diff --git a/js/ui/background.js b/js/ui/background.js
index 75b76a5..466cc4d 100644
--- a/js/ui/background.js
+++ b/js/ui/background.js
@@ -527,10 +527,15 @@ var BackgroundSource = class BackgroundSource {
         let monitorManager = Meta.MonitorManager.get();
         this._monitorsChangedId =
             monitorManager.connect('monitors-changed',
-                                   this._onMonitorsChanged.bind(this));
+                                   this._refresh.bind(this));
+
+        global.display.connect('gl-video-memory-purged', () => {
+            Meta.Background.refresh_all();
+            this._refresh();
+        });
     }
 
-    _onMonitorsChanged() {
+    _refresh() {
         for (let monitorIndex in this._backgrounds) {
             let background = this._backgrounds[monitorIndex];
 
diff --git a/js/ui/layout.js b/js/ui/layout.js
index 6137d60..beb4c0a 100644
--- a/js/ui/layout.js
+++ b/js/ui/layout.js
@@ -289,18 +289,6 @@ var LayoutManager = GObject.registerClass({
         monitorManager.connect('monitors-changed',
                                this._monitorsChanged.bind(this));
         this._monitorsChanged();
-
-        // NVIDIA drivers don't preserve FBO contents across
-        // suspend/resume, see
-        // https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739178
-        if (Shell.util_need_background_refresh()) {
-            LoginManager.getLoginManager().connect('prepare-for-sleep',
-                (lm, suspending) => {
-                    if (suspending)
-                        return;
-                    Meta.Background.refresh_all();
-                });
-        }
     }
 
     // This is called by Main after everything else is constructed
diff --git a/src/shell-util.c b/src/shell-util.c
index fb9624a..5f9fb86 100644
--- a/src/shell-util.c
+++ b/src/shell-util.c
@@ -377,33 +377,6 @@ shell_util_create_pixbuf_from_data (const guchar      *data,
                                    (GdkPixbufDestroyNotify) g_free, NULL);
 }
 
-typedef const gchar *(*ShellGLGetString) (GLenum);
-
-static const gchar *
-get_gl_vendor (void)
-{
-  static const gchar *vendor = NULL;
-
-  if (!vendor)
-    {
-      ShellGLGetString gl_get_string;
-      gl_get_string = (ShellGLGetString) cogl_get_proc_address ("glGetString");
-      if (gl_get_string)
-        vendor = gl_get_string (GL_VENDOR);
-    }
-
-  return vendor;
-}
-
-gboolean
-shell_util_need_background_refresh (void)
-{
-  if (g_strcmp0 (get_gl_vendor (), "NVIDIA Corporation") == 0)
-    return TRUE;
-
-  return FALSE;
-}
-
 static gboolean
 canvas_draw_cb (ClutterContent *content,
                 cairo_t        *cr,
diff --git a/src/shell-util.h b/src/shell-util.h
index 843a125..9bb2425 100644
--- a/src/shell-util.h
+++ b/src/shell-util.h
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ GdkPixbuf *shell_util_create_pixbuf_from_data (const guchar      *data,
                                                int                height,
                                                int                rowstride);
 
-gboolean shell_util_need_background_refresh (void);
-
 ClutterContent * shell_util_get_content_for_window_actor (MetaWindowActor *window_actor,
                                                           MetaRectangle   *window_rect);