diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/os/os_process.h b/src/gallium/auxiliary/os/os_process.h
index 35a80c31129..99052cd820e 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/os/os_process.h
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/os/os_process.h
@@ -30,14 +30,27 @@
 #define OS_PROCESS_H
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
+#include "util/u_debug.h"
 #include "util/u_process.h"
 
 
 static inline bool
 os_get_process_name(char *str, size_t size)
 {
-   return util_get_process_name_may_override("GALLIUM_PROCESS_NAME", str, size);
+   const char *process_name = debug_get_option("GALLIUM_PROCESS_NAME",
+                                               util_get_process_name());
+   if (!process_name)
+      return false;
+
+   assert(str);
+   assert(size);
+
+   size_t len = strnlen(process_name, size - 1);
+   memcpy(str, process_name, len);
+   str[len] = '\0';
+   return true;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/util/meson.build b/src/util/meson.build
index 5b5cd67bb01..01d489b3813 100644
--- a/src/util/meson.build
+++ b/src/util/meson.build
@@ -410,6 +410,16 @@ if with_tests
     env: ['BUILD_FULL_PATH='+process_test_exe_full_path]
   )
 
+  test(
+    'process_with_overrides',
+    process_test_exe,
+    suite : ['util'],
+    env: [
+      'BUILD_FULL_PATH='+process_test_exe_full_path,
+      'MESA_PROCESS_NAME=hello',
+    ]
+  )
+
   subdir('tests/hash_table')
   subdir('tests/vma')
   subdir('tests/format')
diff --git a/src/util/tests/process_test.c b/src/util/tests/process_test.c
index b4f42d570e8..4a7c7cbd4e3 100644
--- a/src/util/tests/process_test.c
+++ b/src/util/tests/process_test.c
@@ -58,19 +58,12 @@ test_util_get_process_name (void)
    const char *expected = "process_test";
 #endif
 
+   const char *name_override = getenv("MESA_PROCESS_NAME");
+   if (name_override)
+      expected = name_override;
+
    const char *name = util_get_process_name();
    expect_equal_str(expected, name, "util_get_process_name");
-
-   /* Test util_get_process_name_may_override */
-   char name_buf[PATH_MAX] = { 0 };
-   util_get_process_name_may_override("TEST_MESA_OVERRIDE_PROCESS_NAME", name_buf, sizeof(name_buf));
-   expect_equal_str(expected, name_buf, "util_get_process_name_may_override");
-   putenv("TEST_MESA_OVERRIDE_PROCESS_NAME=hello");
-   util_get_process_name_may_override("TEST_MESA_OVERRIDE_PROCESS_NAME", name_buf, sizeof(name_buf));
-   expect_equal_str("hello", name_buf, "util_get_process_name_may_override");
-   putenv("TEST_MESA_OVERRIDE_PROCESS_NAME=hello2");
-   util_get_process_name_may_override("TEST_MESA_OVERRIDE_PROCESS_NAME", name_buf, sizeof(name_buf));
-   expect_equal_str("hello2", name_buf, "util_get_process_name_may_override");
 }
 
 static void posixify_path(char *path) {
diff --git a/src/util/u_process.c b/src/util/u_process.c
index 1b2dccde7e4..5a2512335b7 100644
--- a/src/util/u_process.c
+++ b/src/util/u_process.c
@@ -260,34 +260,6 @@ success:
    return 0;
 }
 
-bool
-util_get_process_name_may_override(const char *env_name, char *procname, size_t size)
-{
-   const char *name;
-
-   /* First, check if the env var with env_name is set to
-    * override the normal process name query.
-    */
-   name = os_get_option(env_name);
-
-   if (!name) {
-      /* do normal query */
-      name = util_get_process_name();
-   }
-
-   assert(size > 0);
-   assert(procname);
-
-   if (name && procname && size > 0) {
-      strncpy(procname, name, size);
-      procname[size - 1] = '\0';
-      return true;
-   }
-   else {
-      return false;
-   }
-}
-
 bool
 util_get_command_line(char *cmdline, size_t size)
 {
diff --git a/src/util/u_process.h b/src/util/u_process.h
index 1a2bf1f855c..cc52e0385ec 100644
--- a/src/util/u_process.h
+++ b/src/util/u_process.h
@@ -41,16 +41,6 @@ util_get_process_name(void);
 size_t
 util_get_process_exec_path(char* process_path, size_t len);
 
-/**
- * Return the name of the current process.
- * \param env_name  the environment variable name used to override
- * \param procname  returns the process name
- * \param size  size of the procname buffer
- * \return  true or false for success, failure
- */
-bool
-util_get_process_name_may_override(const char *env_name, char *procname, size_t size);
-
 /**
  * Return the command line for the calling process.  This is basically
  * the argv[] array with the arguments separated by spaces.