diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/compare-render.c b/testsuite/gsk/compare-render.c
index 5494c61d1e..a62252ab35 100644
--- a/testsuite/gsk/compare-render.c
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/compare-render.c
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   GError *error = NULL;
   GOptionContext *context;
 
+  (g_test_init) (&argc, &argv, NULL);
+
   context = g_option_context_new ("NODE REF - run GSK node tests");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
   g_option_context_set_ignore_unknown_options (context, TRUE);
diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/meson.build b/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
index e6901e5ef9..d225653491 100644
--- a/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ informative_render_tests = [
 
 renderers = [
   # name      exclude term
-  [ 'gl', '-ngl'    ],
   [ 'ngl', ''    ],
   [ 'broadway',  '-3d' ],
   [ 'cairo',  '-3d' ],