diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-private.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-private.h
index bbf4a4af1..5a96d6d42 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-private.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-private.h
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ typedef enum
    * driver being used and instead check for broad opengl feature
    * sets that can be shared by several GL apis */
   COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_ANY_GL,
-  COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_GL_PROGRAMMABLE,
 
   COGL_N_PRIVATE_FEATURES
 } CoglPrivateFeature;
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-renderer.c b/cogl/cogl/cogl-renderer.c
index d11151f97..37c7443b3 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-renderer.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-renderer.c
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ static CoglDriverDescription _cogl_drivers[] =
     COGL_DRIVER_GL,
     "gl",
     { COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_ANY_GL,
-      COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_GL_PROGRAMMABLE,
       -1 },
     &_cogl_driver_gl,
     &_cogl_texture_driver_gl,
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ static CoglDriverDescription _cogl_drivers[] =
     COGL_DRIVER_GL3,
     "gl3",
     { COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_ANY_GL,
-      COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_GL_PROGRAMMABLE,
       -1 },
     &_cogl_driver_gl,
     &_cogl_texture_driver_gl,
@@ -113,7 +111,6 @@ static CoglDriverDescription _cogl_drivers[] =
     COGL_DRIVER_GLES2,
     "gles2",
     { COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_ANY_GL,
-      COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_GL_PROGRAMMABLE,
       -1 },
     &_cogl_driver_gles,
     &_cogl_texture_driver_gles,