diff --git a/glutin/src/api/egl/display.rs b/glutin/src/api/egl/display.rs
index fa98513827..6a30f7fbe2 100644
--- a/glutin/src/api/egl/display.rs
+++ b/glutin/src/api/egl/display.rs
@@ -485,29 +485,10 @@ impl Display {
             Version::new(major as u8, minor as u8)
         };
 
-        // Sanitize for libglvnd's aliasing.
+        // Sanitize the display provider, as the received EGL 1.4 display could have
+        // been marked incorrectly as `EglDisplay::Khr`.
         #[cfg(free_unix)]
-        let display = Self::sanitize_egl_display_provider(display, version);
-
-        // Load extensions.
-        let display_extensions = get_extensions(egl, *display);
-        let features = Self::extract_display_features(&display_extensions, version);
-
-        let inner = Arc::new(DisplayInner {
-            egl,
-            raw: display,
-            _native_display: raw_display_handle.map(NativeDisplay),
-            version,
-            display_extensions,
-            features,
-        });
-        Ok(Self { inner })
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(free_unix)]
-    fn sanitize_egl_display_provider(display: EglDisplay, version: Version) -> EglDisplay {
-        let client_extensions = CLIENT_EXTENSIONS.get().unwrap();
-        match display {
+        let display = match display {
             // Since according to libglvnd, `eglGetPlatformDisplay` and `GetPlatformDisplayEXT`
             // aren't really differentiated under the hood, we must check if the version of the
             // initialized display is not sensible for the EglDisplay type and downgrade it if so
@@ -516,6 +497,7 @@ impl Display {
             // https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd/-/blob/606f6627cf481ee6dcb32387edc010c502cdf38b/include/glvnd/libeglabi.h#L231-232
             // https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd/-/issues/251
             EglDisplay::Khr(display) if version == Version { major: 1, minor: 4 } => {
+                let client_extensions = CLIENT_EXTENSIONS.get().unwrap();
                 if client_extensions.contains("EGL_EXT_platform_base") {
                     EglDisplay::Ext(display)
                 } else {
@@ -524,7 +506,21 @@ impl Display {
             },
             // We do not do anything otherwise.
             display => display,
-        }
+        };
+
+        // Load extensions.
+        let display_extensions = get_extensions(egl, *display);
+        let features = Self::extract_display_features(&display_extensions, version);
+
+        let inner = Arc::new(DisplayInner {
+            egl,
+            raw: display,
+            _native_display: raw_display_handle.map(NativeDisplay),
+            version,
+            display_extensions,
+            features,
+        });
+        Ok(Self { inner })
     }
 }