diff --git a/gfx/drivers/gl.c b/gfx/drivers/gl.c
index 1041007970..3a2a233244 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers/gl.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers/gl.c
@@ -3413,9 +3413,7 @@ static void *gl_init(const video_info_t *video,
       goto error;
    }
 
-   video_shader_driver_get_ident(&ident_info);
-
-   RARCH_LOG("[GL]: Default shader backend found: %s.\n", ident_info.ident);
+   RARCH_LOG("[GL]: Default shader backend found: %s.\n", gl->shader->ident);
 
    if (!gl_shader_init(gl, ctx_driver, hwr))
    {
diff --git a/gfx/video_driver.c b/gfx/video_driver.c
index 0e012e3c76..43c90d4c88 100644
--- a/gfx/video_driver.c
+++ b/gfx/video_driver.c
@@ -3458,14 +3458,6 @@ static const shader_backend_t *video_shader_set_backend(
    return NULL;
 }
 
-bool video_shader_driver_get_ident(video_shader_ctx_ident_t *ident)
-{
-   if (!ident || !current_shader)
-      return false;
-   ident->ident = current_shader->ident;
-   return true;
-}
-
 bool video_shader_driver_get_current_shader(video_shader_ctx_t *shader)
 {
    void *video_driver                       = video_driver_get_ptr(true);
diff --git a/gfx/video_driver.h b/gfx/video_driver.h
index 0221aabb6d..5e2212b07e 100644
--- a/gfx/video_driver.h
+++ b/gfx/video_driver.h
@@ -1180,8 +1180,6 @@ enum gfx_ctx_api video_context_driver_get_api(void);
 
 void video_context_driver_free(void);
 
-bool video_shader_driver_get_ident(video_shader_ctx_ident_t *ident);
-
 bool video_shader_driver_get_current_shader(video_shader_ctx_t *shader);
 
 bool video_shader_driver_deinit(void);