diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8498ec1f..47324bd8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ config_h.set_quoted('LIBEXECDIR', dir_libexec)
 config_h.set_quoted('MODULEDIR', dir_module_weston)
 config_h.set_quoted('LIBWESTON_MODULEDIR', dir_module_libweston)
 
-config_h.set10('TEST_GL_RENDERER', get_option('test-gl-renderer'))
-
 backend_default = get_option('backend-default')
 if backend_default == 'auto'
 	foreach b : [ 'headless', 'x11', 'wayland', 'drm' ]
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 90ab3832..38c746e9 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -210,12 +210,6 @@ option(
 	value: false,
 	description: 'Tests: consider skip to be a failure'
 )
-option(
-	'test-gl-renderer',
-	type: 'boolean',
-	value: true,
-	description: 'Tests: allow running with GL-renderer'
-)
 option(
 	'doc',
 	type: 'boolean',
diff --git a/tests/weston-test-fixture-compositor.c b/tests/weston-test-fixture-compositor.c
index 87ff6bf1..420ab8f1 100644
--- a/tests/weston-test-fixture-compositor.c
+++ b/tests/weston-test-fixture-compositor.c
@@ -329,13 +329,6 @@ execute_compositor(const struct compositor_setup *setup,
 	}
 #endif
 
-#if !TEST_GL_RENDERER
-	if (setup->renderer == RENDERER_GL) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "GL-renderer disabled for tests, skipping.\n");
-		return RESULT_SKIP;
-	}
-#endif
-
 	prog_args_init(&args);
 
 	/* argv[0] */