diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index 217f0b73c..9cb5146dc 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include <components/resource/imagemanager.hpp>
 #include <components/resource/scenemanager.hpp>
 #include <components/resource/keyframemanager.hpp>
+
+#include <components/shader/removedalphafunc.hpp>
 #include <components/shader/shadermanager.hpp>
 
 #include <components/settings/settings.hpp>
@@ -376,6 +378,9 @@ namespace MWRender
         mRootNode->getOrCreateStateSet()->addUniform(new osg::Uniform("far", mViewDistance));
         mRootNode->getOrCreateStateSet()->addUniform(new osg::Uniform("simpleWater", false));
 
+        // Hopefully, anything genuinely requiring the default alpha func of GL_ALWAYS explicitly sets it
+        mRootNode->getOrCreateStateSet()->setAttribute(Shader::RemovedAlphaFunc::getInstance(GL_GREATER));
+
         mUniformNear = mRootNode->getOrCreateStateSet()->getUniform("near");
         mUniformFar = mRootNode->getOrCreateStateSet()->getUniform("far");
         updateProjectionMatrix();
diff --git a/components/shader/removedalphafunc.cpp b/components/shader/removedalphafunc.cpp
index 15d0fb0f1..0da36ab48 100644
--- a/components/shader/removedalphafunc.cpp
+++ b/components/shader/removedalphafunc.cpp
@@ -17,11 +17,4 @@ namespace Shader
             sInstances[func - GL_NEVER] = new RemovedAlphaFunc(static_cast<osg::AlphaFunc::ComparisonFunction>(func), 1.0);
         return sInstances[func - GL_NEVER];
     }
-
-    void RemovedAlphaFunc::apply(osg::State & state) const
-    {
-        // Hopefully, anything genuinely requiring the default alpha func of GL_ALWAYS explicitly sets it
-        if (!state.getGlobalDefaultAttribute(ALPHAFUNC)->getType() != getType())
-            state.setGlobalDefaultAttribute(static_cast<const osg::StateAttribute*>(cloneType()));
-    }
 }
diff --git a/components/shader/removedalphafunc.hpp b/components/shader/removedalphafunc.hpp
index a8165b0dc..1aa9978cf 100644
--- a/components/shader/removedalphafunc.hpp
+++ b/components/shader/removedalphafunc.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace Shader
 
         META_StateAttribute(Shader, RemovedAlphaFunc, ALPHAFUNC);
 
-        void apply(osg::State& state) const override;
+        void apply(osg::State& state) const override {}
 
     protected:
         virtual ~RemovedAlphaFunc() = default;