diff --git a/targets/platform/renderer/gl/GLRenderer.cpp b/targets/platform/renderer/gl/GLRenderer.cpp
index 0a9b87b7d..f08174bb8 100644
--- a/targets/platform/renderer/gl/GLRenderer.cpp
+++ b/targets/platform/renderer/gl/GLRenderer.cpp
@@ -1406,44 +1406,6 @@ void glDeleteTextures_4J(int n, const unsigned int* textures) {
     ::glDeleteTextures(n, textures);
 }
 
-void glBeginQuery_4J_Helper(unsigned int target, unsigned int id) {
-    typedef void (*PFNGLBEGINQUERYPROC)(unsigned int, unsigned int);
-    static PFNGLBEGINQUERYPROC fn =
-        (PFNGLBEGINQUERYPROC)dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "glBeginQuery");
-    if (fn) fn(target, id);
-}
-
-void glEndQuery_4J_Helper(unsigned int target) {
-    typedef void (*PFNGLENDQUERYPROC)(unsigned int);
-    static PFNGLENDQUERYPROC fn =
-        (PFNGLENDQUERYPROC)dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "glEndQuery");
-    if (fn) fn(target);
-}
-
-void glGenQueries_4J_Helper(unsigned int* id) {
-#ifdef GLES
-    glGenQueries(1, id);
-#else
-    typedef void (*PFNGLGENQUERIESPROC)(int, unsigned int*);
-    static PFNGLGENQUERIESPROC fn =
-        (PFNGLGENQUERIESPROC)dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "glGenQueries");
-    if (fn) fn(1, id);
-#endif
-}
-
-void glGetQueryObjectu_4J_Helper(unsigned int id, unsigned int pname,
-                                 unsigned int* val) {
-#ifdef GLES
-    glGetQueryObjectuiv(id, pname, val);
-#else
-    typedef void (*PFNGLGETQUERYOBJECTUIVPROC)(unsigned int, unsigned int,
-                                               unsigned int*);
-    static PFNGLGETQUERYOBJECTUIVPROC fn =
-        (PFNGLGETQUERYOBJECTUIVPROC)dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "glGetQueryObjectuiv");
-    if (fn) fn(id, pname, val);
-#endif
-}
-
 // c hooks
 #undef glFogfv
 #undef glLightfv
@@ -1578,54 +1540,9 @@ void glVertexPointer_4J(int, int, FloatBuffer*) {}
 void glEndList_4J(int) {}
 void glTexGen_4J(int, int, FloatBuffer*) {}
 
-#include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-static PFNGLGENQUERIESARBPROC _glGenQueriesARB = nullptr;
-static PFNGLBEGINQUERYARBPROC _glBeginQueryARB = nullptr;
-static PFNGLENDQUERYARBPROC _glEndQueryARB = nullptr;
-static PFNGLGETQUERYOBJECTUIVARBPROC _glGetQueryObjectuivARB = nullptr;
-static bool _queriesInitialized = false;
-
-static void initQueryFuncs() {
-    if (_queriesInitialized) return;
-    _queriesInitialized = true;
-    _glGenQueriesARB =
-        (PFNGLGENQUERIESARBPROC)dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "glGenQueriesARB");
-    _glBeginQueryARB =
-        (PFNGLBEGINQUERYARBPROC)dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "glBeginQueryARB");
-    _glEndQueryARB = (PFNGLENDQUERYARBPROC)dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "glEndQueryARB");
-    _glGetQueryObjectuivARB = (PFNGLGETQUERYOBJECTUIVARBPROC)dlsym(
-        RTLD_DEFAULT, "glGetQueryObjectuivARB");
-}
-
-void glGenQueriesARB_4J(IntBuffer* buf) {
-    initQueryFuncs();
-    if (_glGenQueriesARB && buf) {
-        int n = buf->limit() - buf->position();
-        if (n > 0) _glGenQueriesARB(n, (GLuint*)getIntPtr(buf));
-    }
-}
-
-void glBeginQueryARB_4J(int target, int id) {
-    initQueryFuncs();
-    if (_glBeginQueryARB) _glBeginQueryARB((GLenum)target, (GLuint)id);
-}
-
-void glEndQueryARB_4J(int target) {
-    initQueryFuncs();
-    if (_glEndQueryARB) _glEndQueryARB((GLenum)target);
-}
-
-void glGetQueryObjectuARB_4J(int id, int pname, IntBuffer* params) {
-    initQueryFuncs();
-    if (_glGetQueryObjectuivARB && params)
-        // LWJGL does not change limits/positions during these calls, it
-        // reads/writes exactly at pointer!!
-        _glGetQueryObjectuivARB((GLuint)id, (GLenum)pname,
-                                (GLuint*)getIntPtr(params));
-}
 void glGetFloat(int pname, FloatBuffer* params) {
     glGetFloat_4J(pname, params);
 }
diff --git a/targets/platform/renderer/gl/gl_compat.h b/targets/platform/renderer/gl/gl_compat.h
index ed9b6f06d..df64fed1a 100644
--- a/targets/platform/renderer/gl/gl_compat.h
+++ b/targets/platform/renderer/gl/gl_compat.h
@@ -574,12 +574,6 @@ inline void glReadPixels_4J(int x, int y, int width, int height, int format,
     ::glReadPixels(x, y, width, height, (unsigned int)format,
                    (unsigned int)type, pixels->getBuffer());
 }
-void glBeginQuery_4J_Helper(unsigned int target, unsigned int id);
-void glEndQuery_4J_Helper(unsigned int target);
-void glGenQueries_4J_Helper(unsigned int* id);
-void glGetQueryObjectu_4J_Helper(unsigned int id, unsigned int pname,
-                                 unsigned int* val);
-
 // redirect the functions to my own implementation, no more 2.1 funcs
 #define glGenTextures(...) glGenTextures_4J(__VA_ARGS__)
 #define glDeleteTextures(...) glDeleteTextures_4J(__VA_ARGS__)
diff --git a/targets/platform/renderer/meson.build b/targets/platform/renderer/meson.build
index 0977323a7..cd9998ab1 100644
--- a/targets/platform/renderer/meson.build
+++ b/targets/platform/renderer/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 platform_renderer_gl_dependencies = [
-    dependency('dl'),
     dependency('sdl2'),
     dependency('glm'),
     dependency('stb'),
diff --git a/targets/platform/stubs.h b/targets/platform/stubs.h
index b99db20a1..114bb6fe3 100644
--- a/targets/platform/stubs.h
+++ b/targets/platform/stubs.h
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ void glEndList_4J(int vertexCount = 0);
 
 void glTexImage2D(int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, ByteBuffer*);
 void glCallLists(IntBuffer*);
-void glGenQueriesARB(IntBuffer*);
-void glBeginQueryARB(int, int);
-void glEndQueryARB(int);
-void glGetQueryObjectuARB(int, int, IntBuffer*);
-void glReadPixels(int, int, int, int, int, int, ByteBuffer*);
 
 class GL11 {
 public: