diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
index 04713afe610..49426a8af3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # package customization
 , enableNaCl ? false
 , enableWideVine ? false
-, useVaapi ? true
+, useVaapi ? false
 , gnomeSupport ? false, gnome ? null
 , gnomeKeyringSupport ? false, libgnome-keyring3 ? null
 , proprietaryCodecs ? true
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
index 10635383fde..68aee1f98d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 , proprietaryCodecs ? true
 , enablePepperFlash ? false
 , enableWideVine ? false
-, useVaapi ? true
+, useVaapi ? false # test video on radeon, before enabling this
 , cupsSupport ? true
 , pulseSupport ? config.pulseaudio or stdenv.isLinux
 , commandLineArgs ? ""