diff --git a/examples/osgmultiplemovies/osgmultiplemovies.cpp b/examples/osgmultiplemovies/osgmultiplemovies.cpp
index 8ee1e9711..8bb35883c 100644
--- a/examples/osgmultiplemovies/osgmultiplemovies.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgmultiplemovies/osgmultiplemovies.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ protected:
 
         osg::Vec4Array* c = dynamic_cast<osg::Vec4Array*>(geo->getColorArray());
         if (c) (*c)[0] = color;
-        geo->dirtyDisplayList();
+        geo->dirtyGLObjects();
         c->dirty();
     }
 
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ public:
                 (*tex_coords)[2].set(r,b);
                 (*tex_coords)[3].set(r,t);
                 tex_coords->dirty();
-                _geo->dirtyDisplayList();
+                _geo->dirtyGLObjects();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/include/osg/Drawable b/include/osg/Drawable
index 9547659f5..71f52cfc0 100644
--- a/include/osg/Drawable
+++ b/include/osg/Drawable
@@ -235,9 +235,13 @@ class OSG_EXPORT Drawable : public Node
         /** Return whether to use a local VertexArrayObject for this Drawable.*/
         bool getUseVertexArrayObject() const { return _useVertexArrayObject; }
 
-
+#ifdef OSG_USE_DEPRECATED_API
         /** Deprecated, use dirtyGLObjects() instead. */
-        virtual void dirtyDisplayList();
+        inline void dirtyDisplayList()
+        {
+            dirtyGLObjects();
+        }
+#endif
 
         /** Force a recompile on next draw() of any OpenGL objects associated with this geoset.*/
         virtual void dirtyGLObjects();
@@ -362,7 +366,7 @@ class OSG_EXPORT Drawable : public Node
         };
 
         /** Set the DrawCallback which allows users to attach customize the drawing of existing Drawable object.*/
-        virtual void setDrawCallback(DrawCallback* dc) { _drawCallback=dc; dirtyDisplayList(); }
+        virtual void setDrawCallback(DrawCallback* dc) { _drawCallback=dc; dirtyGLObjects(); }
 
         /** Get the non const DrawCallback.*/
         DrawCallback* getDrawCallback() { return _drawCallback.get(); }
diff --git a/src/osg/Drawable.cpp b/src/osg/Drawable.cpp
index f82df9df0..7ab550080 100644
--- a/src/osg/Drawable.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/Drawable.cpp
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Drawable::Drawable(const Drawable& drawable,const CopyOp& copyop):
 
 Drawable::~Drawable()
 {
-    dirtyDisplayList();
+    dirtyGLObjects();
 }
 
 osg::MatrixList Drawable::getWorldMatrices(const osg::Node* haltTraversalAtNode) const
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ void Drawable::setSupportsDisplayList(bool flag)
         {
             // used to support display lists and display lists switched
             // on so now delete them and turn useDisplayList off.
-            dirtyDisplayList();
+            dirtyGLObjects();
             _useDisplayList = false;
         }
     }
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ void Drawable::setUseDisplayList(bool flag)
 
     if (_useDisplayList)
     {
-        dirtyDisplayList();
+        dirtyGLObjects();
     }
 
     if (_supportsDisplayList)
@@ -433,11 +433,6 @@ void Drawable::setUseVertexBufferObjects(bool flag)
     _useVertexBufferObjects = flag;
 }
 
-void Drawable::dirtyDisplayList()
-{
-    dirtyGLObjects();
-}
-
 void Drawable::dirtyGLObjects()
 {
     unsigned int i;
diff --git a/src/osg/Geometry.cpp b/src/osg/Geometry.cpp
index 068a9f7c0..c0c699391 100644
--- a/src/osg/Geometry.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/Geometry.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Geometry::Geometry(const Geometry& geometry,const CopyOp& copyop):
 Geometry::~Geometry()
 {
     // do dirty here to keep the getGLObjectSizeHint() estimate on the ball
-    dirtyDisplayList();
+    dirtyGLObjects();
 
     // no need to delete, all automatically handled by ref_ptr :-)
 }
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void Geometry::setVertexArray(Array* array)
 
     _vertexArray = array;
 
-    dirtyDisplayList();
+    dirtyGLObjects();
     dirtyBound();
 
     if (/*_useVertexBufferObjects && */array) addVertexBufferObjectIfRequired(array);
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void Geometry::setNormalArray(Array* array, osg::Array::Binding binding)
 
     _normalArray = array;
 
-    dirtyDisplayList();
+    dirtyGLObjects();
 
     if (/*_useVertexBufferObjects && */array) addVertexBufferObjectIfRequired(array);
 }
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void Geometry::setColorArray(Array* array, osg::Array::Binding binding)
 
     _colorArray = array;
 
-    dirtyDisplayList();
+    dirtyGLObjects();
 
     if (/*_useVertexBufferObjects && */array) addVertexBufferObjectIfRequired(array);
 }
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ void Geometry::setSecondaryColorArray(Array* array, osg::Array::Binding binding)
 
     _secondaryColorArray = array;
 
-    dirtyDisplayList();
+    dirtyGLObjects();
 
     if (/*_useVertexBufferObjects && */array) addVertexBufferObjectIfRequired(array);
 }
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ void Geometry::setFogCoordArray(Array* array, osg::Array::Binding binding)
 
     _fogCoordArray = array;
 
-    dirtyDisplayList();
+    dirtyGLObjects();
 
     if (/*_useVertexBufferObjects && */array) addVertexBufferObjectIfRequired(array);
 }
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void Geometry::setTexCoordArray(unsigned int index,Array* array, osg::Array::Bin
 
     _texCoordList[index] = array;
 
-    dirtyDisplayList();
+    dirtyGLObjects();
 
     if (/*_useVertexBufferObjects && */array)
     {
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void Geometry::setTexCoordArrayList(const ArrayList& arrayList)
 {
     _texCoordList = arrayList;
 
-    dirtyDisplayList();
+    dirtyGLObjects();
 
     /*if (_useVertexBufferObjects)*/
     {
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void Geometry::setVertexAttribArray(unsigned int index, Array* array, osg::Array
 
     _vertexAttribList[index] = array;
 
-    dirtyDisplayList();
+    dirtyGLObjects();
 
     if (/*_useVertexBufferObjects && */array) addVertexBufferObjectIfRequired(array);
 }
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ void Geometry::setVertexAttribArrayList(const ArrayList& arrayList)
 {
     _vertexAttribList = arrayList;
 
-    dirtyDisplayList();
+    dirtyGLObjects();
 
     /*if (_useVertexBufferObjects)*/
     {
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ bool Geometry::addPrimitiveSet(PrimitiveSet* primitiveset)
         /*if (_useVertexBufferObjects)*/ addElementBufferObjectIfRequired(primitiveset);
 
         _primitives.push_back(primitiveset);
-        dirtyDisplayList();
+        dirtyGLObjects();
         dirtyBound();
         return true;
     }
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ bool Geometry::setPrimitiveSet(unsigned int i,PrimitiveSet* primitiveset)
         /*if (_useVertexBufferObjects)*/ addElementBufferObjectIfRequired(primitiveset);
 
         _primitives[i] = primitiveset;
-        dirtyDisplayList();
+        dirtyGLObjects();
         dirtyBound();
         return true;
     }
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ bool Geometry::insertPrimitiveSet(unsigned int i,PrimitiveSet* primitiveset)
         if (i<_primitives.size())
         {
             _primitives.insert(_primitives.begin()+i,primitiveset);
-            dirtyDisplayList();
+            dirtyGLObjects();
             dirtyBound();
             return true;
         }
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ void Geometry::setPrimitiveSetList(const PrimitiveSetList& primitives)
         }
 
     }
-    dirtyDisplayList(); dirtyBound();
+    dirtyGLObjects(); dirtyBound();
 }
 
 bool Geometry::removePrimitiveSet(unsigned int i, unsigned int numElementsToRemove)
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ bool Geometry::removePrimitiveSet(unsigned int i, unsigned int numElementsToRemo
             _primitives.erase(_primitives.begin()+i,_primitives.end());
         }
 
-        dirtyDisplayList();
+        dirtyGLObjects();
         dirtyBound();
         return true;
     }
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ Geometry* osg::createTexturedQuadGeometry(const Vec3& corner,const Vec3& widthVe
     if (array->getBinding() == binding) return; \
     array->setBinding(binding);\
     if (ab==3 /*osg::Geometry::BIND_PER_PRIMITIVE*/) _containsDeprecatedData = true; \
-    dirtyDisplayList();
+    dirtyGLObjects();
 
 
 #define GET_BINDING(array) (array!=0 ? static_cast<AttributeBinding>(array->getBinding()) : BIND_OFF)
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ void Geometry::setVertexAttribBinding(unsigned int index,AttributeBinding ab)
 
         _vertexAttribList[index]->setBinding(binding);
 
-        dirtyDisplayList();
+        dirtyGLObjects();
     }
     else
     {
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ void Geometry::setVertexAttribNormalize(unsigned int index,GLboolean norm)
     {
         _vertexAttribList[index]->setNormalize(norm!=GL_FALSE);
 
-        dirtyDisplayList();
+        dirtyGLObjects();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/Inventor/DeprecatedGeometry.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/Inventor/DeprecatedGeometry.cpp
index f32822661..3cace87eb 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/Inventor/DeprecatedGeometry.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/Inventor/DeprecatedGeometry.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ void deprecated_osg::Geometry::setVertexAttribBinding(unsigned int index,Attribu
 
         _vertexAttribList[index]->setBinding(static_cast<osg::Array::Binding>(ab));
 
-        dirtyDisplayList();
+        dirtyGLObjects();
     }
     else
     {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void deprecated_osg::Geometry::setVertexAttribNormalize(unsigned int index,GLboo
     {
         _vertexAttribList[index]->setNormalize(norm!=GL_FALSE);
 
-        dirtyDisplayList();
+        dirtyGLObjects();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/gles/glesUtil b/src/osgPlugins/gles/glesUtil
index 2afd35d7c..168808532 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/gles/glesUtil
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/gles/glesUtil
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ namespace glesUtil {
             // deduplicate UVs array that were only shared within the geometry
             deduplicator.deduplicateUVs(geom);
 
-            geom.dirtyDisplayList();
+            geom.dirtyGLObjects();
         }
     };
 } // glesUtil namespace
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/logo/ReaderWriterLOGO.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/logo/ReaderWriterLOGO.cpp
index e5ce86a97..0c6951634 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/logo/ReaderWriterLOGO.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/logo/ReaderWriterLOGO.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Logos: public osg::Drawable
                         vp->height() != logos->getViewport()->height() )
                     {
                         logos->getViewport()->setViewport( vp->x(), vp->y(), vp->width(), vp->height() );
-                        logos->dirtyDisplayList();
+                        logos->dirtyGLObjects();
                     }
                 }
                 return false;
diff --git a/src/osgShadow/OccluderGeometry.cpp b/src/osgShadow/OccluderGeometry.cpp
index 4266ec517..7ac19699d 100644
--- a/src/osgShadow/OccluderGeometry.cpp
+++ b/src/osgShadow/OccluderGeometry.cpp
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ void OccluderGeometry::setUpInternalStructures()
 
     dirtyBound();
 
-    dirtyDisplayList();
+    dirtyGLObjects();
 }
 
 struct IndexVec3PtrPair
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ void OccluderGeometry::computeShadowVolumeGeometry(const osg::Vec4& lightpos, Sh
 
     }
 
-    svg.dirtyDisplayList();
+    svg.dirtyGLObjects();
     svg.dirtyBound();
 
     // osg::Timer_t t1 = osg::Timer::instance()->tick();
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/MeshOptimizers.cpp b/src/osgUtil/MeshOptimizers.cpp
index 4eee09a89..79fcef100 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/MeshOptimizers.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/MeshOptimizers.cpp
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ void VertexCacheVisitor::optimizeVertices(Geometry& geom)
     else
         cout << "0.0\n";
 #endif
-    geom.dirtyDisplayList();
+    geom.dirtyGLObjects();
 }
 
 // The main optimization loop
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ void VertexAccessOrderVisitor::optimizeOrder(Geometry& geom)
     // deduplicate UVs array that were only shared within the geometry
     deduplicator.deduplicateUVs(geom);
 
-    geom.dirtyDisplayList();
+    geom.dirtyGLObjects();
 }
 
 void SharedArrayOptimizer::findDuplicatedUVs(const osg::Geometry& geometry)
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp b/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
index dbdff4ea5..86a7e4da1 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ void CollectLowestTransformsVisitor::doTransform(osg::Object* obj,osg::Matrix& m
         osgUtil::TransformAttributeFunctor tf(matrix);
         drawable->accept(tf);
         drawable->dirtyBound();
-        drawable->dirtyDisplayList();
+        drawable->dirtyGLObjects();
 
         return;
     }
@@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ bool Optimizer::MergeGeometryVisitor::mergeGeometry(osg::Geometry& lhs,osg::Geom
     }
 
     lhs.dirtyBound();
-    lhs.dirtyDisplayList();
+    lhs.dirtyGLObjects();
 
     return true;
 }
@@ -4511,7 +4511,7 @@ void Optimizer::FlattenStaticTransformsDuplicatingSharedSubgraphsVisitor::transf
         }
 
         geometry->dirtyBound();
-        geometry->dirtyDisplayList();
+        geometry->dirtyGLObjects();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/SmoothingVisitor.cpp b/src/osgUtil/SmoothingVisitor.cpp
index 9c72c874a..a24454786 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/SmoothingVisitor.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/SmoothingVisitor.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static void smooth_old(osg::Geometry& geom)
     }
     geom.setNormalArray( normals, osg::Array::BIND_PER_VERTEX);
 
-    geom.dirtyDisplayList();
+    geom.dirtyGLObjects();
 }