diff --git a/src/backend/Backend.cpp b/src/backend/Backend.cpp
index 64eb9a0..7818279 100644
--- a/src/backend/Backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/Backend.cpp
@@ -271,20 +271,6 @@ void Aquamarine::CBackend::dispatchIdle() {
 // Yoinked from wlroots, render/allocator/allocator.c
 // Ref-counting reasons, see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/drm/-/merge_requests/110
 int Aquamarine::CBackend::reopenDRMNode(int drmFD, bool allowRenderNode) {
-
-    if (drmIsMaster(drmFD)) {
-        // Only recent kernels support empty leases
-        uint32_t lesseeID = 0;
-        int      leaseFD  = drmModeCreateLease(drmFD, nullptr, 0, O_CLOEXEC, &lesseeID);
-        if (leaseFD >= 0) {
-            return leaseFD;
-        } else if (leaseFD != -EINVAL && leaseFD != -EOPNOTSUPP) {
-            log(AQ_LOG_ERROR, "reopenDRMNode: drmModeCreateLease failed");
-            return -1;
-        }
-        log(AQ_LOG_DEBUG, "reopenDRMNode: drmModeCreateLease failed, falling back to open");
-    }
-
     char* name = nullptr;
     if (allowRenderNode)
         name = drmGetRenderDeviceNameFromFd(drmFD);