diff --git a/examples/gltest.rb b/examples/gltest.rb
index bcc3baebaa9c8e862d3d8126f0b884112148d6cb..fdb8f4ae2a3a4e903ebd978508d18ff57af58dce 100755
--- a/examples/gltest.rb
+++ b/examples/gltest.rb
@@ -312,13 +312,6 @@ if __FILE__ == $0
   # Construct the application
   application = FXApp.new("GLTest", "FoxTest")
 
-  # To ensure that the chores-based spin will run as fast as possible,
-  # we can disable the chore in FXRuby's event loop that tries to schedule
-  # other threads. This is OK for this program because there aren't any
-  # other Ruby threads running.
-
-  application.disableThreads
-
   # Construct the main window
   GLTestWindow.new(application)