diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-framebuffer-gl.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-framebuffer-gl.c
index de5ed30d9..dfd9b9913 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-framebuffer-gl.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-framebuffer-gl.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ cogl_gl_framebuffer_finish (CoglFramebufferDriver *driver)
 {
   CoglContext *ctx = context_from_driver (driver);
 
-  GE (ctx, glFinish ());
+  ctx->glFinish ();
 }
 
 static void
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ cogl_gl_framebuffer_flush (CoglFramebufferDriver *driver)
 {
   CoglContext *ctx = context_from_driver (driver);
 
-  GE (ctx, glFlush ());
+  ctx->glFlush ();
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-util-gl.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-util-gl.c
index 32ecbd3c3..ed5ee2525 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-util-gl.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-util-gl.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ cogl_gl_create_timestamp_query (CoglContext *context)
    * the timestamp query being placed at the point of glGetQueryObject much
    * later, resulting in a GPU timestamp much later on in time.
    */
-  GE (context, glFlush ());
+  context->glFlush ();
 
   return query;
 }