diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4c99fada3c..a2809e0d70 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ style-check-diff:
         - "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/_build/report-x11.xml"
         - "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/_build/report-wayland.xml"
         - "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/_build/report-wayland_gl.xml"
-        - "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/_build/report-wayland_gles2.xml"
         - "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/_build/report-broadway.xml"
     name: "gtk-${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
     paths:
@@ -135,8 +134,6 @@ release-build:
     - PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/_install/lib64/pkgconfig:${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/_install/share/pkgconfig meson setup _build_hello examples/hello
     - LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/_install/lib64 meson compile -C _build_hello
     - .gitlab-ci/run-tests.sh _build wayland gtk
-    # only repeat test runs that are likely affected by test setups
-    - .gitlab-ci/run-tests.sh _build wayland_gles2 gtk:gdk,gtk:gsk-gl
 
 fedora-clang:
   extends: .build-fedora-default
diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/meson.build b/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
index 882dc8a11d..915117a425 100644
--- a/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
@@ -221,14 +221,6 @@ renderers = [
   { 'name': 'vulkan' },
 ]
 
-compare_xfails_small_texture = [
-  'big-checkerboard',
-  'big-checkerboard-scaled-down',
-  'big-checkerboard-scaled-down2',
-  'repeat-repeats', # only fails when rotated
-  'glyph-scaling',
-]
-
 variants = {
   'plain': '--plain',
   'flip': '--flip',
@@ -287,10 +279,6 @@ foreach renderer : renderers
       'gsk-compare-' + renderer_name,
     ]
 
-    if compare_xfails_small_texture.contains(testname)
-      suites += 'wayland_gles2_failing'
-    endif
-
     test_env = [
       'GSK_RENDERER=' + renderer_name,
       'GTK_A11Y=test',
diff --git a/testsuite/meson.build b/testsuite/meson.build
index 490a04eb4f..56810d2a23 100644
--- a/testsuite/meson.build
+++ b/testsuite/meson.build
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ exclude_unstable = ['flaky', 'failing']
 setups = [
   { 'backend': 'x11', 'if': x11_enabled, },
   { 'backend': 'wayland', 'if': wayland_enabled, 'is_default': true, },
-  { 'name': 'wayland_gles2',
-    'backend': 'wayland', 'if': wayland_enabled,
-    'env': ['GDK_DEBUG=default-settings',
-            'MESA_GLES_VERSION_OVERRIDE=2.0',
-            'GSK_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE=1024',
-           ], },
   { 'name': 'wayland_gl',
     'backend': 'wayland', 'if': wayland_enabled,
     'env': ['GDK_DEBUG=gl-prefer-gl,default-settings',
@@ -48,11 +42,6 @@ foreach setup : setups
       exclude += 'gsk-compare-broadway'
     endif
 
-    if name == 'wayland_gles2'
-      # exclude tests that are failing with the small texture size in this setup
-      exclude += 'wayland_gles2_failing'
-    endif
-
     env = common_env + [
       'GDK_BACKEND=@0@'.format(backend),
     ] + setup.get('env', [])