diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/DXTexture.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/DXTexture.cpp
index 29b8824f5c..765438d679 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/DXTexture.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/DXTexture.cpp
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ namespace DX11
 {
 namespace
 {
-DXGI_FORMAT GetDXGIFormatForHostFormat(HostTextureFormat format)
+DXGI_FORMAT GetDXGIFormatForHostFormat(AbstractTextureFormat format)
 {
   switch (format)
   {
-  case HostTextureFormat::DXT1:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::DXT1:
     return DXGI_FORMAT_BC1_UNORM;
-  case HostTextureFormat::DXT3:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::DXT3:
     return DXGI_FORMAT_BC2_UNORM;
-  case HostTextureFormat::DXT5:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::DXT5:
     return DXGI_FORMAT_BC3_UNORM;
-  case HostTextureFormat::RGBA8:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8:
   default:
     return DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
   }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ bool DXTexture::Save(const std::string& filename, unsigned int level)
   // We can't dump compressed textures currently (it would mean drawing them to a RGBA8
   // framebuffer, and saving that). TextureCache does not call Save for custom textures
   // anyway, so this is fine for now.
-  _assert_(m_config.format == HostTextureFormat::RGBA8);
+  _assert_(m_config.format == AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8);
 
   // Create a staging/readback texture with the dimensions of the specified mip level.
   u32 mip_width = std::max(m_config.width >> level, 1u);
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGLTexture.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGLTexture.cpp
index 3d6c04926d..242e19888e 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGLTexture.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGLTexture.cpp
@@ -23,27 +23,27 @@ namespace
 std::array<u32, 8> s_Textures;
 u32 s_ActiveTexture;
 
-GLenum GetGLInternalFormatForTextureFormat(HostTextureFormat format, bool storage)
+GLenum GetGLInternalFormatForTextureFormat(AbstractTextureFormat format, bool storage)
 {
   switch (format)
   {
-  case HostTextureFormat::DXT1:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::DXT1:
     return GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT1_EXT;
-  case HostTextureFormat::DXT3:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::DXT3:
     return GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT3_EXT;
-  case HostTextureFormat::DXT5:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::DXT5:
     return GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT5_EXT;
-  case HostTextureFormat::RGBA8:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8:
   default:
     return storage ? GL_RGBA8 : GL_RGBA;
   }
 }
 
-GLenum GetGLFormatForTextureFormat(HostTextureFormat format)
+GLenum GetGLFormatForTextureFormat(AbstractTextureFormat format)
 {
   switch (format)
   {
-  case HostTextureFormat::RGBA8:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8:
     return GL_RGBA;
   // Compressed texture formats don't use this parameter.
   default:
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ GLenum GetGLFormatForTextureFormat(HostTextureFormat format)
   }
 }
 
-GLenum GetGLTypeForTextureFormat(HostTextureFormat format)
+GLenum GetGLTypeForTextureFormat(AbstractTextureFormat format)
 {
   switch (format)
   {
-  case HostTextureFormat::RGBA8:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8:
     return GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE;
   // Compressed texture formats don't use this parameter.
   default:
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ bool OGLTexture::Save(const std::string& filename, unsigned int level)
   // We can't dump compressed textures currently (it would mean drawing them to a RGBA8
   // framebuffer, and saving that). TextureCache does not call Save for custom textures
   // anyway, so this is fine for now.
-  _assert_(m_config.format == HostTextureFormat::RGBA8);
+  _assert_(m_config.format == AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8);
 
   return SaveTexture(filename, GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, m_texId, m_config.width, m_config.height,
                      level);
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/Util.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/Util.cpp
index 7ce433a79e..dd676d0b6c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/Util.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/Util.cpp
@@ -88,20 +88,20 @@ VkFormat GetLinearFormat(VkFormat format)
   }
 }
 
-VkFormat GetVkFormatForHostTextureFormat(HostTextureFormat format)
+VkFormat GetVkFormatForHostTextureFormat(AbstractTextureFormat format)
 {
   switch (format)
   {
-  case HostTextureFormat::DXT1:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::DXT1:
     return VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGBA_UNORM_BLOCK;
 
-  case HostTextureFormat::DXT3:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::DXT3:
     return VK_FORMAT_BC2_UNORM_BLOCK;
 
-  case HostTextureFormat::DXT5:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::DXT5:
     return VK_FORMAT_BC3_UNORM_BLOCK;
 
-  case HostTextureFormat::RGBA8:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8:
   default:
     return VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
   }
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/Util.h b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/Util.h
index 85d447cf75..79b070cbb8 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/Util.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/Util.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "VideoBackends/Vulkan/Constants.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/Vulkan/ObjectCache.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/RenderState.h"
+#include "VideoCommon/TextureConfig.h"
 
 namespace Vulkan
 {
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ u32 MakeRGBA8Color(float r, float g, float b, float a);
 bool IsDepthFormat(VkFormat format);
 bool IsCompressedFormat(VkFormat format);
 VkFormat GetLinearFormat(VkFormat format);
-VkFormat GetVkFormatForHostTextureFormat(HostTextureFormat format);
+VkFormat GetVkFormatForHostTextureFormat(AbstractTextureFormat format);
 u32 GetTexelSize(VkFormat format);
 u32 GetBlockSize(VkFormat format);
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/VKTexture.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/VKTexture.cpp
index a493518101..e937f06f33 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/VKTexture.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/VKTexture.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ bool VKTexture::Save(const std::string& filename, unsigned int level)
   // We can't dump compressed textures currently (it would mean drawing them to a RGBA8
   // framebuffer, and saving that). TextureCache does not call Save for custom textures
   // anyway, so this is fine for now.
-  _assert_(m_config.format == HostTextureFormat::RGBA8);
+  _assert_(m_config.format == AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8);
 
   // Determine dimensions of image we want to save.
   u32 level_width = std::max(1u, m_config.width >> level);
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/AbstractTexture.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/AbstractTexture.cpp
index 53cf84ae0d..1b6fac8bff 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/AbstractTexture.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/AbstractTexture.cpp
@@ -17,22 +17,22 @@ bool AbstractTexture::Save(const std::string& filename, unsigned int level)
   return false;
 }
 
-bool AbstractTexture::IsCompressedHostTextureFormat(HostTextureFormat format)
+bool AbstractTexture::IsCompressedHostTextureFormat(AbstractTextureFormat format)
 {
   // This will need to be changed if we add any other uncompressed formats.
-  return format != HostTextureFormat::RGBA8;
+  return format != AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8;
 }
 
-size_t AbstractTexture::CalculateHostTextureLevelPitch(HostTextureFormat format, u32 row_length)
+size_t AbstractTexture::CalculateHostTextureLevelPitch(AbstractTextureFormat format, u32 row_length)
 {
   switch (format)
   {
-  case HostTextureFormat::DXT1:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::DXT1:
     return static_cast<size_t>(std::max(1u, row_length / 4)) * 8;
-  case HostTextureFormat::DXT3:
-  case HostTextureFormat::DXT5:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::DXT3:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::DXT5:
     return static_cast<size_t>(std::max(1u, row_length / 4)) * 16;
-  case HostTextureFormat::RGBA8:
+  case AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8:
   default:
     return static_cast<size_t>(row_length) * 4;
   }
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/AbstractTexture.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/AbstractTexture.h
index 8679d03b82..2b06d9c401 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/AbstractTexture.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/AbstractTexture.h
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ public:
   virtual void Load(u32 level, u32 width, u32 height, u32 row_length, const u8* buffer,
                     size_t buffer_size) = 0;
 
-  static bool IsCompressedHostTextureFormat(HostTextureFormat format);
-  static size_t CalculateHostTextureLevelPitch(HostTextureFormat format, u32 row_length);
+  static bool IsCompressedHostTextureFormat(AbstractTextureFormat format);
+  static size_t CalculateHostTextureLevelPitch(AbstractTextureFormat format, u32 row_length);
 
   const TextureConfig GetConfig() const;
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/HiresTextures.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/HiresTextures.cpp
index 654530dc20..5b9cbd0370 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/HiresTextures.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/HiresTextures.cpp
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ bool HiresTexture::LoadTexture(Level& level, const std::vector<u8>& buffer)
   // Images loaded by SOIL are converted to RGBA.
   level.width = static_cast<u32>(width);
   level.height = static_cast<u32>(height);
-  level.format = HostTextureFormat::RGBA8;
+  level.format = AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8;
   level.data = ImageDataPointer(data, SOIL_free_image_data);
   level.row_length = level.width;
   level.data_size = static_cast<size_t>(level.row_length) * 4 * level.height;
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ HiresTexture::~HiresTexture()
 {
 }
 
-HostTextureFormat HiresTexture::GetFormat() const
+AbstractTextureFormat HiresTexture::GetFormat() const
 {
   return m_levels.at(0).format;
 }
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/HiresTextures.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/HiresTextures.h
index 30bb96d40c..3e7625c993 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/HiresTextures.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/HiresTextures.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/VideoCommon.h"
+#include "VideoCommon/TextureConfig.h"
 
 class HiresTexture
 {
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ public:
 
   ~HiresTexture();
 
-  HostTextureFormat GetFormat() const;
+  AbstractTextureFormat GetFormat() const;
   struct Level
   {
     Level();
 
     ImageDataPointer data;
-    HostTextureFormat format = HostTextureFormat::RGBA8;
+    AbstractTextureFormat format = AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8;
     u32 width = 0;
     u32 height = 0;
     u32 row_length = 0;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/HiresTextures_DDSLoader.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/HiresTextures_DDSLoader.cpp
index d58d699a56..163c67fc3c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/HiresTextures_DDSLoader.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/HiresTextures_DDSLoader.cpp
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ struct DDSLoadInfo
   u32 width = 0;
   u32 height = 0;
   u32 mip_count = 0;
-  HostTextureFormat format = HostTextureFormat::RGBA8;
+  AbstractTextureFormat format = AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8;
   size_t first_mip_offset = 0;
   size_t first_mip_size = 0;
   u32 first_mip_row_length = 0;
@@ -298,21 +298,21 @@ bool ParseDDSHeader(File::IOFile& file, DDSLoadInfo* info)
     // In the future, this could be extended, but these isn't much benefit in doing so currently.
     if (header.ddspf.dwFourCC == MAKEFOURCC('D', 'X', 'T', '1') || dxt10_format == 71)
     {
-      info->format = HostTextureFormat::DXT1;
+      info->format = AbstractTextureFormat::DXT1;
       info->block_size = 4;
       info->bytes_per_block = 8;
       needs_s3tc = true;
     }
     else if (header.ddspf.dwFourCC == MAKEFOURCC('D', 'X', 'T', '3') || dxt10_format == 74)
     {
-      info->format = HostTextureFormat::DXT3;
+      info->format = AbstractTextureFormat::DXT3;
       info->block_size = 4;
       info->bytes_per_block = 16;
       needs_s3tc = true;
     }
     else if (header.ddspf.dwFourCC == MAKEFOURCC('D', 'X', 'T', '5') || dxt10_format == 77)
     {
-      info->format = HostTextureFormat::DXT5;
+      info->format = AbstractTextureFormat::DXT5;
       info->block_size = 4;
       info->bytes_per_block = 16;
       needs_s3tc = true;
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ bool ParseDDSHeader(File::IOFile& file, DDSLoadInfo* info)
     }
 
     // All these formats are RGBA, just with byte swapping.
-    info->format = HostTextureFormat::RGBA8;
+    info->format = AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8;
     info->block_size = 1;
     info->bytes_per_block = header.ddspf.dwRGBBitCount / 8;
   }
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp
index ebb5f3830b..c61fa1fe5e 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ TextureCacheBase::TCacheEntry* TextureCacheBase::Load(const u32 stage)
   config.width = width;
   config.height = height;
   config.levels = texLevels;
-  config.format = hires_tex ? hires_tex->GetFormat() : HostTextureFormat::RGBA8;
+  config.format = hires_tex ? hires_tex->GetFormat() : AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8;
 
   TCacheEntry* entry = AllocateCacheEntry(config);
   GFX_DEBUGGER_PAUSE_AT(NEXT_NEW_TEXTURE, true);
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.h
index 7556e43ffa..23f25f48fc 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public:
     u32 GetHeight() const { return texture->GetConfig().height; }
     u32 GetNumLevels() const { return texture->GetConfig().levels; }
     u32 GetNumLayers() const { return texture->GetConfig().layers; }
-    HostTextureFormat GetFormat() const { return texture->GetConfig().format; }
+    AbstractTextureFormat GetFormat() const { return texture->GetConfig().format; }
   };
 
   virtual ~TextureCacheBase();  // needs virtual for DX11 dtor
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureConfig.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureConfig.h
index b1cb513fd9..27a0c935a1 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureConfig.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureConfig.h
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@
 
 #include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/MathUtil.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/VideoCommon.h"
+
+enum class AbstractTextureFormat : u32
+{
+  RGBA8,
+  DXT1,
+  DXT3,
+  DXT5
+};
 
 struct TextureConfig
 {
@@ -21,7 +28,7 @@ struct TextureConfig
   u32 height = 0;
   u32 levels = 1;
   u32 layers = 1;
-  HostTextureFormat format = HostTextureFormat::RGBA8;
+  AbstractTextureFormat format = AbstractTextureFormat::RGBA8;
   bool rendertarget = false;
 
   struct Hasher : std::hash<u64>
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.h
index cff2883318..e25b2b66a5 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.h
@@ -77,15 +77,6 @@ enum class APIType
   Nothing
 };
 
-// Texture formats that videocommon can upload/use.
-enum class HostTextureFormat : u32
-{
-  RGBA8,
-  DXT1,
-  DXT3,
-  DXT5
-};
-
 inline u32 RGBA8ToRGBA6ToRGBA8(u32 src)
 {
   u32 color = src;