diff --git a/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp b/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp
index 0da3e05f13..a24bdde04f 100644
--- a/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp
@@ -505,8 +505,11 @@ Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(QRHI_LOG_INFO, "qt.rhi.general")
     to issue a \l{QRhiCommandBuffer::drawIndexed()}{drawIndexed()} with a
     non-aligned effective offset may lead to unspecified behavior.
 
-    \value NPOTTextureRepeat Indicates that the \l{QRhiSampler::Repeat}{Repeat}
-    mode is supported for textures with a non-power-of-two size.
+    \value NPOTTextureRepeat Indicates that the
+    \l{QRhiSampler::Repeat}{Repeat} wrap mode and mipmap filtering modes are
+    supported for textures with a non-power-of-two size. In practice this can
+    only be false with OpenGL ES 2.0 implementations without
+    \c{GL_OES_texture_npot}.
 
     \value RedOrAlpha8IsRed Indicates that the
     \l{QRhiTexture::RED_OR_ALPHA8}{RED_OR_ALPHA8} format maps to a one
diff --git a/src/gui/rhi/qrhigles2.cpp b/src/gui/rhi/qrhigles2.cpp
index 92aaf9d4b0..0d7f8224af 100644
--- a/src/gui/rhi/qrhigles2.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rhi/qrhigles2.cpp
@@ -424,8 +424,8 @@ bool QRhiGles2::create(QRhi::Flags flags)
     caps.msaaRenderBuffer = f->hasOpenGLExtension(QOpenGLExtensions::FramebufferMultisample)
             && f->hasOpenGLExtension(QOpenGLExtensions::FramebufferBlit);
 
-    caps.npotTexture = f->hasOpenGLFeature(QOpenGLFunctions::NPOTTextures);
-    caps.npotTextureRepeat = f->hasOpenGLFeature(QOpenGLFunctions::NPOTTextureRepeat);
+    caps.npotTextureFull = f->hasOpenGLFeature(QOpenGLFunctions::NPOTTextures)
+            && f->hasOpenGLFeature(QOpenGLFunctions::NPOTTextureRepeat);
 
     caps.gles = actualFormat.renderableType() == QSurfaceFormat::OpenGLES;
     if (caps.gles)
@@ -552,43 +552,6 @@ int QRhiGles2::effectiveSampleCount(int sampleCount) const
     return s;
 }
 
-static inline bool isPowerOfTwo(int x)
-{
-    // Assumption: x >= 1
-    return x == (x & -x);
-}
-
-QSize QRhiGles2::safeTextureSize(const QSize &pixelSize) const
-{
-    QSize size = pixelSize.isEmpty() ? QSize(1, 1) : pixelSize;
-
-    if (!caps.npotTexture) {
-        if (!isPowerOfTwo(size.width())) {
-            qWarning("Texture width %d is not a power of two, adjusting",
-                     size.width());
-            size.setWidth(qNextPowerOfTwo(size.width()));
-        }
-        if (!isPowerOfTwo(size.height())) {
-            qWarning("Texture height %d is not a power of two, adjusting",
-                     size.height());
-            size.setHeight(qNextPowerOfTwo(size.height()));
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (size.width() > caps.maxTextureSize) {
-        qWarning("Texture width %d exceeds maximum width %d, adjusting",
-                 size.width(), caps.maxTextureSize);
-        size.setWidth(caps.maxTextureSize);
-    }
-    if (size.height() > caps.maxTextureSize) {
-        qWarning("Texture height %d exceeds maximum height %d, adjusting",
-                 size.height(), caps.maxTextureSize);
-        size.setHeight(caps.maxTextureSize);
-    }
-
-    return size;
-}
-
 QRhiSwapChain *QRhiGles2::createSwapChain()
 {
     return new QGles2SwapChain(this);
@@ -730,7 +693,7 @@ bool QRhiGles2::isFeatureSupported(QRhi::Feature feature) const
     case QRhi::NonFourAlignedEffectiveIndexBufferOffset:
         return true;
     case QRhi::NPOTTextureRepeat:
-        return caps.npotTextureRepeat;
+        return caps.npotTextureFull;
     case QRhi::RedOrAlpha8IsRed:
         return caps.coreProfile;
     case QRhi::ElementIndexUint:
@@ -2942,7 +2905,7 @@ bool QGles2RenderBuffer::build()
     rhiD->f->glGenRenderbuffers(1, &renderbuffer);
     rhiD->f->glBindRenderbuffer(GL_RENDERBUFFER, renderbuffer);
 
-    const QSize size = rhiD->safeTextureSize(m_pixelSize);
+    const QSize size = m_pixelSize.isEmpty() ? QSize(1, 1) : m_pixelSize;
 
     switch (m_type) {
     case QRhiRenderBuffer::DepthStencil:
@@ -3039,7 +3002,7 @@ bool QGles2Texture::prepareBuild(QSize *adjustedSize)
     if (!rhiD->ensureContext())
         return false;
 
-    const QSize size = rhiD->safeTextureSize(m_pixelSize);
+    const QSize size = m_pixelSize.isEmpty() ? QSize(1, 1) : m_pixelSize;
 
     const bool isCube = m_flags.testFlag(CubeMap);
     const bool hasMipMaps = m_flags.testFlag(MipMapped);
diff --git a/src/gui/rhi/qrhigles2_p_p.h b/src/gui/rhi/qrhigles2_p_p.h
index 259d16ca5e..462ce8032c 100644
--- a/src/gui/rhi/qrhigles2_p_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/rhi/qrhigles2_p_p.h
@@ -693,7 +693,6 @@ public:
     QGles2RenderTargetData *enqueueBindFramebuffer(QRhiRenderTarget *rt, QGles2CommandBuffer *cbD,
                                                    bool *wantsColorClear = nullptr, bool *wantsDsClear = nullptr);
     int effectiveSampleCount(int sampleCount) const;
-    QSize safeTextureSize(const QSize &size) const;
     bool compileShader(GLuint program, const QRhiShaderStage &shaderStage,
                        QShaderDescription *desc, int *glslVersionUsed);
     bool linkProgram(GLuint program);
@@ -717,8 +716,7 @@ public:
               maxTextureSize(2048),
               maxDrawBuffers(4),
               msaaRenderBuffer(false),
-              npotTexture(true),
-              npotTextureRepeat(true),
+              npotTextureFull(true),
               gles(false),
               fixedIndexPrimitiveRestart(false),
               bgraExternalFormat(false),
@@ -747,8 +745,7 @@ public:
         // Multisample fb and blit are supported (GLES 3.0 or OpenGL 3.x). Not
         // the same as multisample textures!
         uint msaaRenderBuffer : 1;
-        uint npotTexture : 1;
-        uint npotTextureRepeat : 1;
+        uint npotTextureFull : 1;
         uint gles : 1;
         uint fixedIndexPrimitiveRestart : 1;
         uint bgraExternalFormat : 1;