diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index 382ec6557..3f559c9fd 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ RenderingManager::RenderingManager (OEngine::Render::OgreRenderer& _rend, const
     mFactory->loadAllFiles();
 
     // Set default mipmap level (NB some APIs ignore this)
-    TextureManager::getSingleton().setDefaultNumMipmaps(Settings::Manager::getInt("num mipmaps", "General"));
+    // Mipmap generation is currently disabled because it causes issues on Intel/AMD
+    //TextureManager::getSingleton().setDefaultNumMipmaps(Settings::Manager::getInt("num mipmaps", "General"));
 
     // Set default texture filtering options
     TextureFilterOptions tfo;
diff --git a/files/settings-default.cfg b/files/settings-default.cfg
index 6ff7fb432..69aa20883 100644
--- a/files/settings-default.cfg
+++ b/files/settings-default.cfg
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ texture filtering = anisotropic
 anisotropy = 4
 
 # Number of texture mipmaps to generate
-num mipmaps = 5
+# This setting is currently ignored due to mipmap generation problems on Intel/AMD
+#num mipmaps = 5
 
 shader mode =