diff --git a/src/render/SDL_render.c b/src/render/SDL_render.c
index c33a232099..3e519a2571 100644
--- a/src/render/SDL_render.c
+++ b/src/render/SDL_render.c
@@ -1238,16 +1238,8 @@ SDL_Renderer *SDL_CreateRendererWithProperties(SDL_PropertiesID props)
         SDL_AddWindowEventWatch(SDL_WINDOW_EVENT_WATCH_NORMAL, SDL_RendererEventWatch, renderer);
     }
 
-#ifdef SDL_PLATFORM_EMSCRIPTEN  // don't change vsync on Emscripten unless explicitly requested; we already set this with a mainloop, and a 0 default causes problems here.
-    if (SDL_HasProperty(props, SDL_PROP_RENDERER_CREATE_PRESENT_VSYNC_NUMBER)) {
-        const int vsync = (int)SDL_GetNumberProperty(props, SDL_PROP_RENDERER_CREATE_PRESENT_VSYNC_NUMBER, 0);
-        SDL_SetRenderVSync(renderer, vsync);
-    }
-#else  // everything else defaults to no vsync if not requested.
-    const int vsync = (int)SDL_GetNumberProperty(props, SDL_PROP_RENDERER_CREATE_PRESENT_VSYNC_NUMBER, 0);
+    int vsync = (int)SDL_GetNumberProperty(props, SDL_PROP_RENDERER_CREATE_PRESENT_VSYNC_NUMBER, 0);
     SDL_SetRenderVSync(renderer, vsync);
-#endif
-
     SDL_CalculateSimulatedVSyncInterval(renderer, window);
 
     SDL_LogInfo(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RENDER,
diff --git a/src/video/SDL_egl.c b/src/video/SDL_egl.c
index 1c6a46384d..72b6d590c0 100644
--- a/src/video/SDL_egl.c
+++ b/src/video/SDL_egl.c
@@ -1107,8 +1107,8 @@ SDL_GLContext SDL_EGL_CreateContext(SDL_VideoDevice *_this, EGLSurface egl_surfa
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    // The default swap interval is 1, according to the spec
-    _this->egl_data->egl_swapinterval = 1;
+    // The default swap interval is 1, according to the spec, but SDL3's policy is to default vsync to off by default.
+    _this->egl_data->egl_swapinterval = 0;
 
     if (!SDL_EGL_MakeCurrent(_this, egl_surface, (SDL_GLContext)egl_context)) {
         // Delete the context