diff --git a/gsk/gl/gskglglyphlibrary.c b/gsk/gl/gskglglyphlibrary.c
index 2e6d4da7fb..a13e9a8245 100644
--- a/gsk/gl/gskglglyphlibrary.c
+++ b/gsk/gl/gskglglyphlibrary.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ gsk_gl_glyph_library_upload_glyph (GskGLGlyphLibrary     *self,
 
   g_assert (texture_id > 0);
 
-  if (G_UNLIKELY (!gdk_gl_context_has_bgra (gdk_gl_context_get_current ())))
+  if (gdk_gl_context_get_use_es (gdk_gl_context_get_current ()))
     {
       pixel_data = free_data = g_malloc (width * height * 4);
       gdk_memory_convert (pixel_data, width * 4,
diff --git a/gsk/gl/gskgliconlibrary.c b/gsk/gl/gskgliconlibrary.c
index 9040d8e1d9..8076cc3eff 100644
--- a/gsk/gl/gskgliconlibrary.c
+++ b/gsk/gl/gskgliconlibrary.c
@@ -111,11 +111,7 @@ gsk_gl_icon_library_add (GskGLIconLibrary     *self,
   gdk_gl_context_push_debug_group_printf (gdk_gl_context_get_current (),
                                           "Uploading texture");
 
-  if (!gdk_gl_context_has_bgra (gdk_gl_context_get_current ())
-#if G_BYTE_ORDER == G_BIG_ENDIAN
-      || gdk_gl_context_get_use_es (gdk_gl_context_get_current ())
-#endif
-     )
+  if (gdk_gl_context_get_use_es (gdk_gl_context_get_current ()))
     {
       pixel_data = free_data = g_malloc (width * height * 4);
       gdk_memory_convert (pixel_data, width * 4,