diff --git a/src/Config.template.h b/src/Config.template.h
index fd2f34e5b..c8bcbb9fd 100644
--- a/src/Config.template.h
+++ b/src/Config.template.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ constexpr bool IGNORE_UPDATES           = @IGNORE_UPDATES@;
 constexpr bool ENFORCE_HTTPS            = @ENFORCE_HTTPS@;
 constexpr bool SECURE_CIPHERS_ONLY      = @SECURE_CIPHERS_ONLY@;
 constexpr bool FFTW_PLAN_MEASURE        = @FFTW_PLAN_MEASURE@;
-constexpr bool DEFAULT_VSYNC            = @DEFAULT_VSYNC@;
 constexpr bool ALLOW_QUIT               = @ALLOW_QUIT@;
 constexpr bool ALLOW_WINDOW_FRAME_OPS   = @ALLOW_WINDOW_FRAME_OPS@;
 constexpr bool ALLOW_DATA_FOLDER        = @ALLOW_DATA_FOLDER@;
diff --git a/src/gui/interface/Engine.cpp b/src/gui/interface/Engine.cpp
index 7433a65e8..fd3a212b5 100644
--- a/src/gui/interface/Engine.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/interface/Engine.cpp
@@ -27,15 +27,7 @@ Engine::Engine():
 	mousexp_(0),
 	mouseyp_(0)
 {
-	SetFpsLimit(fpsLimit); // populate dt with whatever that makes any sort of sense
-	if constexpr (DEFAULT_VSYNC)
-	{
-		SetFpsLimit(FpsLimitVsync{});
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		SetFpsLimit(FpsLimitExplicit{ 60.0f });
-	}
+	SetFpsLimit(FpsLimitExplicit{ 60.0f });
 }
 
 Engine::~Engine()
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 737c86c74..9c7d8b8a6 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -61,12 +61,10 @@ if host_platform == 'emscripten'
 	powder_files += files(
 		'PowderToySDLEmscripten.cpp',
 	)
-	conf_data.set('DEFAULT_VSYNC', 'true')
 else
 	powder_files += files(
 		'PowderToySDLCommon.cpp',
 	)
-	conf_data.set('DEFAULT_VSYNC', 'false')
 endif
 if is_x86
 	powder_files += files('X86KillDenormals.cpp')