diff --git a/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.cpp b/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.cpp
index b72f52351f..8650c086e3 100644
--- a/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.cpp
+++ b/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.cpp
@@ -647,12 +647,14 @@ void OpenGLDisplayPlugin::withMainThreadContext(std::function<void()> f) const {
 }
 
 QImage OpenGLDisplayPlugin::getScreenshot() const {
-    QImage result;
+    using namespace oglplus;
+    QImage screenshot(_compositeFramebuffer->size.x, _compositeFramebuffer->size.y, QImage::Format_RGBA8888);
     withMainThreadContext([&] {
-        static auto widget = _container->getPrimaryWidget();
-        result = widget->grabFrameBuffer();
+        auto windowSize = toGlm(_container->getPrimaryWidget()->size());
+        Framebuffer::Bind(Framebuffer::Target::Read, _compositeFramebuffer->fbo);
+        Context::ReadPixels(0, 0, _compositeFramebuffer->size.x, _compositeFramebuffer->size.y, enums::PixelDataFormat::RGBA, enums::PixelDataType::UnsignedByte, screenshot.bits());
     });
-    return result;
+    return screenshot.mirrored(false, true);
 }
 
 uint32_t OpenGLDisplayPlugin::getSceneTextureId() const {
diff --git a/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/hmd/HmdDisplayPlugin.cpp b/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/hmd/HmdDisplayPlugin.cpp
index 38fb86dc28..f1aa1edc81 100644
--- a/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/hmd/HmdDisplayPlugin.cpp
+++ b/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/hmd/HmdDisplayPlugin.cpp
@@ -38,20 +38,6 @@ QRect HmdDisplayPlugin::getRecommendedOverlayRect() const {
     return CompositorHelper::VIRTUAL_SCREEN_RECOMMENDED_OVERLAY_RECT;
 }
 
-QImage HmdDisplayPlugin::getScreenshot() const {
-    using namespace oglplus;
-    QImage screenshot(_compositeFramebuffer->size.x, _compositeFramebuffer->size.y, QImage::Format_RGBA8888);
-    auto windowSize = toGlm(_container->getPrimaryWidget()->size());
-    _compositeFramebuffer->Bound(Framebuffer::Target::Read, [&] {
-        Context::BlitFramebuffer(
-            0, 0, _compositeFramebuffer->size.x, _compositeFramebuffer->size.y,
-            0, 0, windowSize.x, windowSize.y,
-            BufferSelectBit::ColorBuffer, BlitFilter::Nearest);
-        Context::ReadPixels(0, 0, _compositeFramebuffer->size.x, _compositeFramebuffer->size.y, enums::PixelDataFormat::RGBA, enums::PixelDataType::UnsignedByte, screenshot.bits());
-    });
-    return screenshot.mirrored(false, true);
-}
-
 bool HmdDisplayPlugin::internalActivate() {
     _monoPreview = _container->getBoolSetting("monoPreview", DEFAULT_MONO_VIEW);
 
diff --git a/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/hmd/HmdDisplayPlugin.h b/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/hmd/HmdDisplayPlugin.h
index 9a8d89a2c8..fada15d864 100644
--- a/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/hmd/HmdDisplayPlugin.h
+++ b/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/hmd/HmdDisplayPlugin.h
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ public:
     void setEyeRenderPose(uint32_t frameIndex, Eye eye, const glm::mat4& pose) override final;
     bool isDisplayVisible() const override { return isHmdMounted(); }
 
-    QImage getScreenshot() const override;
-
     QRect getRecommendedOverlayRect() const override final;
 
     virtual glm::mat4 getHeadPose() const override;