diff --git a/desktop/inc/app.hxx b/desktop/inc/app.hxx
index 7a789b59b55a..0c96240f1b0d 100644
--- a/desktop/inc/app.hxx
+++ b/desktop/inc/app.hxx
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ class Desktop final : public Application
         std::unique_ptr<Lockfile> m_xLockfile;
         Timer                   m_firstRunTimer;
         std::thread             m_aUpdateThread;
-        std::thread             m_aOpenCLCheckThread;
 };
 
 OUString GetURL_Impl(
diff --git a/desktop/source/app/app.cxx b/desktop/source/app/app.cxx
index 7075d6afcb89..b00dd75a39e6 100644
--- a/desktop/source/app/app.cxx
+++ b/desktop/source/app/app.cxx
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ int Desktop::Main()
 
         // FIXME: move this somewhere sensible.
 #if HAVE_FEATURE_OPENCL
-        m_aOpenCLCheckThread = std::thread(CheckOpenCLCompute, xDesktop);
+        CheckOpenCLCompute(xDesktop);
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(EMSCRIPTEN)
@@ -1670,9 +1670,6 @@ int Desktop::doShutdown()
     if (m_aUpdateThread.joinable())
         m_aUpdateThread.join();
 
-    if (m_aOpenCLCheckThread.joinable())
-        m_aOpenCLCheckThread.join();
-
     if (pExecGlobals->xJVMloadThread.is())
     {
         pExecGlobals->xJVMloadThread->join();