diff --git a/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/ProcessSlicedLayersJob.py b/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/ProcessSlicedLayersJob.py
index 1dbcbdb3b7..21227e7a8b 100644
--- a/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/ProcessSlicedLayersJob.py
+++ b/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/ProcessSlicedLayersJob.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from UM.Scene.SceneNode import SceneNode
 from UM.Application import Application
 from UM.Mesh.MeshData import MeshData
 from UM.Preferences import Preferences
+from UM.View.GL.OpenGLContext import OpenGLContext
 
 from UM.Message import Message
 from UM.i18n import i18nCatalog
@@ -180,10 +181,10 @@ class ProcessSlicedLayersJob(Job):
             material_color_map[0, :] = color
 
         # We have to scale the colors for compatibility mode
-        if Application.getInstance().getRenderer().getSupportsGeometryShader():
-            line_type_brightness = 1.0
-        else:
+        if OpenGLContext.isLegacyOpenGL() or bool(Preferences.getInstance().getValue("view/force_layer_view_compatibility_mode")):
             line_type_brightness = 0.5  # for compatibility mode
+        else:
+            line_type_brightness = 1.0
         layer_mesh = layer_data.build(material_color_map, line_type_brightness)
 
         if self._abort_requested: