diff --git a/core/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java b/core/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java
index 259ba99f0..4620e9cf2 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java
@@ -1989,8 +1989,9 @@ public abstract class PGL {
     String[] src = new String[src0.length+offset];
     for (int i = 0; i < src0.length; i++) {
       String line = src0[i];
-      if (line.contains("#version")) {
-        line = "";
+      int versionIndex = line.indexOf("#version");
+      if (versionIndex >= 0) {
+        line = line.substring(0, versionIndex);
       }
       for (int j = 0; j < search.length; j++) {
         line = search[j].matcher(line).replaceAll(replace[j]);