diff --git a/gfx/common/d3d11_common.c b/gfx/common/d3d11_common.c
index d236f9bcfa..16b32151e1 100644
--- a/gfx/common/d3d11_common.c
+++ b/gfx/common/d3d11_common.c
@@ -205,20 +205,20 @@ bool d3d11_init_shader(
 
    if (!src) /* LPCWSTR filename */
    {
-      if (vs_entry && !d3d_compile_from_file((LPCWSTR)src_name, vs_entry, "vs_5_0", &vs_code))
+      if (vs_entry && !d3d_compile_from_file((LPCWSTR)src_name, vs_entry, "vs_4_0", &vs_code))
          success = false;
-      if (ps_entry && !d3d_compile_from_file((LPCWSTR)src_name, ps_entry, "ps_5_0", &ps_code))
+      if (ps_entry && !d3d_compile_from_file((LPCWSTR)src_name, ps_entry, "ps_4_0", &ps_code))
          success = false;
-      if (gs_entry && !d3d_compile_from_file((LPCWSTR)src_name, gs_entry, "gs_5_0", &gs_code))
+      if (gs_entry && !d3d_compile_from_file((LPCWSTR)src_name, gs_entry, "gs_4_0", &gs_code))
          success = false;
    }
    else /* char array */
    {
-      if (vs_entry && !d3d_compile(src, size, (LPCSTR)src_name, vs_entry, "vs_5_0", &vs_code))
+      if (vs_entry && !d3d_compile(src, size, (LPCSTR)src_name, vs_entry, "vs_4_0", &vs_code))
          success = false;
-      if (ps_entry && !d3d_compile(src, size, (LPCSTR)src_name, ps_entry, "ps_5_0", &ps_code))
+      if (ps_entry && !d3d_compile(src, size, (LPCSTR)src_name, ps_entry, "ps_4_0", &ps_code))
          success = false;
-      if (gs_entry && !d3d_compile(src, size, (LPCSTR)src_name, gs_entry, "gs_5_0", &gs_code))
+      if (gs_entry && !d3d_compile(src, size, (LPCSTR)src_name, gs_entry, "gs_4_0", &gs_code))
          success = false;
    }
 
diff --git a/gfx/drivers/d3d10.c b/gfx/drivers/d3d10.c
index 900b8c539c..eb9ecd3026 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers/d3d10.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers/d3d10.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static bool d3d10_gfx_set_shader(void* data,
       /* clang-format on */
 
       if (!slang_process(
-                d3d10->shader_preset, i, RARCH_SHADER_HLSL, 50, &semantics_map,
+                d3d10->shader_preset, i, RARCH_SHADER_HLSL, 40, &semantics_map,
                 &d3d10->pass[i].semantics))
          goto error;
 
diff --git a/gfx/drivers/d3d11.c b/gfx/drivers/d3d11.c
index 7e03b71bcb..bdac1dca9f 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers/d3d11.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers/d3d11.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static bool d3d11_gfx_set_shader(void* data, enum rarch_shader_type type, const
       /* clang-format on */
 
       if (!slang_process(
-                d3d11->shader_preset, i, RARCH_SHADER_HLSL, 50, &semantics_map,
+                d3d11->shader_preset, i, RARCH_SHADER_HLSL, 40, &semantics_map,
                 &d3d11->pass[i].semantics))
          goto error;