diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-offscreen-private.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-offscreen-private.h
index dabc8697b..ae2f55bd8 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-offscreen-private.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-offscreen-private.h
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ struct _CoglOffscreen
   CoglTexture *texture;
   int texture_level;
 
-  CoglOffscreenAllocateFlags allocation_flags;
-
   /* FIXME: _cogl_offscreen_new_with_texture_full should be made to use
    * fb->config to configure if we want a depth or stencil buffer so
    * we can get rid of these flags */
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-framebuffer-gl.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-framebuffer-gl.c
index 3a540e4b6..d1eda9206 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-framebuffer-gl.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-framebuffer-gl.c
@@ -831,11 +831,6 @@ _cogl_offscreen_gl_allocate (CoglOffscreen *offscreen,
           ctx->have_last_offscreen_allocate_flags = TRUE;
         }
 
-      /* Save the flags we managed to successfully allocate the
-       * renderbuffers with in case we need to make renderbuffers for a
-       * GLES2 context later */
-      offscreen->allocation_flags = flags;
-
       return TRUE;
     }
   else