diff --git a/src/mesa/main/APIspec.xml b/src/mesa/main/APIspec.xml
index 3d5f5214640..48127582e5f 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/APIspec.xml
+++ b/src/mesa/main/APIspec.xml
@@ -1329,14 +1329,6 @@
 		<param name="stride" type="GLsizei"/>
 		<param name="pointer" type="const GLvoid *"/>
 	</proto>
-
-	<desc name="type">
-		<value name="GL_BYTE"/>
-		<value name="GL_SHORT"/>
-		<value name="GL_FLOAT"/>
-		<value name="GL_FIXED"/>
-		<value name="GL_HALF_FLOAT_OES" category="OES_vertex_half_float"/>
-	</desc>
 </template>
 
 <template name="TexCoordPointer">
diff --git a/src/mesa/main/varray.c b/src/mesa/main/varray.c
index f3c869f6d7f..165b957c891 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/varray.c
+++ b/src/mesa/main/varray.c
@@ -268,12 +268,13 @@ _mesa_VertexPointer(GLint size, GLenum type, GLsizei stride, const GLvoid *ptr)
 void GLAPIENTRY
 _mesa_NormalPointer(GLenum type, GLsizei stride, const GLvoid *ptr )
 {
-   const GLbitfield legalTypes = (BYTE_BIT | SHORT_BIT | INT_BIT |
-                                  HALF_BIT | FLOAT_BIT | DOUBLE_BIT |
-                                  FIXED_ES_BIT |
-                                  UNSIGNED_INT_2_10_10_10_REV_BIT |
-                                  INT_2_10_10_10_REV_BIT);
    GET_CURRENT_CONTEXT(ctx);
+   const GLbitfield legalTypes = (ctx->API == API_OPENGLES)
+      ? (BYTE_BIT | SHORT_BIT | FLOAT_BIT | FIXED_ES_BIT)
+      : (BYTE_BIT | SHORT_BIT | INT_BIT |
+         HALF_BIT | FLOAT_BIT | DOUBLE_BIT |
+         UNSIGNED_INT_2_10_10_10_REV_BIT |
+         INT_2_10_10_10_REV_BIT);
    ASSERT_OUTSIDE_BEGIN_END_AND_FLUSH(ctx);
 
    update_array(ctx, "glNormalPointer", VERT_ATTRIB_NORMAL,