diff --git a/gdk/gdkglcontext.c b/gdk/gdkglcontext.c
index 825ed0ae8d..28bdd2ebc9 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkglcontext.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkglcontext.c
@@ -2042,15 +2042,6 @@ gdk_gl_context_has_sync (GdkGLContext *self)
   return priv->has_sync;
 }
 
-/* Return if GL_BGRA works with glTexImage2D */
-gboolean
-gdk_gl_context_has_bgra (GdkGLContext *self)
-{
-  GdkGLContextPrivate *priv = gdk_gl_context_get_instance_private (self);
-
-  return priv->has_bgra;
-}
-
 /* Return if glGenVertexArrays, glBindVertexArray and glDeleteVertexArrays
  * can be used
  */
diff --git a/gdk/gdkglcontextprivate.h b/gdk/gdkglcontextprivate.h
index 7c8363c659..6b655eb366 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkglcontextprivate.h
+++ b/gdk/gdkglcontextprivate.h
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ gboolean                gdk_gl_context_has_vertex_half_float    (GdkGLContext
 
 gboolean                gdk_gl_context_has_sync                 (GdkGLContext    *self) G_GNUC_PURE;
 
-gboolean                gdk_gl_context_has_bgra                 (GdkGLContext    *self) G_GNUC_PURE;
-
 gboolean                gdk_gl_context_has_vertex_arrays        (GdkGLContext    *self) G_GNUC_PURE;
 
 double                  gdk_gl_context_get_scale                (GdkGLContext    *self);
diff --git a/gsk/gl/gskglglyphlibrary.c b/gsk/gl/gskglglyphlibrary.c
index a13e9a8245..c060f01dad 100644
--- a/gsk/gl/gskglglyphlibrary.c
+++ b/gsk/gl/gskglglyphlibrary.c
@@ -119,11 +119,7 @@ gsk_gl_glyph_library_init_atlas (GskGLTextureLibrary *self,
 
   memset (pixel_data, 255, sizeof pixel_data);
 
-  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 ()))
     {
       gl_format = GL_RGBA;
       gl_type = GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE;
diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/compare/text-color-mix.node b/testsuite/gsk/compare/text-color-mix.node
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a994278636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/compare/text-color-mix.node
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+text {
+  font: "text-mixed-color-colrv1 15" url("data:font/ttf;base64,AAEAAAAKAIAAAwAgQ09MUhc9T40AAAI4AAAAe0NQQUwB/wATAAACtAAAABpjbWFwAHUAPQAAATgA\
+AAA0Z2x5Zn7NhtgAAAF8AAAAkGhlYWQmof0NAAAArAAAADZoaGVhDAEEAgAAAOQAAAAkaG10eAQA\
+AAAAAAEoAAAAEGxvY2EAbACQAAABbAAAABBtYXhwAAkABQAAAQgAAAAgbmFtZR9CFpQAAAIMAAAA\
+KQABAAAAARmaAQnTZV8PPPUAAggAAAAAAOHCPQAAAAAA4cpZfQAAAAAEAAgAAAAAAQACAAAAAAAA\
+AAEAAAgAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAQAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAEAAAAHAAQAAQAAAAAAAQAAAAAA\
+AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAMAAAAMAAQAKAAAAAYABAABAAIAIABG\
+//8AAAAgAEH////g/8AAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAADAAYACQAMAA8AEgAAQAAAAAEAAgAAAMAADEhESEE\
+APwACAAAAQAAAAAEAAgAAAMAADEhESEEAPwACAAAAQAAAAAEAAgAAAMAADEhESEEAPwACAAAAQAA\
+AAAEAAgAAAMAADEhESEEAPwACAAAAQAAAAAEAAgAAAMAADEhESEEAPwACAAAAQAAAAAEAAgAAAMA\
+ADEhESEEAPwACAAAAAABABIAAQAAAAAAAQAXAAB0ZXh0LW1peGVkLWNvbG9yLWNvbHJ2MQAAAAAB\
+AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIgAAAEoAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADAAQAAAAWAAUAAAAcAAYAAAAiAQEA\
+AAAAAQEAAAABAQEAAAACAAAAAwAAABAAAAAbAAAAJgoAAAYAAQIAAEAACgAABgACAgABQAAKAAAG\
+AAMCAAJAAAAAAAADAAEAAwAAAA4AAAAA//8A/wD//wAA/wAA\
+");
+  glyphs: 1 20;
+}
+color {
+  bounds: 0 5 20 5;
+  color: rgb(255,0,0);
+}
diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/compare/text-color-mix.png b/testsuite/gsk/compare/text-color-mix.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..534048e577
Binary files /dev/null and b/testsuite/gsk/compare/text-color-mix.png differ
diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/meson.build b/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
index 1517655c6f..a359986a47 100644
--- a/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ compare_render_tests = [
   'stroke-fractional-translate-nogl',
   'stroke-opacity',
   'stroke-with-3d-contents-nogl-nocairo',
+  'text-color-mix',
   'text-glyph-lsb',
   'text-mixed-color-nocairo',
   'text-mixed-color-colrv1',