diff --git a/gdk/gdkdisplay.c b/gdk/gdkdisplay.c
index b4b95c8ec7..00182bfba2 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkdisplay.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkdisplay.c
@@ -1307,6 +1307,17 @@ gdk_display_create_vulkan_context (GdkDisplay  *self,
                          NULL);
 }
 
+gboolean
+gdk_display_has_vulkan_feature (GdkDisplay        *self,
+                                GdkVulkanFeatures  feature)
+{
+#ifdef GDK_RENDERING_VULKAN
+  return !!(self->vulkan_features & feature);
+#else
+  return FALSE;
+#endif
+}
+
 static void
 gdk_display_init_gl (GdkDisplay *self)
 {
diff --git a/gdk/gdkdisplayprivate.h b/gdk/gdkdisplayprivate.h
index d50320af37..a655ed33b3 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkdisplayprivate.h
+++ b/gdk/gdkdisplayprivate.h
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ void                _gdk_display_unpause_events       (GdkDisplay       *display
 
 void                gdk_display_init_dmabuf           (GdkDisplay       *self);
 
+gboolean            gdk_display_has_vulkan_feature    (GdkDisplay       *self,
+                                                       GdkVulkanFeatures feature);
 GdkVulkanContext *  gdk_display_create_vulkan_context (GdkDisplay       *self,
                                                        GError          **error);
 
diff --git a/gsk/gpu/gsknglrenderer.c b/gsk/gpu/gsknglrenderer.c
index cbac62cd60..8aeca40633 100644
--- a/gsk/gpu/gsknglrenderer.c
+++ b/gsk/gpu/gsknglrenderer.c
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ gsk_ngl_renderer_create_context (GskGpuRenderer       *renderer,
   gdk_gl_context_make_current (context);
 
   *supported = -1;
+
+  /* Shader compilation takes too long when texture() and get_float() calls
+   * use if/else ladders to avoid non-uniform indexing.
+   * And that is always true with GL.
+   */
+  *supported &= ~GSK_GPU_OPTIMIZE_UBER;
+
   if (!gdk_gl_context_check_version (context, "4.2", "9.9") &&
       !epoxy_has_gl_extension ("GL_EXT_base_instance") &&
       !epoxy_has_gl_extension ("GL_ARB_base_instance"))
diff --git a/gsk/gpu/gskvulkanrenderer.c b/gsk/gpu/gskvulkanrenderer.c
index 05e74fedfa..7ba5fdbd11 100644
--- a/gsk/gpu/gskvulkanrenderer.c
+++ b/gsk/gpu/gskvulkanrenderer.c
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ gsk_vulkan_renderer_create_context (GskGpuRenderer       *renderer,
 
   *supported = -1;
 
+  /* Shader compilation takes too long when texture() and get_float() calls
+   * use if/else ladders to avoid non-uniform indexing.
+   * This is true when we use the Vulkan 1.0 shaders, but works with the Vulkan 1.2
+   * shaders.
+   */
+  if (!gdk_display_has_vulkan_feature (display, GDK_VULKAN_FEATURE_DYNAMIC_INDEXING) ||
+      !gdk_display_has_vulkan_feature (display, GDK_VULKAN_FEATURE_NONUNIFORM_INDEXING))
+    *supported &= ~GSK_GPU_OPTIMIZE_UBER;
+
   return GDK_DRAW_CONTEXT (context);
 }