diff --git a/clutter/cogl/cogl/cogl-path.c b/clutter/cogl/cogl/cogl-path.c
index 687fdaa15..e035ccb4c 100644
--- a/clutter/cogl/cogl/cogl-path.c
+++ b/clutter/cogl/cogl/cogl-path.c
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ _cogl_path_tesselator_end (CoglPathTesselator *tess)
 }
 
 static void
-_cogl_path_tesselator_combine (GLdouble coords[3],
+_cogl_path_tesselator_combine (double coords[3],
                                void *vertex_data[4],
                                GLfloat weight[4],
                                void **out_data,
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ _cogl_path_build_vbo (CoglPath *path)
 
       for (i = 0; i < node->path_size; i++)
         {
-          GLdouble vertex[3] = { node[i].x, node[i].y, 0.0 };
+          double vertex[3] = { node[i].x, node[i].y, 0.0 };
           gluTessVertex (tess.glu_tess, vertex,
                          GINT_TO_POINTER (i + path_start));
         }
diff --git a/clutter/cogl/cogl/tesselator/GL/glu.h b/clutter/cogl/cogl/tesselator/GL/glu.h
index c6c847b58..026ca5af7 100644
--- a/clutter/cogl/cogl/tesselator/GL/glu.h
+++ b/clutter/cogl/cogl/tesselator/GL/glu.h
@@ -24,3 +24,17 @@
    that the tesselator code can still #include <GL/glu.h> */
 
 #include "../tesselator.h"
+
+/* These aren't defined on GLES and we don't really want the
+   tesselator code to use them but we're also trying to avoid
+   modifying the C files so we just force them to be empty here */
+
+#undef GLAPI
+#define GLAPI
+
+#undef GLAPIENTRY
+#define GLAPIENTRY
+
+/* GLES doesn't define a GLdouble type so lets just force it to a
+   regular double */
+#define GLdouble double
diff --git a/clutter/cogl/cogl/tesselator/tesselator.h b/clutter/cogl/cogl/tesselator/tesselator.h
index 48fb25e45..69a6ecea5 100644
--- a/clutter/cogl/cogl/tesselator/tesselator.h
+++ b/clutter/cogl/cogl/tesselator/tesselator.h
@@ -40,25 +40,25 @@ typedef struct GLUtesselator GLUtesselator;
 
 #define GLU_TESS_MAX_COORD 1.0e150
 
-GLAPI void GLAPIENTRY gluBeginPolygon (GLUtesselator* tess);
-GLAPI void GLAPIENTRY gluDeleteTess (GLUtesselator* tess);
-GLAPI void GLAPIENTRY gluEndPolygon (GLUtesselator* tess);
+void gluBeginPolygon (GLUtesselator* tess);
+void gluDeleteTess (GLUtesselator* tess);
+void gluEndPolygon (GLUtesselator* tess);
 
-typedef void (GLAPIENTRYP _GLUfuncptr)();
+typedef void (_GLUfuncptr)();
 
-GLAPI void GLAPIENTRY gluGetTessProperty (GLUtesselator* tess, GLenum which, GLdouble* data);
+void gluGetTessProperty (GLUtesselator* tess, GLenum which, double* data);
 
-GLAPI GLUtesselator* GLAPIENTRY gluNewTess (void);
-GLAPI void GLAPIENTRY gluNextContour (GLUtesselator* tess, GLenum type);
+GLUtesselator *gluNewTess (void);
+void gluNextContour (GLUtesselator* tess, GLenum type);
 
-GLAPI void GLAPIENTRY gluTessBeginContour (GLUtesselator* tess);
-GLAPI void GLAPIENTRY gluTessBeginPolygon (GLUtesselator* tess, GLvoid* data);
-GLAPI void GLAPIENTRY gluTessCallback (GLUtesselator* tess, GLenum which, _GLUfuncptr CallBackFunc);
-GLAPI void GLAPIENTRY gluTessEndContour (GLUtesselator* tess);
-GLAPI void GLAPIENTRY gluTessEndPolygon (GLUtesselator* tess);
-GLAPI void GLAPIENTRY gluTessNormal (GLUtesselator* tess, GLdouble valueX, GLdouble valueY, GLdouble valueZ);
-GLAPI void GLAPIENTRY gluTessProperty (GLUtesselator* tess, GLenum which, GLdouble data);
-GLAPI void GLAPIENTRY gluTessVertex (GLUtesselator* tess, GLdouble *location, GLvoid* data);
+void gluTessBeginContour (GLUtesselator* tess);
+void gluTessBeginPolygon (GLUtesselator* tess, GLvoid* data);
+void gluTessCallback (GLUtesselator* tess, GLenum which, _GLUfuncptr CallBackFunc);
+void gluTessEndContour (GLUtesselator* tess);
+void gluTessEndPolygon (GLUtesselator* tess);
+void gluTessNormal (GLUtesselator* tess, double valueX, double valueY, double valueZ);
+void gluTessProperty (GLUtesselator* tess, GLenum which, double data);
+void gluTessVertex (GLUtesselator* tess, double *location, GLvoid* data);
 
 /* ErrorCode */
 #define GLU_INVALID_ENUM                   100900