diff --git a/include/wlr/render/egl.h b/include/wlr/render/egl.h
index e921201a3..114dd9c78 100644
--- a/include/wlr/render/egl.h
+++ b/include/wlr/render/egl.h
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ struct wlr_egl {
 
 	struct wlr_drm_format_set dmabuf_texture_formats;
 	struct wlr_drm_format_set dmabuf_render_formats;
-	EGLBoolean **external_only_dmabuf_formats;
 };
 
 // TODO: Allocate and return a wlr_egl
diff --git a/render/egl.c b/render/egl.c
index ff6b916de..2b8995937 100644
--- a/render/egl.c
+++ b/render/egl.c
@@ -138,13 +138,6 @@ static void init_dmabuf_formats(struct wlr_egl *egl) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	egl->external_only_dmabuf_formats = calloc(formats_len, sizeof(EGLBoolean *));
-	if (egl->external_only_dmabuf_formats == NULL) {
-		wlr_log_errno(WLR_ERROR, "Allocation failed");
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	size_t external_formats_len = 0;
 	for (int i = 0; i < formats_len; i++) {
 		uint32_t fmt = formats[i];
 
@@ -173,9 +166,6 @@ static void init_dmabuf_formats(struct wlr_egl *egl) {
 		}
 
 		free(modifiers);
-
-		egl->external_only_dmabuf_formats[external_formats_len] = external_only;
-		external_formats_len++;
 	}
 
 	char *str_formats = malloc(formats_len * 5 + 1);
@@ -400,11 +390,6 @@ void wlr_egl_finish(struct wlr_egl *egl) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < egl->dmabuf_texture_formats.len; i++) {
-		free(egl->external_only_dmabuf_formats[i]);
-	}
-	free(egl->external_only_dmabuf_formats);
-
 	wlr_drm_format_set_finish(&egl->dmabuf_render_formats);
 	wlr_drm_format_set_finish(&egl->dmabuf_texture_formats);
 
@@ -605,27 +590,6 @@ EGLImageKHR wlr_egl_create_image_from_wl_drm(struct wlr_egl *egl,
 		EGL_WAYLAND_BUFFER_WL, data, attribs);
 }
 
-static bool dmabuf_format_is_external_only(struct wlr_egl *egl,
-		uint32_t format, uint64_t modifier) {
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < egl->dmabuf_texture_formats.len; i++) {
-		struct wlr_drm_format *fmt = egl->dmabuf_texture_formats.formats[i];
-		if (fmt->format == format) {
-			if (egl->external_only_dmabuf_formats[i] == NULL) {
-				break;
-			}
-			for (size_t j = 0; j < fmt->len; j++) {
-				if (fmt->modifiers[j] == modifier) {
-					return egl->external_only_dmabuf_formats[i][j];
-				}
-			}
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	// No info, we're doomed. Choose GL_TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES and hope for the
-	// best.
-	return true;
-}
-
 EGLImageKHR wlr_egl_create_image_from_dmabuf(struct wlr_egl *egl,
 		struct wlr_dmabuf_attributes *attributes, bool *external_only) {
 	if (!egl->exts.image_base_khr || !egl->exts.image_dmabuf_import_ext) {
@@ -715,7 +679,7 @@ EGLImageKHR wlr_egl_create_image_from_dmabuf(struct wlr_egl *egl,
 		return EGL_NO_IMAGE_KHR;
 	}
 
-	*external_only = dmabuf_format_is_external_only(egl,
+	*external_only = !wlr_drm_format_set_has(&egl->dmabuf_render_formats,
 		attributes->format, attributes->modifier);
 	return image;
 }