diff --git a/include/gpu/GrBackendSurface.h b/include/gpu/GrBackendSurface.h
index 7bab31d0dd..0145dc44c0 100644
--- a/include/gpu/GrBackendSurface.h
+++ b/include/gpu/GrBackendSurface.h
@@ -138,10 +138,7 @@ public:
     // Returns true if the backend texture has been initialized.
     bool isValid() const { return fConfig != kUnknown_GrPixelConfig; }
 
-#if GR_TEST_UTILS
-    GrPixelConfig getPixelConfig() const { return fConfig; }
-    void setPixelConfig(GrPixelConfig config) { fConfig = config; }
-#endif
+    GrPixelConfig testingOnly_getPixelConfig() const;
 
 private:
     // Friending for access to the GrPixelConfig
@@ -152,7 +149,6 @@ private:
     friend class GrGpu;
     friend class GrGLGpu;
     friend class GrVkGpu;
-    friend class PromiseImageHelper;
     GrPixelConfig config() const { return fConfig; }
 
     int fWidth;         //<! width in pixels
@@ -228,10 +224,7 @@ public:
     // Returns true if the backend texture has been initialized.
     bool isValid() const { return fConfig != kUnknown_GrPixelConfig; }
 
-#if GR_TEST_UTILS
-    GrPixelConfig getPixelConfig() const { return fConfig; }
-    void setPixelConfig(GrPixelConfig config) { fConfig = config; }
-#endif
+    GrPixelConfig testingOnly_getPixelConfig() const;
 
 private:
     // Friending for access to the GrPixelConfig
diff --git a/src/gpu/GrBackendSurface.cpp b/src/gpu/GrBackendSurface.cpp
index 49a8c5f762..fa2582a18e 100644
--- a/src/gpu/GrBackendSurface.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/GrBackendSurface.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ GrBackendTexture::GrBackendTexture(int width,
                                    const GrVkImageInfo& vkInfo)
         : fWidth(width)
         , fHeight(height)
-        , fConfig(kUnknown_GrPixelConfig)
+        , fConfig(GrVkFormatToPixelConfig(vkInfo.fFormat))
         , fMipMapped(GrMipMapped(vkInfo.fLevelCount > 1))
         , fBackend(kVulkan_GrBackend)
         , fVkInfo(vkInfo) {}
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ GrBackendTexture::GrBackendTexture(int width,
                                    const GrGLTextureInfo& glInfo)
         : fWidth(width)
         , fHeight(height)
-        , fConfig(kUnknown_GrPixelConfig)
+        , fConfig(GrGLSizedFormatToPixelConfig(glInfo.fFormat))
         , fMipMapped(mipMapped)
         , fBackend(kOpenGL_GrBackend)
         , fGLInfo(glInfo) {}
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ GrBackendRenderTarget::GrBackendRenderTarget(int width,
         , fHeight(height)
         , fSampleCnt(SkTMax(1, sampleCnt))
         , fStencilBits(0)  // We always create stencil buffers internally for vulkan
-        , fConfig(kUnknown_GrPixelConfig)
+        , fConfig(GrVkFormatToPixelConfig(vkInfo.fFormat))
         , fBackend(kVulkan_GrBackend)
         , fVkInfo(vkInfo) {}
 #endif
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ GrBackendRenderTarget::GrBackendRenderTarget(int width,
         , fHeight(height)
         , fSampleCnt(SkTMax(1, sampleCnt))
         , fStencilBits(stencilBits)
-        , fConfig(kUnknown_GrPixelConfig)
+        , fConfig(GrGLSizedFormatToPixelConfig(glInfo.fFormat))
         , fBackend(kOpenGL_GrBackend)
         , fGLInfo(glInfo) {}
 
diff --git a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLGpu.cpp b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLGpu.cpp
index 9a9f90c04e..4e88f7dde2 100644
--- a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLGpu.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLGpu.cpp
@@ -4411,9 +4411,7 @@ GrBackendTexture GrGLGpu::createTestingOnlyBackendTexture(const void* pixels, in
     // unbind the texture from the texture unit to avoid asserts
     GL_CALL(BindTexture(info.fTarget, 0));
 
-    GrBackendTexture beTex = GrBackendTexture(w, h, mipMapped, info);
-    beTex.setPixelConfig(config);
-    return beTex;
+    return GrBackendTexture(w, h, mipMapped, info);
 }
 
 bool GrGLGpu::isTestingOnlyBackendTexture(const GrBackendTexture& tex) const {
@@ -4503,9 +4501,7 @@ GrBackendRenderTarget GrGLGpu::createTestingOnlyBackendRenderTarget(int w, int h
         return {};
     }
     auto stencilBits = SkToInt(this->glCaps().stencilFormats()[sFormatIdx].fStencilBits);
-    GrBackendRenderTarget beRT = {w, h, 1, stencilBits, info};
-    beRT.setPixelConfig(config);
-    return beRT;
+    return {w, h, 1, stencilBits, config, info};
 }
 
 void GrGLGpu::deleteTestingOnlyBackendRenderTarget(const GrBackendRenderTarget& backendRT) {
diff --git a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLRenderTarget.cpp b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLRenderTarget.cpp
index 73c5fdf4b3..de7399bd92 100644
--- a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLRenderTarget.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLRenderTarget.cpp
@@ -91,16 +91,8 @@ GrBackendRenderTarget GrGLRenderTarget::getBackendRenderTarget() const {
         numStencilBits = stencil->bits();
     }
 
-    GrBackendRenderTarget beRT = GrBackendRenderTarget(this->width(), this->height(),
-                                                       this->numColorSamples(), numStencilBits,
-                                                       fbi);
-#if GR_TEST_UTILS
-    // We shouldn't have to set this since the client can't access it and we will handle the config
-    // correctly if we go through our public SkSurface APIs. However, some of our tests bypass the
-    // public APIs so we need to set this manually here.
-    beRT.setPixelConfig(this->config());
-#endif
-    return beRT;
+    return GrBackendRenderTarget(this->width(), this->height(), this->numColorSamples(),
+                                 numStencilBits, fbi);
 }
 
 size_t GrGLRenderTarget::onGpuMemorySize() const {
diff --git a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLTexture.cpp b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLTexture.cpp
index 771006919b..0f36dd0f32 100644
--- a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLTexture.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLTexture.cpp
@@ -98,15 +98,7 @@ GrBackendObject GrGLTexture::getTextureHandle() const {
 }
 
 GrBackendTexture GrGLTexture::getBackendTexture() const {
-    GrBackendTexture beTex = GrBackendTexture(this->width(), this->height(),
-                                              this->texturePriv().mipMapped(), fInfo);
-#if GR_TEST_UTILS
-    // We shouldn't have to set this since the client can't access it and we will handle the config
-    // correctly if we go through our public SkSurface and SkImage APIs. However, some of our tests
-    // bypass the public APIs so we need to set this manually here.
-    beTex.setPixelConfig(this->config());
-#endif
-    return beTex;
+    return GrBackendTexture(this->width(), this->height(), this->texturePriv().mipMapped(), fInfo);
 }
 
 void GrGLTexture::setMemoryBacking(SkTraceMemoryDump* traceMemoryDump,
diff --git a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLUtil.cpp b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLUtil.cpp
index a268827e23..6b44402c1b 100644
--- a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLUtil.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLUtil.cpp
@@ -486,3 +486,38 @@ GrGLenum GrToGLStencilFunc(GrStencilTest test) {
     return gTable[(int)test];
 }
 
+GrPixelConfig GrGLSizedFormatToPixelConfig(GrGLenum sizedFormat) {
+    switch (sizedFormat) {
+        case GR_GL_R8:
+            return kAlpha_8_as_Red_GrPixelConfig;
+        case GR_GL_ALPHA8:
+            return kAlpha_8_as_Alpha_GrPixelConfig;
+        case GR_GL_RGBA8:
+            return kRGBA_8888_GrPixelConfig;
+        case GR_GL_BGRA8:
+            return kBGRA_8888_GrPixelConfig;
+        case GR_GL_SRGB8_ALPHA8:
+            return kSRGBA_8888_GrPixelConfig;
+        case GR_GL_RGB565:
+            return kRGB_565_GrPixelConfig;
+        case GR_GL_RGB5:
+            return kRGB_565_GrPixelConfig;
+        case GR_GL_RGBA4:
+            return kRGBA_4444_GrPixelConfig;
+        case GR_GL_RGB10_A2:
+            return kRGBA_1010102_GrPixelConfig;
+        case GR_GL_LUMINANCE8:
+            return kGray_8_GrPixelConfig;
+        case GR_GL_RGBA32F:
+            return kRGBA_float_GrPixelConfig;
+        case GR_GL_RG32F:
+            return kRG_float_GrPixelConfig;
+        case GR_GL_R16F:
+            return kAlpha_half_as_Red_GrPixelConfig;
+        case GR_GL_RGBA16F:
+            return kRGBA_half_GrPixelConfig;
+        default:
+            return kUnknown_GrPixelConfig;
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLUtil.h b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLUtil.h
index 88e8901047..9905d75ef1 100644
--- a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLUtil.h
+++ b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLUtil.h
@@ -248,4 +248,6 @@ void GrGLClearErr(const GrGLInterface* gl);
 
 GrGLenum GrToGLStencilFunc(GrStencilTest test);
 
+GrPixelConfig GrGLSizedFormatToPixelConfig(GrGLenum sizedFormat);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/gpu/vk/GrVkGpu.cpp b/src/gpu/vk/GrVkGpu.cpp
index 5469b0e981..6c16a17416 100644
--- a/src/gpu/vk/GrVkGpu.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/vk/GrVkGpu.cpp
@@ -1422,6 +1422,7 @@ bool GrVkGpu::createTestingOnlyVkImage(GrPixelConfig config, int w, int h, bool
         barrier.dstQueueFamilyIndex = VK_QUEUE_FAMILY_IGNORED;
         barrier.image = image;
         barrier.subresourceRange = {VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT, 0, mipLevels, 0, 1};
+        initialLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL;
         VK_CALL(CmdPipelineBarrier(cmdBuffer,
                                    GrVkMemory::LayoutToPipelineStageFlags(initialLayout),
                                    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_ALL_GRAPHICS_BIT,
@@ -1429,7 +1430,6 @@ bool GrVkGpu::createTestingOnlyVkImage(GrPixelConfig config, int w, int h, bool
                                    0, nullptr,
                                    0, nullptr,
                                    1, &barrier));
-        initialLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL;
     }
 
     // End CommandBuffer
@@ -1499,9 +1499,7 @@ GrBackendTexture GrVkGpu::createTestingOnlyBackendTexture(const void* srcData, i
                                         &info)) {
         return {};
     }
-    GrBackendTexture beTex = GrBackendTexture(w, h, info);
-    beTex.setPixelConfig(config);
-    return beTex;
+    return GrBackendTexture(w, h, info);
 }
 
 bool GrVkGpu::isTestingOnlyBackendTexture(const GrBackendTexture& tex) const {
@@ -1545,9 +1543,7 @@ GrBackendRenderTarget GrVkGpu::createTestingOnlyBackendRenderTarget(int w, int h
                                         &info)) {
         return {};
     }
-    GrBackendRenderTarget beRT = {w, h, 1, 0, info};
-    beRT.setPixelConfig(config);
-    return beRT;
+    return {w, h, 1, 0, info};
 }
 
 void GrVkGpu::deleteTestingOnlyBackendRenderTarget(const GrBackendRenderTarget& rt) {
diff --git a/src/gpu/vk/GrVkRenderTarget.cpp b/src/gpu/vk/GrVkRenderTarget.cpp
index 9c57ec01bd..99b6b7632c 100644
--- a/src/gpu/vk/GrVkRenderTarget.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/vk/GrVkRenderTarget.cpp
@@ -352,16 +352,8 @@ GrBackendRenderTarget GrVkRenderTarget::getBackendRenderTarget() const {
     if (GrStencilAttachment* stencil = this->renderTargetPriv().getStencilAttachment()) {
         numStencilBits = stencil->bits();
     }
-    GrBackendRenderTarget beRT = GrBackendRenderTarget(this->width(), this->height(),
-                                                       this->numColorSamples(), numStencilBits,
-                                                       fInfo);
-#if GR_TEST_UTILS
-    // We shouldn't have to set this since the client can't access it and we will handle the config
-    // correctly if we go through our public SkSurface APIs. However, some of our tests bypass the
-    // public APIs so we need to set this manually here.
-    beRT.setPixelConfig(this->config());
-#endif
-    return beRT;
+    return GrBackendRenderTarget(this->width(), this->height(), this->numColorSamples(),
+                                 numStencilBits, fInfo);
 }
 
 const GrVkResource* GrVkRenderTarget::stencilImageResource() const {
diff --git a/src/gpu/vk/GrVkTexture.cpp b/src/gpu/vk/GrVkTexture.cpp
index 6668b8f4c1..109b10638d 100644
--- a/src/gpu/vk/GrVkTexture.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/vk/GrVkTexture.cpp
@@ -162,14 +162,7 @@ GrBackendObject GrVkTexture::getTextureHandle() const {
 }
 
 GrBackendTexture GrVkTexture::getBackendTexture() const {
-    GrBackendTexture beTex = GrBackendTexture(this->width(), this->height(), fInfo);
-#if GR_TEST_UTILS
-    // We shouldn't have to set this since the client can't access it and we will handle the config
-    // correctly if we go through our public SkSurface and SkImage APIs. However, some of our tests
-    // bypass the public APIs so we need to set this manually here.
-    beTex.setPixelConfig(this->config());
-#endif
-    return beTex;
+    return GrBackendTexture(this->width(), this->height(), fInfo);
 }
 
 GrVkGpu* GrVkTexture::getVkGpu() const {
diff --git a/src/gpu/vk/GrVkUtil.cpp b/src/gpu/vk/GrVkUtil.cpp
index 5edb2e3818..4f0acdb8f4 100644
--- a/src/gpu/vk/GrVkUtil.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/vk/GrVkUtil.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,40 @@ bool GrPixelConfigToVkFormat(GrPixelConfig config, VkFormat* format) {
     return false;
 }
 
+GrPixelConfig GrVkFormatToPixelConfig(VkFormat format) {
+    switch (format) {
+        case VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM:
+            return kRGBA_8888_GrPixelConfig;
+        case VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM:
+            return kBGRA_8888_GrPixelConfig;
+        case VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SRGB:
+            return kSRGBA_8888_GrPixelConfig;
+        case VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SRGB:
+            return kSBGRA_8888_GrPixelConfig;
+        case VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_UNORM_PACK32:
+            return kRGBA_1010102_GrPixelConfig;
+        case VK_FORMAT_R5G6B5_UNORM_PACK16:
+            return kRGB_565_GrPixelConfig;
+            break;
+        case VK_FORMAT_B4G4R4A4_UNORM_PACK16:
+            // R4G4B4A4 is not required to be supported so we actually
+            // store RGBA_4444 data as B4G4R4A4.
+            return kRGBA_4444_GrPixelConfig;
+        case VK_FORMAT_R8_UNORM:
+            return kAlpha_8_GrPixelConfig;
+        case VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_SFLOAT:
+            return kRGBA_float_GrPixelConfig;
+        case VK_FORMAT_R32G32_SFLOAT:
+            return kRG_float_GrPixelConfig;
+        case VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SFLOAT:
+            return kRGBA_half_GrPixelConfig;
+        case VK_FORMAT_R16_SFLOAT:
+            return kAlpha_half_GrPixelConfig;
+        default:
+            return kUnknown_GrPixelConfig;
+    }
+}
+
 bool GrVkFormatPixelConfigPairIsValid(VkFormat format, GrPixelConfig config) {
     switch (format) {
         case VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM:
diff --git a/src/gpu/vk/GrVkUtil.h b/src/gpu/vk/GrVkUtil.h
index b0d118adb5..01688c8486 100644
--- a/src/gpu/vk/GrVkUtil.h
+++ b/src/gpu/vk/GrVkUtil.h
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ class GrVkGpu;
  */
 bool GrPixelConfigToVkFormat(GrPixelConfig config, VkFormat* format);
 
+/**
+* Returns the GrPixelConfig for the given vulkan texture format
+*/
+GrPixelConfig GrVkFormatToPixelConfig(VkFormat format);
+
 bool GrVkFormatIsSupported(VkFormat);
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp b/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp
index 45906009f8..7c842f69c0 100644
--- a/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp
+++ b/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ public:
         this->resetReleaseHelper();
     }
 
-    sk_sp<GrTexture> getTexture(GrResourceProvider* resourceProvider, GrPixelConfig config) {
+    sk_sp<GrTexture> getTexture(GrResourceProvider* resourceProvider) {
         // Releases the promise helper if there are no outstanding hard refs. This means that we
         // don't have any ReleaseProcs waiting to be called so we will need to do a fulfill.
         if (fReleaseHelper && fReleaseHelper->weak_expired()) {
@@ -599,7 +599,6 @@ public:
         sk_sp<GrTexture> tex;
         if (!fReleaseHelper) {
             fFulfillProc(fContext, &fBackendTex);
-            fBackendTex.fConfig = config;
             if (!fBackendTex.isValid()) {
                 // Even though the GrBackendTexture is not valid, we must call the release
                 // proc to keep our contract of always calling Fulfill and Release in pairs.
@@ -701,13 +700,13 @@ sk_sp<SkImage> SkImage_Gpu::MakePromiseTexture(GrContext* context,
     PromiseImageHelper promiseHelper(textureFulfillProc, textureReleaseProc, textureContext);
 
     sk_sp<GrTextureProxy> proxy = proxyProvider->createLazyProxy(
-            [promiseHelper, config] (GrResourceProvider* resourceProvider) mutable {
+            [promiseHelper] (GrResourceProvider* resourceProvider) mutable {
                 if (!resourceProvider) {
                     promiseHelper.reset();
                     return sk_sp<GrTexture>();
                 }
 
-                return promiseHelper.getTexture(resourceProvider, config);
+                return promiseHelper.getTexture(resourceProvider);
             }, desc, origin, mipMapped, GrRenderTargetFlags::kNone, SkBackingFit::kExact,
                SkBudgeted::kNo, GrSurfaceProxy::LazyInstantiationType::kUninstantiate);
 
diff --git a/tests/ProxyTest.cpp b/tests/ProxyTest.cpp
index 5092abebe6..4970e43a20 100644
--- a/tests/ProxyTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/ProxyTest.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ DEF_GPUTEST_FOR_RENDERING_CONTEXTS(WrappedProxyTest, reporter, ctxInfo) {
                 sk_sp<GrSurfaceProxy> sProxy(
                         proxyProvider->wrapBackendRenderTarget(backendRT, origin));
                 check_surface(reporter, sProxy.get(), origin, kWidthHeight, kWidthHeight,
-                              backendRT.getPixelConfig(), SkBudgeted::kNo);
+                              backendRT.testingOnly_getPixelConfig(), SkBudgeted::kNo);
                 static constexpr int kExpectedNumSamples = 1;
                 check_rendertarget(reporter, caps, resourceProvider, sProxy->asRenderTargetProxy(),
                                    kExpectedNumSamples, SkBackingFit::kExact,
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ DEF_GPUTEST_FOR_RENDERING_CONTEXTS(WrappedProxyTest, reporter, ctxInfo) {
                             proxyProvider->wrapBackendRenderTarget(backendRT, origin));
                     check_surface(reporter, sProxy.get(), origin,
                                   kWidthHeight, kWidthHeight,
-                                  backendRT.getPixelConfig(), SkBudgeted::kNo);
+                                  backendRT.testingOnly_getPixelConfig(), SkBudgeted::kNo);
                     check_rendertarget(reporter, caps, resourceProvider,
                                        sProxy->asRenderTargetProxy(),
                                        supportedNumSamples, SkBackingFit::kExact, 0);
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ DEF_GPUTEST_FOR_RENDERING_CONTEXTS(WrappedProxyTest, reporter, ctxInfo) {
 
                     check_surface(reporter, sProxy.get(), origin,
                                   kWidthHeight, kWidthHeight,
-                                  backendTex.getPixelConfig(), SkBudgeted::kNo);
+                                  backendTex.testingOnly_getPixelConfig(), SkBudgeted::kNo);
                     check_rendertarget(reporter, caps, resourceProvider,
                                        sProxy->asRenderTargetProxy(),
                                        supportedNumSamples, SkBackingFit::kExact,
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ DEF_GPUTEST_FOR_RENDERING_CONTEXTS(WrappedProxyTest, reporter, ctxInfo) {
 
                     check_surface(reporter, sProxy.get(), origin,
                                   kWidthHeight, kWidthHeight,
-                                  backendTex.getPixelConfig(), SkBudgeted::kNo);
+                                  backendTex.testingOnly_getPixelConfig(), SkBudgeted::kNo);
                     check_rendertarget(reporter, caps, resourceProvider,
                                        sProxy->asRenderTargetProxy(),
                                        supportedNumSamples, SkBackingFit::kExact,
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ DEF_GPUTEST_FOR_RENDERING_CONTEXTS(WrappedProxyTest, reporter, ctxInfo) {
 
                     check_surface(reporter, sProxy.get(), origin,
                                   kWidthHeight, kWidthHeight,
-                                  backendTex.getPixelConfig(), SkBudgeted::kNo);
+                                  backendTex.testingOnly_getPixelConfig(), SkBudgeted::kNo);
                     check_texture(reporter, resourceProvider, sProxy->asTextureProxy(),
                                   SkBackingFit::kExact);
 
diff --git a/tests/SurfaceTest.cpp b/tests/SurfaceTest.cpp
index 955a5c550a..bd3090cc8e 100644
--- a/tests/SurfaceTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/SurfaceTest.cpp
@@ -205,8 +205,6 @@ DEF_GPUTEST_FOR_RENDERING_CONTEXTS(GrContext_maxSurfaceSamplesForColorType, repo
                                 ->accessRenderTargetContext()
                                 ->numStencilSamples();
         REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, sampleCnt == max, "Exected: %d, actual: %d", max, sampleCnt);
-
-        gpu->deleteTestingOnlyBackendTexture(backendTex);
     }
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/VkWrapTests.cpp b/tests/VkWrapTests.cpp
index 58270cd7da..367fdb5c53 100644
--- a/tests/VkWrapTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/VkWrapTests.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ void wrap_tex_test(skiatest::Reporter* reporter, GrContext* context) {
         GrVkImageInfo backendCopy = *imageInfo;
         backendCopy.fImage = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
         GrBackendTexture backendTex = GrBackendTexture(kW, kH, backendCopy);
-        backendTex.setPixelConfig(kPixelConfig);
         tex = gpu->wrapBackendTexture(backendTex, kBorrow_GrWrapOwnership);
         REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, !tex);
         tex = gpu->wrapBackendTexture(backendTex, kAdopt_GrWrapOwnership);
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ void wrap_tex_test(skiatest::Reporter* reporter, GrContext* context) {
         GrVkImageInfo backendCopy = *imageInfo;
         backendCopy.fAlloc = GrVkAlloc();
         GrBackendTexture backendTex = GrBackendTexture(kW, kH, backendCopy);
-        backendTex.setPixelConfig(kPixelConfig);
         tex = gpu->wrapBackendTexture(backendTex, kBorrow_GrWrapOwnership);
         REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, !tex);
         tex = gpu->wrapBackendTexture(backendTex, kAdopt_GrWrapOwnership);
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ void wrap_tex_test(skiatest::Reporter* reporter, GrContext* context) {
     {
         GrVkImageInfo backendCopy = *imageInfo;
         GrBackendTexture backendTex = GrBackendTexture(kW, kH, backendCopy);
-        backendTex.setPixelConfig(kPixelConfig);
         tex = gpu->wrapBackendTexture(backendTex, kAdopt_GrWrapOwnership);
 
         REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, tex);
@@ -79,11 +76,12 @@ void wrap_tex_test(skiatest::Reporter* reporter, GrContext* context) {
 void wrap_rt_test(skiatest::Reporter* reporter, GrContext* context) {
     GrVkGpu* gpu = static_cast<GrVkGpu*>(context->contextPriv().getGpu());
 
-    GrBackendRenderTarget origBackendRT = gpu->createTestingOnlyBackendRenderTarget(
-            kW, kH, GrColorType::kRGBA_8888, GrSRGBEncoded::kNo);
+    GrBackendTexture origBackendTex = gpu->createTestingOnlyBackendTexture(nullptr, kW, kH,
+                                                                           kPixelConfig, true,
+                                                                           GrMipMapped::kNo);
+    const GrVkImageInfo* imageInfo = origBackendTex.getVkImageInfo();
 
-    const GrVkImageInfo* imageInfo = origBackendRT.getVkImageInfo();
-    GrPixelConfig pixelConfig = origBackendRT.getPixelConfig();
+    GrBackendRenderTarget origBackendRT(kW, kH, 1, 0, *imageInfo);
 
     sk_sp<GrRenderTarget> rt = gpu->wrapBackendRenderTarget(origBackendRT);
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, rt);
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ void wrap_rt_test(skiatest::Reporter* reporter, GrContext* context) {
         GrVkImageInfo backendCopy = *imageInfo;
         backendCopy.fImage = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
         GrBackendRenderTarget backendRT(kW, kH, 1, 0, backendCopy);
-        backendRT.setPixelConfig(pixelConfig);
         rt = gpu->wrapBackendRenderTarget(backendRT);
         REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, !rt);
     }
@@ -104,12 +101,13 @@ void wrap_rt_test(skiatest::Reporter* reporter, GrContext* context) {
         backendCopy.fAlloc = GrVkAlloc();
         // can wrap null alloc
         GrBackendRenderTarget backendRT(kW, kH, 1, 0, backendCopy);
-        backendRT.setPixelConfig(pixelConfig);
         rt = gpu->wrapBackendRenderTarget(backendRT);
         REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, rt);
     }
 
-    gpu->deleteTestingOnlyBackendRenderTarget(origBackendRT);
+    // When we wrapBackendRenderTarget it is always borrowed, so we must make sure to free the
+    // resource when we're done.
+    gpu->deleteTestingOnlyBackendTexture(origBackendTex);
 }
 
 void wrap_trt_test(skiatest::Reporter* reporter, GrContext* context) {
@@ -129,7 +127,6 @@ void wrap_trt_test(skiatest::Reporter* reporter, GrContext* context) {
         GrVkImageInfo backendCopy = *imageInfo;
         backendCopy.fImage = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
         GrBackendTexture backendTex = GrBackendTexture(kW, kH, backendCopy);
-        backendTex.setPixelConfig(kPixelConfig);
         tex = gpu->wrapRenderableBackendTexture(backendTex, 1, kBorrow_GrWrapOwnership);
         REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, !tex);
         tex = gpu->wrapRenderableBackendTexture(backendTex, 1, kAdopt_GrWrapOwnership);
@@ -141,7 +138,6 @@ void wrap_trt_test(skiatest::Reporter* reporter, GrContext* context) {
         GrVkImageInfo backendCopy = *imageInfo;
         backendCopy.fAlloc = GrVkAlloc();
         GrBackendTexture backendTex = GrBackendTexture(kW, kH, backendCopy);
-        backendTex.setPixelConfig(kPixelConfig);
         tex = gpu->wrapRenderableBackendTexture(backendTex, 1, kBorrow_GrWrapOwnership);
         REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, !tex);
         tex = gpu->wrapRenderableBackendTexture(backendTex, 1, kAdopt_GrWrapOwnership);
@@ -152,7 +148,6 @@ void wrap_trt_test(skiatest::Reporter* reporter, GrContext* context) {
     {
         GrVkImageInfo backendCopy = *imageInfo;
         GrBackendTexture backendTex = GrBackendTexture(kW, kH, backendCopy);
-        backendTex.setPixelConfig(kPixelConfig);
         tex = gpu->wrapRenderableBackendTexture(backendTex, 1, kAdopt_GrWrapOwnership);
         REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, tex);
     }
diff --git a/tools/gpu/GrTest.cpp b/tools/gpu/GrTest.cpp
index dfb8c2d4f6..e1a7924062 100644
--- a/tools/gpu/GrTest.cpp
+++ b/tools/gpu/GrTest.cpp
@@ -56,32 +56,26 @@ void SetupAlwaysEvictAtlas(GrContext* context, int dim) {
 GrBackendTexture CreateBackendTexture(GrBackend backend, int width, int height,
                                       GrPixelConfig config, GrMipMapped mipMapped,
                                       GrBackendObject handle) {
-    GrBackendTexture beTex;
     switch (backend) {
 #ifdef SK_VULKAN
         case kVulkan_GrBackend: {
             GrVkImageInfo* vkInfo = (GrVkImageInfo*)(handle);
             SkASSERT((GrMipMapped::kYes == mipMapped) == (vkInfo->fLevelCount > 1));
-            beTex = GrBackendTexture(width, height, *vkInfo);
-            break;
+            return GrBackendTexture(width, height, *vkInfo);
         }
 #endif
         case kOpenGL_GrBackend: {
             GrGLTextureInfo* glInfo = (GrGLTextureInfo*)(handle);
             SkASSERT(glInfo->fFormat);
-            beTex = GrBackendTexture(width, height, mipMapped, *glInfo);
-            break;
+            return GrBackendTexture(width, height, mipMapped, *glInfo);
         }
         case kMock_GrBackend: {
             GrMockTextureInfo* mockInfo = (GrMockTextureInfo*)(handle);
-            beTex = GrBackendTexture(width, height, mipMapped, *mockInfo);
-            break;
+            return GrBackendTexture(width, height, mipMapped, *mockInfo);
         }
         default:
             return GrBackendTexture();
     }
-    beTex.setPixelConfig(config);
-    return beTex;
 }
 
 GrBackendFormat CreateBackendFormatFromTexture(const GrBackendTexture& tex) {
@@ -344,6 +338,16 @@ void GrDrawingManager::testingOnly_removeOnFlushCallbackObject(GrOnFlushCallback
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+GrPixelConfig GrBackendTexture::testingOnly_getPixelConfig() const {
+    return fConfig;
+}
+
+GrPixelConfig GrBackendRenderTarget::testingOnly_getPixelConfig() const {
+    return fConfig;
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 #define DRAW_OP_TEST_EXTERN(Op) \
     extern std::unique_ptr<GrDrawOp> Op##__Test(GrPaint&&, SkRandom*, GrContext*, GrFSAAType)
 #define DRAW_OP_TEST_ENTRY(Op) Op##__Test