diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcrash/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcrash/recipe.toml
index f36551ceb6..c212e2430a 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcrash/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcrash/recipe.toml
@@ -37,11 +37,15 @@ sed -i "s/target_link_libraries(KF6Crash PRIVATE Qt6::Gui Qt6::OpenGL/target_lin
 sed -i "s/find_package(Qt6Test.*REQUIRED)/#find_package(Qt6Test REQUIRED)/" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 KCRASH_SRC="${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/kcrash.cpp"
-sed -i '/^QString glRenderer()/,/^}$/c\
-QString glRenderer()\
-{\
-    return QString();\
-}' "${KCRASH_SRC}"
+# OpenGL renderer query: keep the original glGetString-based
+# implementation. Mesa (llvmpipe) provides libGL + GL/gl.h which
+# exports glGetString. If a GL context is active, it returns the
+# renderer string (e.g. "llvmpipe"); if no context, returns empty.
+# Previous shortcut replaced the entire function body with
+# `return QString()`, which silently lost crash-report metadata.
+# restore original behavior now that Mesa is properly installed.
+# No sed substitution needed — the upstream function compiles as-is
+# on Redox with Mesa installed.
 
 # Stub out setgroups() call - Redox kernel lacks credential syscalls
 sed -i 's/setgroups(0, nullptr);/\/\/ setgroups not available on Redox/' "${KCRASH_SRC}"