATI/Windows driver; and point sprites on ATI seem like a lost cause anyway, see
-        //    http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=525643
-        // Also, if the ATI/Windows driver implements a recent GL spec version, this shouldn't be needed anyway.
-#ifdef XP_WIN
-        if (!(gl->WorkAroundDriverBugs() &&
-              gl->Vendor() == gl::GLContext::VendorATI))
-#else
-        if (true)
-#endif
-        {
-            // gl_PointCoord is always available in ES2 GLSL and in newer desktop GLSL versions, but apparently
-            // not in OpenGL 2 and apparently not (due to a driver bug) on certain NVIDIA setups. See:
-            //   http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=261472
-            gl->fEnable(LOCAL_GL_POINT_SPRITE);
-        }
+        // gl_PointCoord is always available in ES2 GLSL and in newer desktop GLSL versions, but apparently
+        // not in OpenGL 2 and apparently not (due to a driver bug) on certain NVIDIA setups. See:
+        //   http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=261472
+        // Note that this used to cause crashes on old ATI drivers... hopefully not a significant
+        // problem anymore. See bug 602183.
+        gl->fEnable(LOCAL_GL_POINT_SPRITE);
     }
 
 #ifdef XP_MACOSX