diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
index 68299615b5b9f..7c79b40585a43 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 public class ZygoteInit {
     private static final String TAG = "Zygote";
 
-    private static final String PROPERTY_DISABLE_OPENGL_PRELOADING = "ro.zygote.disable_gl_preload";
     private static final String PROPERTY_RUNNING_IN_CONTAINER = "ro.boot.container";
 
     private static final String ANDROID_SOCKET_PREFIX = "ANDROID_SOCKET_";
@@ -199,9 +198,6 @@ public class ZygoteInit {
         Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK, "PreloadResources");
         preloadResources();
         Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK);
-        Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK, "PreloadOpenGL");
-        preloadOpenGL();
-        Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK);
         preloadSharedLibraries();
         preloadTextResources();
         // Ask the WebViewFactory to do any initialization that must run in the zygote process,
@@ -242,12 +238,6 @@ public class ZygoteInit {
         System.loadLibrary("jnigraphics");
     }
 
-    private static void preloadOpenGL() {
-        if (!SystemProperties.getBoolean(PROPERTY_DISABLE_OPENGL_PRELOADING, false)) {
-            EGL14.eglGetDisplay(EGL14.EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY);
-        }
-    }
-
     private static void preloadTextResources() {
         Hyphenator.init();
         TextView.preloadFontCache();