diff --git a/tools/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp b/tools/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp
index 9ebbc18ea..b2b290eae 100644
--- a/tools/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp
+++ b/tools/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp
@@ -935,7 +935,6 @@ GL_APICALL void  GL_APIENTRY glGetProgramiv(GLuint program, GLenum pname, GLint*
                 params[0] = programData->getLinkStatus();
             }
             break;
-#ifdef NV_WAR
         //validate status should not return GL_TRUE if link failed
         case GL_VALIDATE_STATUS:
             {
@@ -949,7 +948,6 @@ GL_APICALL void  GL_APIENTRY glGetProgramiv(GLuint program, GLenum pname, GLint*
                     params[0] = GL_FALSE;
             }
             break;
-#endif
         default:
             ctx->dispatcher().glGetProgramiv(globalProgramName,pname,params);
         }
@@ -1300,19 +1298,17 @@ GL_APICALL void  GL_APIENTRY glReleaseShaderCompiler(void){
 GL_APICALL void  GL_APIENTRY glRenderbufferStorage(GLenum target, GLenum internalformat, GLsizei width, GLsizei height){
     GET_CTX();
     GLenum internal = internalformat;
-#ifdef NV_WAR
     switch (internalformat) {
     case GL_RGB565:
         internal = GL_RGB;
         break;
     case GL_RGB5_A1:
-        internal = GL_RGBA4;
+        internal = GL_RGBA;
         break;
     default:
         internal = internalformat;
         break;
     }
-#endif
     ctx->dispatcher().glRenderbufferStorageEXT(target,internal,width,height);
 }
 
@@ -1405,10 +1401,8 @@ GL_APICALL void  GL_APIENTRY glTexImage2D(GLenum target, GLint level, GLint inte
     }
     if (type==GL_HALF_FLOAT_OES)
         type = GL_HALF_FLOAT_NV;
-#ifdef NV_WAR
     if (pixels==NULL && type==GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1)
         type = GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT;
-#endif
     ctx->dispatcher().glTexImage2D(target,level,internalformat,width,height,border,format,type,pixels);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/ShaderParser.cpp b/tools/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/ShaderParser.cpp
index 784c0d3ea..57ebca5db 100644
--- a/tools/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/ShaderParser.cpp
+++ b/tools/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/ShaderParser.cpp
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ void ShaderParser::setSrc(const Version& ver,GLsizei count,const GLchar** string
     }
     clearParsedSrc();
 
-    if(getenv("NV_WAR"))
+    const char *forceVersion = getenv("GOOGLE_GLES_FORCE_GLSL_VERSION");
+    if (forceVersion)
     {
         fprintf(stderr, "Workaround for nVidia's liberal shader compilation - adding #version token to shader\n");
-        parseGLSLversion();
+        parseGLSLversion(forceVersion);
     }
     /*
       version 1.30.10 is the first version of GLSL Language containing precision qualifiers
@@ -52,10 +53,10 @@ void ShaderParser::parseOriginalSrc() {
     m_parsedSrc+=m_src;
 }
 
-void ShaderParser::parseGLSLversion() {
+void ShaderParser::parseGLSLversion(const char *forceVersion) {
     //if no version definition is found
     if (m_src.find("#version ", 0) == std::string::npos) {
-        m_parsedSrc += "#version 100\n";
+        m_parsedSrc += std::string("#version ") + std::string(forceVersion) + std::string("\n");
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/ShaderParser.h b/tools/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/ShaderParser.h
index ca2c69fa9..70641d5d6 100644
--- a/tools/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/ShaderParser.h
+++ b/tools/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/ShaderParser.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     void parseOriginalSrc();
-    void parseGLSLversion();
+    void parseGLSLversion(const char *forceVersion);
     void parseOmitPrecision();
     void parseExtendDefaultPrecision();
     void clearParsedSrc();