diff --git a/entrypoint/src/main.rs b/entrypoint/src/main.rs
index 56bc64df5..94cc1787e 100644
--- a/entrypoint/src/main.rs
+++ b/entrypoint/src/main.rs
@@ -80,14 +80,6 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     std::env::set_var("PYTHONHOME", pythonhome_dir()?);
     std::env::set_var("PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE", "1");
 
-    // This enables the Qt Rendering Hardware Interface (RHI), to reduce observed render
-    // glitching on Windows. You can disable this feature by setting QSG_RHI=0 in your
-    // environment variables.
-    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-    if std::env::var("QSG_RHI").is_err() {
-        std::env::set_var("QSG_RHI", "1");
-    }
-
     handle_splash();
     let exit_code = Python::with_gil(|py| {
         let args = PyTuple::new(py, args);
diff --git a/swiftnav_console/main.py b/swiftnav_console/main.py
index 2aaa54dd6..7ce9722e1 100644
--- a/swiftnav_console/main.py
+++ b/swiftnav_console/main.py
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ def handle_cli_arguments(args: argparse.Namespace, globals_: QObject):
     if args.show_fileio:
         globals_.setProperty("showFileio", True)  # type: ignore
     if args.use_opengl:
+        os.environ["QSG_RHI"] = "1"
         os.environ["QSG_RHI_BACKEND"] = "opengl"
         globals_.setProperty("useOpenGL", True)  # type: ignore
     if args.no_antialiasing: