diff --git a/src/lime/_internal/backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx b/src/lime/_internal/backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx
index ca753c04c..4aa852a9c 100644
--- a/src/lime/_internal/backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx
+++ b/src/lime/_internal/backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class HTML5Window
 						premultipliedAlpha: true,
 						stencil: Reflect.hasField(contextAttributes, "stencil") ? contextAttributes.stencil : false,
 						preserveDrawingBuffer: false,
-						failIfMajorPerformanceCaveat: Reflect.hasField(contextAttributes, "failIfMajorPerformanceCaveat") ? contextAttributes.failIfMajorPerformanceCaveat : false,
+						failIfMajorPerformanceCaveat: true
 					};
 
 				var glContextType = ["webgl", "experimental-webgl"];
diff --git a/src/lime/graphics/RenderContextAttributes.hx b/src/lime/graphics/RenderContextAttributes.hx
index ade892d1a..1e507da80 100644
--- a/src/lime/graphics/RenderContextAttributes.hx
+++ b/src/lime/graphics/RenderContextAttributes.hx
@@ -48,10 +48,4 @@ typedef RenderContextAttributes =
 		Whether vertical-sync (VSync) is enabled
 	**/
 	@:optional var vsync:Bool;
-	
-	/**
-		Boolean that indicates if a context will be created 
-		if the system performance is low or if no hardware GPU is available
-	**/
-	@:optional var failIfMajorPerformanceCaveat:Bool;
 }
diff --git a/src/lime/system/System.hx b/src/lime/system/System.hx
index aebb5e8e0..aa3867a1f 100644
--- a/src/lime/system/System.hx
+++ b/src/lime/system/System.hx
@@ -509,8 +509,6 @@ class System
 							attributes.x = Std.parseInt(argValue);
 						case "y":
 							attributes.y = Std.parseInt(argValue);
-						case "failIfMajorPerformanceCaveat":
-							attributes.context.failIfMajorPerformanceCaveat = __parseBool(argValue);
 						default:
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/src/lime/tools/HXProject.hx b/src/lime/tools/HXProject.hx
index 19995fa4b..b5ece9f14 100644
--- a/src/lime/tools/HXProject.hx
+++ b/src/lime/tools/HXProject.hx
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ class HXProject extends Script
 				depthBuffer: true,
 				stencilBuffer: true,
 				colorDepth: 32,
-				failIfMajorPerformanceCaveat: false,
 				maximized: false,
 				minimized: false,
 				hidden: false,
diff --git a/src/lime/tools/WindowData.hx b/src/lime/tools/WindowData.hx
index 2874fe404..c6141bafb 100644
--- a/src/lime/tools/WindowData.hx
+++ b/src/lime/tools/WindowData.hx
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ typedef WindowData =
 	@:optional var requireShaders:Bool;
 	@:optional var depthBuffer:Bool;
 	@:optional var stencilBuffer:Bool;
-	@:optional var failIfMajorPerformanceCaveat:Bool;
 	@:optional var title:String;
 	#if (js && html5)
 	@:optional var element:js.html.Element;
diff --git a/templates/haxe/ApplicationMain.hx b/templates/haxe/ApplicationMain.hx
index 381eaffd3..f75d68b62 100644
--- a/templates/haxe/ApplicationMain.hx
+++ b/templates/haxe/ApplicationMain.hx
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ import ::APP_MAIN::;
 				depth: ::depthBuffer::,
 				hardware: ::hardware::,
 				stencil: ::stencilBuffer::,
-				failIfMajorPerformanceCaveat: ::failIfMajorPerformanceCaveat::,
 				type: null,
 				vsync: ::vsync::
 			};