diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_driver.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_driver.cpp
index 1894d44ef7..cddd915aa6 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_driver.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_driver.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "core/telemetry_session.h"
 #include "video_core/custom_textures/custom_format.h"
 #include "video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_driver.h"
+#include "video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_vars.h"
 
 namespace OpenGL {
 
@@ -74,8 +75,7 @@ static void APIENTRY DebugHandler(GLenum source, GLenum type, GLuint id, GLenum
                 GetType(type), id, message);
 }
 
-Driver::Driver(Core::TelemetrySession& telemetry_session_)
-    : telemetry_session{telemetry_session_}, is_gles{Settings::values.use_gles.GetValue()} {
+Driver::Driver(Core::TelemetrySession& telemetry_session_) : telemetry_session{telemetry_session_} {
     const bool enable_debug = Settings::values.renderer_debug.GetValue();
     if (enable_debug) {
         glEnable(GL_DEBUG_OUTPUT_SYNCHRONOUS);
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Driver::Driver(Core::TelemetrySession& telemetry_session_)
     }
 
     ReportDriverInfo();
+    DeduceGLES();
     DeduceVendor();
     CheckExtensionSupport();
     FindBugs();
@@ -142,6 +143,14 @@ void Driver::ReportDriverInfo() {
     telemetry_session.AddField(user_system, "GPU_OpenGL_Version", std::string{gl_version});
 }
 
+void Driver::DeduceGLES() {
+    // According to the spec, all GLES version strings must start with "OpenGL ES".
+    is_gles = gl_version.starts_with("OpenGL ES");
+
+    // TODO: Eliminate this global state and replace with driver references.
+    OpenGL::GLES = is_gles;
+}
+
 void Driver::DeduceVendor() {
     if (gpu_vendor.find("NVIDIA") != gpu_vendor.npos) {
         vendor = Vendor::Nvidia;
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_driver.h b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_driver.h
index 0a82b0af5e..62c6ee2ceb 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_driver.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_driver.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     void ReportDriverInfo();
+    void DeduceGLES();
     void DeduceVendor();
     void CheckExtensionSupport();
     void FindBugs();
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.cpp
index a4736c4cfb..f94109378e 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "core/memory.h"
 #include "video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_state.h"
 #include "video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_texture_mailbox.h"
-#include "video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_vars.h"
 #include "video_core/renderer_opengl/post_processing_opengl.h"
 #include "video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.h"
 #include "video_core/shader/generator/glsl_shader_gen.h"
@@ -459,7 +458,7 @@ void RendererOpenGL::ConfigureFramebufferTexture(TextureInfo& texture,
     case GPU::Regs::PixelFormat::RGBA8:
         internal_format = GL_RGBA;
         texture.gl_format = GL_RGBA;
-        texture.gl_type = GLES ? GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE : GL_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8;
+        texture.gl_type = driver.IsOpenGLES() ? GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE : GL_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8;
         break;
 
     case GPU::Regs::PixelFormat::RGB8:
@@ -470,7 +469,7 @@ void RendererOpenGL::ConfigureFramebufferTexture(TextureInfo& texture,
         internal_format = GL_RGB;
 
         // GLES Dosen't support BGR , Use RGB instead
-        texture.gl_format = GLES ? GL_RGB : GL_BGR;
+        texture.gl_format = driver.IsOpenGLES() ? GL_RGB : GL_BGR;
         texture.gl_type = GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE;
         break;
 
diff --git a/src/video_core/video_core.cpp b/src/video_core/video_core.cpp
index c836e7372f..e8f090a0fe 100644
--- a/src/video_core/video_core.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/video_core.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "video_core/pica.h"
 #include "video_core/pica_state.h"
 #include "video_core/renderer_base.h"
-#include "video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_vars.h"
 #include "video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.h"
 #include "video_core/renderer_software/renderer_software.h"
 #include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/renderer_vulkan.h"
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@ void Init(Frontend::EmuWindow& emu_window, Frontend::EmuWindow* secondary_window
     Pica::Init();
 
     const Settings::GraphicsAPI graphics_api = Settings::values.graphics_api.GetValue();
-    OpenGL::GLES = Settings::values.use_gles.GetValue();
-
     switch (graphics_api) {
     case Settings::GraphicsAPI::Software:
         g_renderer = std::make_unique<SwRenderer::RendererSoftware>(system, emu_window);