diff --git a/video/out/opengl/utils.c b/video/out/opengl/utils.c
index 2ec8f43898..36e63e03ff 100644
--- a/video/out/opengl/utils.c
+++ b/video/out/opengl/utils.c
@@ -1255,8 +1255,12 @@ void gl_pbo_upload_uninit(struct gl_pbo_upload *pbo)
 int gl_determine_16bit_tex_depth(GL *gl)
 {
     const struct gl_format *fmt = gl_find_unorm_format(gl, 2, 1);
-    if (!gl->GetTexLevelParameteriv || !fmt)
+    if (!gl->GetTexLevelParameteriv || !fmt) {
+        // ANGLE supports ES 3.0 and the extension, but lacks the function above.
+        if (gl->mpgl_caps & MPGL_CAP_EXT16)
+            return 16;
         return -1;
+    }
 
     GLuint tex;
     gl->GenTextures(1, &tex);
diff --git a/video/out/opengl/video.c b/video/out/opengl/video.c
index 14b1150207..38d3d413e2 100644
--- a/video/out/opengl/video.c
+++ b/video/out/opengl/video.c
@@ -3310,7 +3310,6 @@ struct gl_video *gl_video_init(GL *gl, struct mp_log *log, struct mpv_global *g)
         .gl = gl,
         .global = g,
         .log = log,
-        .texture_16bit_depth = 16,
         .sc = gl_sc_create(gl, log),
         .opts_cache = m_config_cache_alloc(p, g, &gl_video_conf),
     };