diff --git a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_common.h b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_common.h
index 917c86faf6..334fed562d 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_common.h
+++ b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_common.h
@@ -859,14 +859,7 @@ extern void       (*glsym_glProgramParameteri)    (GLuint a, GLuint b, GLint d);
 extern void       (*glsym_glReleaseShaderCompiler)(void);
 extern void      *(*glsym_glMapBuffer)            (GLenum a, GLenum b);
 extern GLboolean  (*glsym_glUnmapBuffer)          (GLenum a);
-extern void       (*glsym_glCompressedTexImage2d) (GLenum target,
-                                                   GLint level,
-                                                   GLenum internalformat,
-                                                   GLsizei width,
-                                                   GLsizei height,
-                                                   GLint border,
-                                                   GLsizei imageSize,
-                                                   const GLvoid * data);
+
 #ifdef GL_GLES
 extern void          *(*secsym_eglCreateImage)               (void *a, void *b, GLenum c, void *d, const int *e);
 extern unsigned int   (*secsym_eglDestroyImage)              (void *a, void *b);
diff --git a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_context.c b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_context.c
index aaabc788fd..5eb06574c5 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_context.c
+++ b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_context.c
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ GLboolean  (*glsym_glUnmapBuffer)          (GLenum a) = NULL;
 void       (*glsym_glStartTiling)          (GLuint a, GLuint b, GLuint c, GLuint d, GLuint e) = NULL;
 void       (*glsym_glEndTiling)            (GLuint a) = NULL;
 
-void       (*glsym_glCompressedTexImage2d) (GLenum target, GLint level, GLenum internalformat,
-                                            GLsizei width, GLsizei height, GLint border, GLsizei imageSize,
-                                            const GLvoid * data) = NULL;
-
 #ifdef GL_GLES
 // just used for finding symbols :)
 typedef void (*_eng_fn) (void);
@@ -215,8 +211,6 @@ gl_symbols(void)
 
    FINDSYM(secsym_eglGetImageAttribSEC, "eglGetImageAttribSEC", secsym_func_uint);
 #endif
-   FINDSYM(glsym_glCompressedTexImage2d, "glCompressedTexImage2D", glsym_func_void);
-   FINDSYM2(glsym_glCompressedTexImage2d, "glCompressedTexImage2D", glsym_func_void);
 }
 
 static void shader_array_flush(Evas_Engine_GL_Context *gc);
@@ -629,7 +623,7 @@ evas_gl_common_context_new(void)
                  (strstr((char *)ext, "GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888")))
                shared->info.bgra = 1;
 #endif
-             if (glsym_glCompressedTexImage2d && strstr((char *)ext, "OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture"))
+             if (strstr((char *)ext, "OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture"))
                shared->info.etc1 = 1;
 #ifdef GL_GLES
              // FIXME: there should be an extension name/string to check for
@@ -726,7 +720,6 @@ evas_gl_common_context_new(void)
 
 #ifdef GL_GLES
         // Detect ECT2 support. We need both RGB and RGBA formats.
-        if (glsym_glCompressedTexImage2d)
           {
              GLint texFormatCnt = 0;
              glGetIntegerv(GL_NUM_COMPRESSED_TEXTURE_FORMATS, &texFormatCnt);