diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/Display.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/Display.java
index 93656c19..669a6ec0 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/Display.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/Display.java
@@ -646,8 +646,6 @@ public final class Display {
 	 * @throws LWJGLException
 	 */
 	public static void create(PixelFormat pixel_format, Drawable shared_drawable) throws LWJGLException {
-		if (pixel_format == null)
-			throw new NullPointerException("Pixel format must be non-null");
 		if (isCreated())
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Only one LWJGL context may be instantiated at any one time.");
 		if (pixel_format == null)