diff --git a/Makefile.emscripten b/Makefile.emscripten
index 82a4cab37a..a6d976ce5f 100644
--- a/Makefile.emscripten
+++ b/Makefile.emscripten
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ HAVE_SDL = 0
 HAVE_ZLIB = 1
 HAVE_FBO = 1
 WANT_MINIZ = 1
-#MEMORY = 67108864
-MEMORY = 134217728
+MEMORY = 67108864
 LTO = 0
 # XXX: setting this to 1/2 currently crashes Firefox nightly
 PRECISE_F32 = 0
diff --git a/gfx/context/emscriptenegl_ctx.c b/gfx/context/emscriptenegl_ctx.c
index 4b8d98e562..236c7986e8 100644
--- a/gfx/context/emscriptenegl_ctx.c
+++ b/gfx/context/emscriptenegl_ctx.c
@@ -32,14 +32,12 @@
 #include <EGL/egl.h>
 #include <EGL/eglext.h>
 
-static EGLContext g_egl_hw_ctx;
 static EGLContext g_egl_ctx;
 static EGLSurface g_egl_surf;
 static EGLDisplay g_egl_dpy;
 static EGLConfig g_config;
 
 static bool g_inited;
-static bool g_use_hw_ctx;
 
 static unsigned g_fb_width;
 static unsigned g_fb_height;
@@ -155,16 +153,6 @@ static bool gfx_ctx_init(void *data)
    if (!g_egl_ctx)
       goto error;
 
-   if (g_use_hw_ctx)
-   {
-      g_egl_hw_ctx = eglCreateContext(g_egl_dpy, g_config, g_egl_ctx,
-            context_attributes);
-      RARCH_LOG("[VC/EGL]: Created shared context: %p.\n", (void*)g_egl_hw_ctx);
-
-      if (g_egl_hw_ctx == EGL_NO_CONTEXT)
-         goto error;
-   }
-
    // create an EGL window surface
    g_egl_surf = eglCreateWindowSurface(g_egl_dpy, g_config, 0, NULL);
    if (!g_egl_surf)
@@ -283,14 +271,6 @@ static bool gfx_ctx_write_egl_image(void *data, const void *frame, unsigned widt
    return false;
 }
 
-static void gfx_ctx_bind_hw_render(void *data, bool enable)
-{
-   (void)data;
-   g_use_hw_ctx = enable;
-   if (g_egl_dpy && g_egl_surf)
-      eglMakeCurrent(g_egl_dpy, g_egl_surf, g_egl_surf, enable ? g_egl_hw_ctx : g_egl_ctx);
-}
-
 const gfx_ctx_driver_t gfx_ctx_emscripten = {
    gfx_ctx_init,
    gfx_ctx_destroy,
@@ -310,5 +290,4 @@ const gfx_ctx_driver_t gfx_ctx_emscripten = {
    gfx_ctx_write_egl_image,
    NULL,
    "emscripten",
-   gfx_ctx_bind_hw_render,
 };