diff --git a/gsk/gskglshader.c b/gsk/gskglshader.c
index 35fef22485..453f11dfd8 100644
--- a/gsk/gskglshader.c
+++ b/gsk/gskglshader.c
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@
 #include "gskglshaderprivate.h"
 #include "gskdebugprivate.h"
 
-#include "gl/gskglrendererprivate.h"
-
 G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
 
 static GskGLUniformType
@@ -562,9 +560,6 @@ gsk_gl_shader_compile (GskGLShader  *shader,
 {
   g_return_val_if_fail (GSK_IS_GL_SHADER (shader), FALSE);
 
-  if (GSK_IS_GL_RENDERER (renderer))
-    return gsk_gl_renderer_try_compile_gl_shader (GSK_GL_RENDERER (renderer), shader, error);
-
   g_set_error (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
                "The renderer does not support gl shaders");
   return FALSE;