diff --git a/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl-gdl.c b/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl-gdl.c
index 407503573..1f7a2c38c 100644
--- a/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl-gdl.c
+++ b/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl-gdl.c
@@ -31,6 +31,322 @@
 
 #include "cogl-winsys-egl-gdl-private.h"
 #include "cogl-winsys-egl-private.h"
+#include "cogl-renderer-private.h"
+#include "cogl-framebuffer-private.h"
+#include "cogl-onscreen-private.h"
+#include "cogl-onscreen-template-private.h"
+#include "cogl-swap-chain-private.h"
+
+static const CoglWinsysEGLVtable _cogl_winsys_egl_vtable;
+
+typedef struct _CoglRendererGDL
+{
+  gboolean gdl_initialized;
+} CoglRendererGDL;
+
+typedef struct _CoglDisplayGDL
+{
+  int egl_surface_width;
+  int egl_surface_height;
+  gboolean have_onscreen;
+} CoglDisplayGDL;
+
+static void
+_cogl_winsys_renderer_disconnect (CoglRenderer *renderer)
+{
+  CoglRendererEGL *egl_renderer = renderer->winsys;
+  CoglRendererGDL *gdl_renderer = egl_renderer->platform;
+
+  if (gdl_renderer->gdl_initialized)
+    gdl_close ();
+
+  eglTerminate (egl_renderer->edpy);
+
+  g_slice_free (CoglRendererEGL, egl_renderer);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_cogl_winsys_renderer_connect (CoglRenderer *renderer,
+                               GError **error)
+{
+  CoglRendererEGL *egl_renderer;
+  CoglRendererGDL *gdl_renderer;
+  gdl_ret_t rc = GDL_SUCCESS;
+  gdl_display_info_t gdl_display_info;
+
+  renderer->winsys = g_slice_new0 (CoglRendererEGL);
+  egl_renderer = renderer->winsys;
+
+  gdl_renderer = g_slice_new0 (CoglRendererGDL);
+  egl_renderer->platform = gdl_renderer;
+
+  egl_renderer->platform_vtable = &_cogl_winsys_egl_vtable;
+
+  egl_renderer->edpy = eglGetDisplay (EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY);
+
+  if (!_cogl_winsys_egl_renderer_connect_common (renderer, error))
+    goto error;
+
+  /* Check we can talk to the GDL library */
+  rc = gdl_init (NULL);
+  if (rc != GDL_SUCCESS)
+    {
+      g_set_error (error, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR,
+                   COGL_WINSYS_ERROR_INIT,
+                   "GDL initialize failed. %s",
+                   gdl_get_error_string (rc));
+      goto error;
+    }
+
+  rc = gdl_get_display_info (GDL_DISPLAY_ID_0, &gdl_display_info);
+  if (rc != GDL_SUCCESS)
+    {
+      g_set_error (error, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR,
+                   COGL_WINSYS_ERROR_INIT,
+                   "GDL failed to get display information: %s",
+                   gdl_get_error_string (rc));
+      gdl_close ();
+      goto error;
+    }
+
+  gdl_close ();
+
+  return TRUE;
+
+error:
+  _cogl_winsys_renderer_disconnect (renderer);
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_cogl_winsys_egl_context_created (CoglDisplay *display,
+                                  GError **error)
+{
+  CoglRenderer *renderer = display->renderer;
+  CoglRendererEGL *egl_renderer = renderer->winsys;
+  CoglDisplayEGL *egl_display = display->winsys;
+  CoglDisplayGDL *gdl_display = egl_display->platform;
+  const char *error_message;
+
+  egl_display->egl_surface =
+    eglCreateWindowSurface (egl_renderer->edpy,
+                            egl_display->egl_config,
+                            (NativeWindowType) display->gdl_plane,
+                            NULL);
+
+  if (egl_display->egl_surface == EGL_NO_SURFACE)
+    {
+      error_message = "Unable to create EGL window surface";
+      goto fail;
+    }
+
+  if (!eglMakeCurrent (egl_renderer->edpy,
+                       egl_display->egl_surface,
+                       egl_display->egl_surface,
+                       egl_display->egl_context))
+    {
+      error_message = "Unable to eglMakeCurrent with egl surface";
+      goto fail;
+    }
+
+  eglQuerySurface (egl_renderer->edpy,
+                   egl_display->egl_surface,
+                   EGL_WIDTH,
+                   &gdl_display->egl_surface_width);
+
+  eglQuerySurface (egl_renderer->edpy,
+                   egl_display->egl_surface,
+                   EGL_HEIGHT,
+                   &gdl_display->egl_surface_height);
+
+  return TRUE;
+
+ fail:
+  g_set_error (error, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR,
+               COGL_WINSYS_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT,
+               "%s", error_message);
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gdl_plane_init (CoglDisplay *display, GError **error)
+{
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+  gdl_color_space_t colorSpace = GDL_COLOR_SPACE_RGB;
+  gdl_pixel_format_t pixfmt = GDL_PF_ARGB_32;
+  gdl_rectangle_t dstRect;
+  gdl_display_info_t display_info;
+  gdl_ret_t rc = GDL_SUCCESS;
+
+  if (!display->gdl_plane)
+    {
+      g_set_error (error, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT,
+                   "No GDL plane specified with "
+                   "cogl_gdl_display_set_plane");
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+  rc = gdl_init (NULL);
+  if (rc != GDL_SUCCESS)
+    {
+      g_set_error (error, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT,
+                   "GDL initialize failed. %s", gdl_get_error_string (rc));
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+  rc = gdl_get_display_info (GDL_DISPLAY_ID_0, &display_info);
+  if (rc != GDL_SUCCESS)
+    {
+      g_set_error (error, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT,
+                   "GDL failed to get display infomation: %s",
+                   gdl_get_error_string (rc));
+      gdl_close ();
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+  dstRect.origin.x = 0;
+  dstRect.origin.y = 0;
+  dstRect.width = display_info.tvmode.width;
+  dstRect.height = display_info.tvmode.height;
+
+  /* Configure the plane attribute. */
+  rc = gdl_plane_reset (display->gdl_plane);
+  if (rc == GDL_SUCCESS)
+    rc = gdl_plane_config_begin (display->gdl_plane);
+
+  if (rc == GDL_SUCCESS)
+    rc = gdl_plane_set_attr (GDL_PLANE_SRC_COLOR_SPACE, &colorSpace);
+
+  if (rc == GDL_SUCCESS)
+    rc = gdl_plane_set_attr (GDL_PLANE_PIXEL_FORMAT, &pixfmt);
+
+  if (rc == GDL_SUCCESS)
+    rc = gdl_plane_set_attr (GDL_PLANE_DST_RECT, &dstRect);
+
+  /* Default to triple buffering if the swap_chain doesn't have an explicit
+   * length */
+  if (rc == GDL_SUCCESS)
+    {
+      if (display->onscreen_template->config.swap_chain &&
+          display->onscreen_template->config.swap_chain->length != -1)
+        rc = gdl_plane_set_uint (GDL_PLANE_NUM_GFX_SURFACES,
+                                 display->onscreen_template->
+                                 config.swap_chain->length);
+      else
+        rc = gdl_plane_set_uint (GDL_PLANE_NUM_GFX_SURFACES, 3);
+    }
+
+  if (rc == GDL_SUCCESS)
+    rc = gdl_plane_config_end (GDL_FALSE);
+  else
+    gdl_plane_config_end (GDL_TRUE);
+
+  if (rc != GDL_SUCCESS)
+    {
+      g_set_error (error, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT,
+                   "GDL configuration failed: %s.", gdl_get_error_string (rc));
+      ret = FALSE;
+    }
+
+  gdl_close ();
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_cogl_winsys_egl_display_setup (CoglDisplay *display,
+                                GError **error)
+{
+  CoglDisplayEGL *egl_display = display->winsys;
+  CoglDisplayGDL *gdl_display;
+
+  gdl_display = g_slice_new0 (CoglDisplayGDL);
+  egl_display->platform = gdl_display;
+
+  if (!gdl_plane_init (display, error))
+    return FALSE;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+_cogl_winsys_egl_display_destroy (CoglDisplay *display)
+{
+  CoglDisplayEGL *egl_display = display->winsys;
+
+  g_slice_free (CoglDisplayGDL, egl_display->platform);
+}
+
+static void
+_cogl_winsys_egl_cleanup_context (CoglDisplay *display)
+{
+  CoglRenderer *renderer = display->renderer;
+  CoglRendererEGL *egl_renderer = renderer->winsys;
+  CoglDisplayEGL *egl_display = display->winsys;
+
+  if (egl_display->egl_surface != EGL_NO_SURFACE)
+    {
+      eglDestroySurface (egl_renderer->edpy, egl_display->egl_surface);
+      egl_display->egl_surface = EGL_NO_SURFACE;
+    }
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_cogl_winsys_egl_onscreen_init (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
+                                EGLConfig egl_config,
+                                GError **error)
+{
+  CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer = COGL_FRAMEBUFFER (onscreen);
+  CoglContext *context = framebuffer->context;
+  CoglDisplay *display = context->display;
+  CoglDisplayEGL *egl_display = display->winsys;
+  CoglDisplayGDL *gdl_display = egl_display->platform;
+  CoglOnscreenEGL *egl_onscreen = onscreen->winsys;
+
+  if (gdl_display->have_onscreen)
+    {
+      g_set_error (error, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR,
+                   COGL_WINSYS_ERROR_CREATE_ONSCREEN,
+                   "EGL platform only supports a single onscreen window");
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+  egl_onscreen->egl_surface = egl_display->egl_surface;
+
+  _cogl_framebuffer_winsys_update_size (framebuffer,
+                                        gdl_display->egl_surface_width,
+                                        gdl_display->egl_surface_height);
+  gdl_display->have_onscreen = TRUE;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static int
+_cogl_winsys_egl_add_config_attributes (CoglDisplay *display,
+                                        CoglFramebufferConfig *config,
+                                        EGLint *attributes)
+{
+  int i = 0;
+
+  /* XXX: Why does the GDL platform choose these by default? */
+  attributes[i++] = EGL_BIND_TO_TEXTURE_RGBA;
+  attributes[i++] = EGL_TRUE;
+  attributes[i++] = EGL_BIND_TO_TEXTURE_RGB;
+  attributes[i++] = EGL_TRUE;
+
+  return i;
+}
+
+static const CoglWinsysEGLVtable
+_cogl_winsys_egl_vtable =
+  {
+    .display_setup = _cogl_winsys_egl_display_setup,
+    .display_destroy = _cogl_winsys_egl_display_destroy,
+    .context_created = _cogl_winsys_egl_context_created,
+    .cleanup_context = _cogl_winsys_egl_cleanup_context,
+    .onscreen_init = _cogl_winsys_egl_onscreen_init,
+    .add_config_attributes = _cogl_winsys_egl_add_config_attributes
+  };
 
 const CoglWinsysVtable *
 _cogl_winsys_egl_gdl_get_vtable (void)
@@ -48,6 +364,9 @@ _cogl_winsys_egl_gdl_get_vtable (void)
       vtable.id = COGL_WINSYS_ID_EGL_GDL;
       vtable.name = "EGL_GDL";
 
+      vtable.renderer_connect = _cogl_winsys_renderer_connect;
+      vtable.renderer_disconnect = _cogl_winsys_renderer_disconnect;
+
       vtable_inited = TRUE;
     }
 
diff --git a/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl-private.h b/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl-private.h
index 721931cae..8c385fc7f 100644
--- a/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl-private.h
+++ b/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl-private.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "cogl-winsys-private.h"
 #include "cogl-context.h"
 #include "cogl-context-private.h"
+#include "cogl-framebuffer-private.h"
 
 typedef struct _CoglWinsysEGLVtable
 {
@@ -61,6 +62,11 @@ typedef struct _CoglWinsysEGLVtable
                      GError **error);
   void
   (* onscreen_deinit) (CoglOnscreen *onscreen);
+
+  int
+  (* add_config_attributes) (CoglDisplay *display,
+                             CoglFramebufferConfig *config,
+                             EGLint *attributes);
 } CoglWinsysEGLVtable;
 
 typedef enum _CoglEGLWinsysFeature
@@ -82,10 +88,6 @@ typedef struct _CoglRendererEGL
   EGLint egl_version_major;
   EGLint egl_version_minor;
 
-#ifdef COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_GDL_SUPPORT
-  gboolean gdl_initialized;
-#endif
-
   /* Data specific to the EGL platform */
   void *platform;
   /* vtable for platform specific parts */
@@ -110,8 +112,7 @@ typedef struct _CoglDisplayEGL
 {
   EGLContext egl_context;
   EGLSurface dummy_surface;
-#if defined (COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_GDL_SUPPORT) ||      \
-  defined (COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_ANDROID_SUPPORT)
+#if defined (COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_ANDROID_SUPPORT)
   int egl_surface_width;
   int egl_surface_height;
   gboolean have_onscreen;
diff --git a/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl.c b/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl.c
index 8d2009305..a4cbca5e4 100644
--- a/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl.c
+++ b/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl.c
@@ -121,12 +121,6 @@ _cogl_winsys_renderer_disconnect (CoglRenderer *renderer)
 {
   CoglRendererEGL *egl_renderer = renderer->winsys;
 
-#ifdef COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_GDL_SUPPORT
-  if (renderer->winsys_vtable->id == COGL_WINSYS_ID_EGL_GDL &&
-      egl_renderer->gdl_initialized)
-    gdl_close ();
-#endif
-
   eglTerminate (egl_renderer->edpy);
 
   g_slice_free (CoglRendererEGL, egl_renderer);
@@ -183,10 +177,6 @@ _cogl_winsys_renderer_connect (CoglRenderer *renderer,
                                GError **error)
 {
   CoglRendererEGL *egl_renderer;
-#ifdef COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_GDL_SUPPORT
-  gdl_ret_t rc = GDL_SUCCESS;
-  gdl_display_info_t gdl_display_info;
-#endif
 
   renderer->winsys = g_slice_new0 (CoglRendererEGL);
 
@@ -198,7 +188,6 @@ _cogl_winsys_renderer_connect (CoglRenderer *renderer,
       g_warn_if_reached ();
       goto error;
 
-    case COGL_WINSYS_ID_EGL_GDL:
     case COGL_WINSYS_ID_EGL_ANDROID:
       egl_renderer->edpy = eglGetDisplay (EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY);
       break;
@@ -207,36 +196,6 @@ _cogl_winsys_renderer_connect (CoglRenderer *renderer,
   if (!_cogl_winsys_egl_renderer_connect_common (renderer, error))
     goto error;
 
-#ifdef COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_GDL_SUPPORT
-  if (renderer->winsys_vtable->id == COGL_WINSYS_ID_EGL_GDL)
-    {
-      /* Check we can talk to the GDL library */
-
-      rc = gdl_init (NULL);
-      if (rc != GDL_SUCCESS)
-        {
-          g_set_error (error, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR,
-                       COGL_WINSYS_ERROR_INIT,
-                       "GDL initialize failed. %s",
-                       gdl_get_error_string (rc));
-          goto error;
-        }
-
-      rc = gdl_get_display_info (GDL_DISPLAY_ID_0, &gdl_display_info);
-      if (rc != GDL_SUCCESS)
-        {
-          g_set_error (error, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR,
-                       COGL_WINSYS_ERROR_INIT,
-                       "GDL failed to get display information: %s",
-                       gdl_get_error_string (rc));
-          gdl_close ();
-          goto error;
-        }
-
-      gdl_close ();
-    }
-#endif
-
   return TRUE;
 
 error:
@@ -251,8 +210,16 @@ egl_attributes_from_framebuffer_config (CoglDisplay *display,
                                         EGLint *attributes)
 {
   CoglRenderer *renderer = display->renderer;
+  CoglRendererEGL *egl_renderer = renderer->winsys;
   int i = 0;
 
+  /* Let the platform add attributes first */
+  if (egl_renderer->platform_vtable &&
+      egl_renderer->platform_vtable->add_config_attributes)
+    i = egl_renderer->platform_vtable->add_config_attributes (display,
+                                                              config,
+                                                              attributes);
+
   attributes[i++] = EGL_STENCIL_SIZE;
   attributes[i++] = needs_stencil_override ? 2 : 0;
 
@@ -269,17 +236,6 @@ egl_attributes_from_framebuffer_config (CoglDisplay *display,
   attributes[i++] = EGL_DEPTH_SIZE;
   attributes[i++] = 1;
 
-  /* XXX: Why does the GDL platform choose these by default? */
-#ifdef COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_GDL_SUPPORT
-  if (renderer->winsys_vtable->id == COGL_WINSYS_ID_EGL_GDL)
-    {
-      attributes[i++] = EGL_BIND_TO_TEXTURE_RGBA;
-      attributes[i++] = EGL_TRUE;
-      attributes[i++] = EGL_BIND_TO_TEXTURE_RGB;
-      attributes[i++] = EGL_TRUE;
-    }
-#endif
-
   attributes[i++] = EGL_BUFFER_SIZE;
   attributes[i++] = EGL_DONT_CARE;
 
@@ -435,41 +391,6 @@ try_create_context (CoglDisplay *display,
       }
       break;
 #endif
-
-#ifdef COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_GDL_SUPPORT
-    case COGL_WINSYS_ID_EGL_GDL:
-      egl_display->egl_surface =
-        eglCreateWindowSurface (edpy,
-                                config,
-                                (NativeWindowType) display->gdl_plane,
-                                NULL);
-
-      if (egl_display->egl_surface == EGL_NO_SURFACE)
-        {
-          error_message = "Unable to create EGL window surface";
-          goto fail;
-        }
-
-      if (!eglMakeCurrent (egl_renderer->edpy,
-                           egl_display->egl_surface,
-                           egl_display->egl_surface,
-                           egl_display->egl_context))
-        {
-          error_message = "Unable to eglMakeCurrent with egl surface";
-          goto fail;
-        }
-
-      eglQuerySurface (egl_renderer->edpy,
-                       egl_display->egl_surface,
-                       EGL_WIDTH,
-                       &egl_display->egl_surface_width);
-
-      eglQuerySurface (egl_renderer->edpy,
-                       egl_display->egl_surface,
-                       EGL_HEIGHT,
-                       &egl_display->egl_surface_height);
-      break;
-#endif
     }
 
   return TRUE;
@@ -499,22 +420,6 @@ cleanup_context (CoglDisplay *display)
   if (egl_renderer->platform_vtable &&
       egl_renderer->platform_vtable->cleanup_context)
     egl_renderer->platform_vtable->cleanup_context (display);
-
-  switch (renderer->winsys_vtable->id)
-    {
-    default:
-      break;
-
-#if defined (COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_GDL_SUPPORT)
-    case COGL_WINSYS_ID_EGL_GDL:
-      if (egl_display->egl_surface != EGL_NO_SURFACE)
-        {
-          eglDestroySurface (egl_renderer->edpy, egl_display->egl_surface);
-          egl_display->egl_surface = EGL_NO_SURFACE;
-        }
-      break;
-#endif
-    }
 }
 
 static gboolean
@@ -560,92 +465,6 @@ _cogl_winsys_display_destroy (CoglDisplay *display)
   display->winsys = NULL;
 }
 
-#ifdef COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_GDL_SUPPORT
-static gboolean
-gdl_plane_init (CoglDisplay *display, GError **error)
-{
-  gboolean ret = TRUE;
-  gdl_color_space_t colorSpace = GDL_COLOR_SPACE_RGB;
-  gdl_pixel_format_t pixfmt = GDL_PF_ARGB_32;
-  gdl_rectangle_t dstRect;
-  gdl_display_info_t display_info;
-  gdl_ret_t rc = GDL_SUCCESS;
-
-  if (!display->gdl_plane)
-    {
-      g_set_error (error, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT,
-                   "No GDL plane specified with "
-                   "cogl_gdl_display_set_plane");
-      return FALSE;
-    }
-
-  rc = gdl_init (NULL);
-  if (rc != GDL_SUCCESS)
-    {
-      g_set_error (error, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT,
-                   "GDL initialize failed. %s", gdl_get_error_string (rc));
-      return FALSE;
-    }
-
-  rc = gdl_get_display_info (GDL_DISPLAY_ID_0, &display_info);
-  if (rc != GDL_SUCCESS)
-    {
-      g_set_error (error, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT,
-                   "GDL failed to get display infomation: %s",
-                   gdl_get_error_string (rc));
-      gdl_close ();
-      return FALSE;
-    }
-
-  dstRect.origin.x = 0;
-  dstRect.origin.y = 0;
-  dstRect.width = display_info.tvmode.width;
-  dstRect.height = display_info.tvmode.height;
-
-  /* Configure the plane attribute. */
-  rc = gdl_plane_reset (display->gdl_plane);
-  if (rc == GDL_SUCCESS)
-    rc = gdl_plane_config_begin (display->gdl_plane);
-
-  if (rc == GDL_SUCCESS)
-    rc = gdl_plane_set_attr (GDL_PLANE_SRC_COLOR_SPACE, &colorSpace);
-
-  if (rc == GDL_SUCCESS)
-    rc = gdl_plane_set_attr (GDL_PLANE_PIXEL_FORMAT, &pixfmt);
-
-  if (rc == GDL_SUCCESS)
-    rc = gdl_plane_set_attr (GDL_PLANE_DST_RECT, &dstRect);
-
-  /* Default to triple buffering if the swap_chain doesn't have an explicit
-   * length */
-  if (rc == GDL_SUCCESS)
-    {
-      if (display->onscreen_template->swap_chain &&
-          display->onscreen_template->swap_chain->length != -1)
-        rc = gdl_plane_set_uint (GDL_PLANE_NUM_GFX_SURFACES,
-                                 display->onscreen_template->swap_chain->length);
-      else
-        rc = gdl_plane_set_uint (GDL_PLANE_NUM_GFX_SURFACES, 3);
-    }
-
-  if (rc == GDL_SUCCESS)
-    rc = gdl_plane_config_end (GDL_FALSE);
-  else
-    gdl_plane_config_end (GDL_TRUE);
-
-  if (rc != GDL_SUCCESS)
-    {
-      g_set_error (error, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR, COGL_WINSYS_ERROR_CREATE_CONTEXT,
-                   "GDL configuration failed: %s.", gdl_get_error_string (rc));
-      ret = FALSE;
-    }
-
-  gdl_close ();
-
-  return TRUE;
-}
-#endif
-
 static gboolean
 _cogl_winsys_display_setup (CoglDisplay *display,
                             GError **error)
@@ -659,12 +478,6 @@ _cogl_winsys_display_setup (CoglDisplay *display,
   egl_display = g_slice_new0 (CoglDisplayEGL);
   display->winsys = egl_display;
 
-#ifdef COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_GDL_SUPPORT
-  if (renderer->winsys_vtable->id == COGL_WINSYS_ID_EGL_GDL &&
-      !gdl_plane_init (display, error))
-    goto error;
-#endif
-
 #ifdef COGL_HAS_WAYLAND_EGL_SERVER_SUPPORT
   if (display->wayland_compositor_display)
     {
@@ -806,10 +619,8 @@ _cogl_winsys_onscreen_init (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
         }
       break;
 
-#if defined (COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_ANDROID_SUPPORT)      || \
-    defined (COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_GDL_SUPPORT)
+#if defined (COGL_HAS_EGL_PLATFORM_ANDROID_SUPPORT)
     case COGL_WINSYS_ID_EGL_ANDROID:
-    case COGL_WINSYS_ID_EGL_GDL:
 
       if (egl_display->have_onscreen)
         {