diff --git a/libretro-common/gfx/gl_capabilities.c b/libretro-common/gfx/gl_capabilities.c
index e27c9e0b62..3bfcf2b6a4 100644
--- a/libretro-common/gfx/gl_capabilities.c
+++ b/libretro-common/gfx/gl_capabilities.c
@@ -298,9 +298,7 @@ bool gl_check_capability(enum gl_capability_enum enum_idx)
       case GL_CAPS_BGRA8888:
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENGLES
          /* There are both APPLE and EXT variants. */
-         /* Videocore hardware supports BGRA8888 extension, but
-          * should be purposefully avoided. */
-         if (gl_query_extension("BGRA8888") && !strstr(renderer, "VideoCore"))
+         if (gl_query_extension("BGRA8888"))
             return true;
 #else
          return true;