diff --git a/source/lib/glext_funcs.h b/source/lib/glext_funcs.h
index 82c01b21ac..6dff419260 100644
--- a/source/lib/glext_funcs.h
+++ b/source/lib/glext_funcs.h
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ actually supported).
 // GL_EXT_draw_range_elements / GL1.2:
 FUNC2(void, glDrawRangeElementsEXT, glDrawRangeElements, "1.2", (GLenum, GLuint, GLuint, GLsizei, GLenum, GLvoid*))
 
-// GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays / GL1.4
-FUNC2(void, glMultiDrawArraysEXT, glMultiDrawArrays, "1.4", (GLenum, GLint*, GLsizei*, GLsizei))
-FUNC2(void, glMultiDrawElementsEXT, glMultiDrawElements, "1.4", (GLenum, GLsizei*, GLenum, GLvoid**, GLsizei))
-
 // GL_ARB_multitexture / GL1.3:
 FUNC2(void, glMultiTexCoord2fARB, glMultiTexCoord2f, "1.3", (int, float, float))
 FUNC2(void, glMultiTexCoord3fARB, glMultiTexCoord3f, "1.3", (int, float, float, float))
diff --git a/source/lib/ogl.cpp b/source/lib/ogl.cpp
index 3ef75658b9..4e16a94e7f 100644
--- a/source/lib/ogl.cpp
+++ b/source/lib/ogl.cpp
@@ -288,24 +288,6 @@ static void GL_CALL_CONV dummy_glDrawRangeElementsEXT(GLenum mode, GLuint, GLuin
 	glDrawElements(mode, count, type, indices);
 }
 
-static void GL_CALL_CONV dummy_glMultiDrawArraysEXT(GLenum mode, GLint* first, GLsizei* count, GLsizei primcount)
-{
-	for (GLsizei i = 0; i < primcount; ++i)
-	{
-		if (count[i] > 0)
-			glDrawArrays(mode, first[i], count[i]);
-	}
-}
-
-static void GL_CALL_CONV dummy_glMultiDrawElementsEXT(GLenum mode, GLsizei* count, GLenum type, GLvoid** indices, GLsizei primcount)
-{
-	for (GLsizei i = 0; i < primcount; ++i)
-	{
-		if (count[i] > 0)
-			glDrawElements(mode, count[i], type, indices[i]);
-	}
-}
-
 static void GL_CALL_CONV dummy_glActiveTextureARB(int)
 {
 }
@@ -353,12 +335,6 @@ static void importExtensionFunctions()
 		pglDrawRangeElementsEXT = &dummy_glDrawRangeElementsEXT;
 	}
 
-	if(!ogl_HaveExtension("GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays"))
-	{
-		pglMultiDrawArraysEXT = &dummy_glMultiDrawArraysEXT;
-		pglMultiDrawElementsEXT = &dummy_glMultiDrawElementsEXT;
-	}
-
 	if(!ogl_HaveExtension("GL_ARB_multitexture"))
 	{
 		pglActiveTextureARB = &dummy_glActiveTextureARB;
diff --git a/source/renderer/PatchRData.cpp b/source/renderer/PatchRData.cpp
index 7cff11d120..fe65a8a712 100644
--- a/source/renderer/PatchRData.cpp
+++ b/source/renderer/PatchRData.cpp
@@ -711,8 +711,11 @@ void CPatchRData::RenderBases(const std::vector<CPatchRData*>& patches)
 
 				if (!g_Renderer.m_SkipSubmit)
 				{
-					pglMultiDrawElementsEXT(GL_TRIANGLES, &batch.first[0], GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT,
-							(GLvoid**)&batch.second[0], batch.first.size());
+					// Don't use glMultiDrawElements here since it doesn't have a significant
+					// performance impact and it suffers from various driver bugs (e.g. it breaks
+					// in Mesa 7.10 swrast with index VBOs)
+					for (size_t i = 0; i < batch.first.size(); ++i)
+						glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, batch.first[i], GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, batch.second[i]);
 				}
 
 				g_Renderer.m_Stats.m_DrawCalls++;
@@ -848,8 +851,8 @@ void CPatchRData::RenderBlends(const std::vector<CPatchRData*>& patches)
 
 				if (!g_Renderer.m_SkipSubmit)
 				{
-					pglMultiDrawElementsEXT(GL_TRIANGLES, &batch.first[0], GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT,
-							(GLvoid**)&batch.second[0], batch.first.size());
+					for (size_t i = 0; i < batch.first.size(); ++i)
+						glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, batch.first[i], GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, batch.second[i]);
 				}
 
 				g_Renderer.m_Stats.m_DrawCalls++;
@@ -938,8 +941,8 @@ void CPatchRData::RenderStreams(const std::vector<CPatchRData*>& patches, int st
 
 			if (!g_Renderer.m_SkipSubmit)
 			{
-				pglMultiDrawElementsEXT(GL_TRIANGLES, &batch.first[0], GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT,
-						(GLvoid**)&batch.second[0], batch.first.size());
+				for (size_t i = 0; i < batch.first.size(); ++i)
+					glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, batch.first[i], GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, batch.second[i]);
 			}
 
 			g_Renderer.m_Stats.m_DrawCalls++;