diff --git a/examples/opengl/triangle/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/opengl/triangle/CMakeLists.txt
index 4088ec99..cb1d21fb 100644
--- a/examples/opengl/triangle/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/opengl/triangle/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ project(gl_spinning_triangle LANGUAGES C CXX)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 set(TRACY_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../..")
 option(TRACY_ENABLE                  "Enable Tracy profiling"                    ON)
-option(TRACY_OPENGL_AUTO_CALIBRATION "Enable periodic GPU/CPU recalibration"     ON)
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Platform — RGFW (cross-platform windowing, fetched automatically)
@@ -85,9 +84,6 @@ target_compile_features(gl_spinning_triangle PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 if(TRACY_ENABLE)
     target_compile_definitions(gl_spinning_triangle PRIVATE TRACY_ENABLE)
 endif()
-if(TRACY_OPENGL_AUTO_CALIBRATION)
-    target_compile_definitions(gl_spinning_triangle PRIVATE TRACY_OPENGL_AUTO_CALIBRATION)
-endif()
 
 target_include_directories(gl_spinning_triangle PRIVATE
     "${TRACY_DIR}/public"
diff --git a/examples/opengl/triangle/platform/platform.h b/examples/opengl/triangle/platform/platform.h
index a82280cb..4513e9f9 100644
--- a/examples/opengl/triangle/platform/platform.h
+++ b/examples/opengl/triangle/platform/platform.h
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-// OpenGL is only available on MacOS (no iOS support)
-// Anything from gl3.h will spew deprecation warnings when used,
-// unless GL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION has been defined beforehand
-//#  define GL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION
 #  include <OpenGL/gl3.h>
 #else
 #  include <GL/glew.h>
diff --git a/examples/opengl/triangle/spinning_triangle.cpp b/examples/opengl/triangle/spinning_triangle.cpp
index dd826295..2c4f728c 100644
--- a/examples/opengl/triangle/spinning_triangle.cpp
+++ b/examples/opengl/triangle/spinning_triangle.cpp
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
 // spinning_triangle.cpp — OpenGL spinning triangle demo with Tracy GPU profiling.
-//
-// Tracy GPU zones are active on non-Apple platforms when TRACY_ENABLE is defined.
-// TRACY_OPENGL_AUTO_CALIBRATION (enabled by default in CMakeLists.txt) enables
-// periodic GPU/CPU drift correction via glGetInteger64v(GL_TIMESTAMP).
 
-#include "platform/platform.h"
-#include <cmath>
-#include <cstdio>
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+// NOTE: OpenGL is only available on MacOS (no iOS support)
+// Including and using anything related to OpenGL on Apple (like <OpenGL/gl3.h>)
+// will emit deprecation warnings, unless GL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION is defined
+#define GL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION
+// NOTE: TracyOpenGL.hpp will not work as expected even on Apple devices that
+// support OpenGL, because the OpenGL drivers do not implement ARB_timer_query
+// properly (querying GL_TIMESTAMP always resolves to 0). TracyOpenGL.hpp will
+// emit a compiler warning, and a Tracy message to the trace/profiler, but the
+// program will still run.
+#endif
+
+#include "platform/platform.h"  // also includes OpenGL headers
 
 #include <tracy/Tracy.hpp>
+
+// NOTE: opt-in toggle for periodic recalibrations during Collect()
+#define TRACY_OPENGL_AUTO_CALIBRATION
 #include <tracy/TracyOpenGL.hpp>
 
 static const int kWidth  = 800;