diff --git a/compositingprefs.cpp b/compositingprefs.cpp
index 62cc637be3..5f23e554ef 100644
--- a/compositingprefs.cpp
+++ b/compositingprefs.cpp
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ namespace KWin
 {
 
 CompositingPrefs::CompositingPrefs()
-    : mRecommendCompositing(false)
-    , mEnableVSync(true)
+    : mEnableVSync(true)
     , mEnableDirectRendering(true)
 {
 }
@@ -48,11 +47,6 @@ CompositingPrefs::~CompositingPrefs()
 {
 }
 
-bool CompositingPrefs::recommendCompositing() const
-{
-    return mRecommendCompositing;
-}
-
 bool CompositingPrefs::openGlIsBroken()
 {
     KSharedConfigPtr config = KSharedConfig::openConfig("kwinrc");
@@ -384,9 +378,6 @@ void CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion()
 // See http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KWin/HW for a list of some cards that are known to work.
 void CompositingPrefs::applyDriverSpecificOptions()
 {
-    // Always recommend
-    mRecommendCompositing = true;
-
     GLPlatform *gl = GLPlatform::instance();
     if (gl->driver() == Driver_Intel)
         mEnableVSync = false;
diff --git a/compositingprefs.h b/compositingprefs.h
index 8369060cf5..091aed81ee 100644
--- a/compositingprefs.h
+++ b/compositingprefs.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ public:
      * @returns @c true if GLX is available, @c false otherwise and if not build with OpenGL support.
      **/
     static bool hasGlx();
-    bool recommendCompositing() const;
     bool enableVSync() const  {
         return mEnableVSync;
     }
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ protected:
 
 
 private:
-    bool mRecommendCompositing;
     bool mEnableVSync;
     bool mEnableDirectRendering;
 
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/main.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/main.cpp
index a2651368ac..309ed4c4d2 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/main.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/main.cpp
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ void KWinCompositingConfig::currentTabChanged(int tab)
 void KWinCompositingConfig::loadGeneralTab()
 {
     KConfigGroup config(mKWinConfig, "Compositing");
-    bool enabled = config.readEntry("Enabled", mDefaultPrefs.recommendCompositing());
+    bool enabled = config.readEntry("Enabled", true);
     ui.useCompositing->setChecked(enabled);
 
     // this works by global shortcut magics - it will pick the current sc
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ void KWinCompositingConfig::checkLoadedEffects()
     QDBusMessage message = QDBusMessage::createMethodCall("org.kde.kwin", "/KWin", "org.kde.KWin", "loadedEffects");
     QDBusMessage reply = QDBusConnection::sessionBus().call(message);
     KConfigGroup effectConfig = KConfigGroup(mKWinConfig, "Compositing");
-    bool enabledAfter = effectConfig.readEntry("Enabled", mDefaultPrefs.recommendCompositing());
+    bool enabledAfter = effectConfig.readEntry("Enabled", true);
 
     if (reply.type() == QDBusMessage::ReplyMessage && enabledAfter && !getenv("KDE_FAILSAFE")) {
         effectConfig = KConfigGroup(mKWinConfig, "Plugins");
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ void KWinCompositingConfig::defaults()
 {
     ui.tabWidget->setCurrentIndex(0);
 
-    ui.useCompositing->setChecked(mDefaultPrefs.recommendCompositing());
+    ui.useCompositing->setChecked(true);
     ui.effectWinManagement->setChecked(true);
     ui.effectAnimations->setChecked(true);