diff --git a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_atom_blend.c b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_atom_blend.c
index 1b58072268c..6366ee7ae5e 100644
--- a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_atom_blend.c
+++ b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_atom_blend.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ st_update_blend( struct st_context *st )
       /* no blending / logicop */
    }
 
-   if (st->can_dither)
+   if (st->screen->caps.dithering)
       blend->dither = ctx->Color.DitherFlag;
 
    if (_mesa_is_multisample_enabled(ctx) &&
diff --git a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_context.c b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_context.c
index fc004e65011..2889841b8df 100644
--- a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_context.c
+++ b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_context.c
@@ -583,8 +583,6 @@ st_create_context_priv(struct gl_context *ctx, struct pipe_context *pipe,
          PIPE_QUIRK_TEXTURE_BORDER_COLOR_SWIZZLE_ALPHA_NOT_W);
    ctx->Const.GLSLHasHalfFloatPacking =
       screen->caps.shader_pack_half_float;
-   st->can_dither =
-      screen->caps.dithering;
    st->lower_flatshade =
       !screen->caps.flatshade;
    st->lower_alpha_test =
diff --git a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_context.h b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_context.h
index 5f4c42ece9c..24cd80656cd 100644
--- a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_context.h
+++ b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_context.h
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ struct st_context
    bool force_compute_based_texture_transfer;
    bool force_specialized_compute_transfer;
    bool force_persample_in_shader;
-   bool can_dither;
    bool can_bind_const_buffer_as_vertex;
    bool lower_flatshade;
    bool lower_alpha_test;