diff --git a/client/app.cpp b/client/app.cpp
index 162a6389c5..0f0e39cd86 100644
--- a/client/app.cpp
+++ b/client/app.cpp
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ void ACTIVE_TASK::cleanup_task() {
 
     if (app_client_shm.shm) {
 #ifndef __EMX__
-        if (app_version->api_major_version() >= 6) {
+        if (app_version->api_version_at_least(6, 0)) {
             retval = detach_shmem_mmap(app_client_shm.shm, sizeof(SHARED_MEM));
         } else
 #endif
diff --git a/client/app_start.cpp b/client/app_start.cpp
index aa403242e5..dbf876aaad 100644
--- a/client/app_start.cpp
+++ b/client/app_start.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ int ACTIVE_TASK::get_shmem_seg_name() {
     char init_data_path[MAXPATHLEN];
 #ifndef __EMX__
     // shmem_seg_name is not used with mmap() shared memory
-    if (app_version->api_major_version() >= 6) {
+    if (app_version->api_version_at_least(6, 0)) {
         shmem_seg_name = -1;
         return 0;
     }
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ int ACTIVE_TASK::start(bool test) {
     unsigned int i;
     FILE_REF fref;
     FILE_INFO* fip;
-    int retval, rt;
+    int retval;
     APP_INIT_DATA aid;
 #ifdef _WIN32
     bool success = false;
@@ -693,9 +693,11 @@ int ACTIVE_TASK::start(bool test) {
     sprintf(cmdline, "%s %s %s",
         exec_path, wup->command_line.c_str(), app_version->cmdline
     );
-    rt = app_version->gpu_usage.rsc_type;
-    if (rt) {
-        coproc_cmdline(rt, result, app_version->gpu_usage.usage, cmdline);
+    if (!app_version->api_version_at_least(7, 5)) {
+        rt = app_version->gpu_usage.rsc_type;
+        if (rt) {
+            coproc_cmdline(rt, result, app_version->gpu_usage.usage, cmdline);
+        }
     }
 
     relative_to_absolute(slot_dir, slotdirpath);
@@ -884,9 +886,11 @@ int ACTIVE_TASK::start(bool test) {
         wup->command_line.c_str(), app_version->cmdline
     );
 
-    rt = app_version->gpu_usage.rsc_type;
-    if (rt) {
-        coproc_cmdline(rt, result, app_version->gpu_usage.usage, cmdline);
+    if (!app_version->api_version_at_least(7, 5)) {
+        int rt = app_version->gpu_usage.rsc_type;
+        if (rt) {
+            coproc_cmdline(rt, result, app_version->gpu_usage.usage, cmdline);
+        }
     }
 
     // Set up client/app shared memory seg if needed
@@ -895,7 +899,7 @@ int ACTIVE_TASK::start(bool test) {
 #ifdef ANDROID
         if (true) {
 #else
-        if (app_version->api_major_version() >= 6) {
+        if (app_version->api_version_at_least(6, 0)) {
 #endif
             // Use mmap() shared memory
             sprintf(buf, "%s/%s", slot_dir, MMAPPED_FILE_NAME);
diff --git a/client/client_types.cpp b/client/client_types.cpp
index a641e3d550..28036ab7c5 100644
--- a/client/client_types.cpp
+++ b/client/client_types.cpp
@@ -983,11 +983,13 @@ void APP_VERSION::clear_errors() {
     }
 }
 
-int APP_VERSION::api_major_version() {
-    int v, n;
-    n = sscanf(api_version, "%d", &v);
-    if (n != 1) return 0;
-    return v;
+bool APP_VERSION::api_version_at_least(int major, int minor) {
+    int maj, min, n;
+    n = sscanf(api_version, "%d.%d", &maj, &min);
+    if (n != 2) return false;
+    if (maj < major) return false;
+    if (maj > major) return true;
+    return min >= minor;
 }
 
 int FILE_REF::parse(XML_PARSER& xp) {
diff --git a/client/client_types.h b/client/client_types.h
index 325dd1034c..908b21eb8a 100644
--- a/client/client_types.h
+++ b/client/client_types.h
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ struct APP_VERSION {
     char api_version[16];
     double avg_ncpus;
     double max_ncpus;
-    GPU_USAGE gpu_usage;    // can only use 1 GPUtype
+    GPU_USAGE gpu_usage;    // can only use 1 GPU type
     double gpu_ram;
     double flops;
     char cmdline[256];
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ struct APP_VERSION {
     bool had_download_failure(int& failnum);
     void get_file_errors(std::string&);
     void clear_errors();
-    int api_major_version();
+    bool api_version_at_least(int major, int minor);
     inline bool uses_coproc(int rt) {
         return (gpu_usage.rsc_type == rt);
     }