diff --git a/src/egl/main/egldriver.c b/src/egl/main/egldriver.c
index 2105d83b3da..0a4dae7588e 100644
--- a/src/egl/main/egldriver.c
+++ b/src/egl/main/egldriver.c
@@ -48,18 +48,11 @@
 
 extern _EGLDriver _eglDriver;
 
-static _EGLDriver *
-_eglGetDriver(void)
-{
-   return &_eglDriver;
-}
-
 static _EGLDriver *
 _eglMatchAndInitialize(_EGLDisplay *disp)
 {
-   if (_eglGetDriver())
-      if (_eglDriver.Initialize(&_eglDriver, disp))
-         return &_eglDriver;
+   if (_eglDriver.Initialize(&_eglDriver, disp))
+      return &_eglDriver;
 
    return NULL;
 }
@@ -98,7 +91,7 @@ _eglMatchDriver(_EGLDisplay *disp)
 __eglMustCastToProperFunctionPointerType
 _eglGetDriverProc(const char *procname)
 {
-   if (_eglGetDriver() && _eglDriver.GetProcAddress)
+   if (_eglDriver.GetProcAddress)
       return _eglDriver.GetProcAddress(&_eglDriver, procname);
 
    return NULL;