diff --git a/include/EDriverTypes.h b/include/EDriverTypes.h
index f5a2e929..1c235364 100644
--- a/include/EDriverTypes.h
+++ b/include/EDriverTypes.h
@@ -20,39 +20,12 @@ namespace video
 		render and display any graphics. */
 		EDT_NULL,
 
-		//! The Irrlicht Engine Software renderer.
-		/** Runs on all platforms, with every hardware. It should only
-		be used for 2d graphics, but it can also perform some primitive
-		3d functions. These 3d drawing functions are quite fast, but
-		very inaccurate, and don't even support clipping in 3D mode. */
-		EDT_SOFTWARE,
-
-		//! The Burning's Software Renderer, an alternative software renderer
-		/** Basically it can be described as the Irrlicht Software
-		renderer on steroids. It rasterizes 3D geometry perfectly: It
-		is able to perform correct 3d clipping, perspective correct
-		texture mapping, perspective correct color mapping, and renders
-		sub pixel correct, sub texel correct primitives. In addition,
-		it does bilinear texel filtering and supports more materials
-		than the EDT_SOFTWARE driver. This renderer has been written
-		entirely by Thomas Alten, thanks a lot for this huge
-		contribution. */
-		EDT_BURNINGSVIDEO,
-
-		//! Direct3D8 device is longer supported in Irrlicht. You have to go back to Irrlicht 1.8 if you still need that.
-		DEPRECATED_EDT_DIRECT3D8_NO_LONGER_EXISTS, // keep enum to avoid breaking enumeration order (might be used in ini-files, serialization, etc)
-
-		//! Direct3D 9 device, only available on Win32 platforms.
-		/** Performs hardware accelerated rendering of 3D and 2D
-		primitives. */
-		EDT_DIRECT3D9,
-
 		//! OpenGL device, available on most platforms.
 		/** Performs hardware accelerated rendering of 3D and 2D
 		primitives. */
 		EDT_OPENGL,
 
-        //! OpenGL-ES 1.x driver, for embedded and mobile systems
+		//! OpenGL-ES 1.x driver, for embedded and mobile systems
 		EDT_OGLES1,
 
 		//! OpenGL-ES 2.x driver, for embedded and mobile systems
@@ -66,34 +39,6 @@ namespace video
 		EDT_COUNT
 	};
 
-	const c8* const DRIVER_TYPE_NAMES[] =
-	{
-		"NullDriver",
-		"Software Renderer",
-		"Burning's Video",
-		"Direct3D 8.1",
-		"Direct3D 9.0c",
-		"OpenGL 1.x/2.x/3.x",
-		"OpenGL ES1",
-		"OpenGL ES2",
-		"WebGL 1",
-		0
-	};
-
-	const c8* const DRIVER_TYPE_NAMES_SHORT[] =
-	{
-		"null",
-		"software",
-		"burning",
-		"d3d8",
-		"d3d9",
-		"opengl",
-		"ogles1",
-		"ogles2",
-		"webgl1",
-		0
-	};
-
 } // end namespace video
 } // end namespace irr
 
diff --git a/include/SIrrCreationParameters.h b/include/SIrrCreationParameters.h
index bad56e3d..74396048 100644
--- a/include/SIrrCreationParameters.h
+++ b/include/SIrrCreationParameters.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace irr
 		//! Constructs a SIrrlichtCreationParameters structure with default values.
 		SIrrlichtCreationParameters() :
 			DeviceType(EIDT_BEST),
-			DriverType(video::EDT_BURNINGSVIDEO),
+			DriverType(video::EDT_OPENGL),
 			WindowSize(core::dimension2d<u32>(800, 600)),
 			WindowPosition(core::position2di(-1,-1)),
 			Bits(32),
diff --git a/include/irrlicht.h b/include/irrlicht.h
index e099cf79..359f810f 100644
--- a/include/irrlicht.h
+++ b/include/irrlicht.h
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ namespace irr
 	device could not be created.
 	*/
 	extern "C" IRRLICHT_API IrrlichtDevice* IRRCALLCONV createDevice(
-		video::E_DRIVER_TYPE driverType = video::EDT_SOFTWARE,
+		video::E_DRIVER_TYPE driverType = video::EDT_OPENGL,
 		// parentheses are necessary for some compilers
 		const core::dimension2d<u32>& windowSize = (core::dimension2d<u32>(640,480)),
 		u32 bits = 32,