diff --git a/src/ol/Map.js b/src/ol/Map.js
index 128a273429..40b7cd33e5 100644
--- a/src/ol/Map.js
+++ b/src/ol/Map.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * @module ol/Map
  */
-import {ENABLE_WEBGL, inherits} from './index.js';
+import {inherits} from './index.js';
 import _ol_PluggableMap_ from './PluggableMap.js';
 import _ol_PluginType_ from './PluginType.js';
 import _ol_control_ from './control.js';
@@ -27,14 +27,13 @@ _ol_plugins_.registerMultiple(_ol_PluginType_.LAYER_RENDERER, [
   _ol_renderer_canvas_VectorTileLayer_
 ]);
 
-if (ENABLE_WEBGL) {
-  _ol_plugins_.register(_ol_PluginType_.MAP_RENDERER, _ol_renderer_webgl_Map_);
-  _ol_plugins_.registerMultiple(_ol_PluginType_.LAYER_RENDERER, [
-    _ol_renderer_webgl_ImageLayer_,
-    _ol_renderer_webgl_TileLayer_,
-    _ol_renderer_webgl_VectorLayer_
-  ]);
-}
+// TODO: move these to new ol-webgl package
+_ol_plugins_.register(_ol_PluginType_.MAP_RENDERER, _ol_renderer_webgl_Map_);
+_ol_plugins_.registerMultiple(_ol_PluginType_.LAYER_RENDERER, [
+  _ol_renderer_webgl_ImageLayer_,
+  _ol_renderer_webgl_TileLayer_,
+  _ol_renderer_webgl_VectorLayer_
+]);
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/ol/index.js b/src/ol/index.js
index e5203d9a0a..e5e1c70048 100644
--- a/src/ol/index.js
+++ b/src/ol/index.js
@@ -25,18 +25,9 @@ export var ENABLE_PROJ4JS = true;
 export var ENABLE_RASTER_REPROJECTION = true;
 
 
-/**
- * @type {boolean} Enable the WebGL renderer.  Default is `true`. Setting
- *     this to false at compile time in advanced mode removes all code
- *     supporting the WebGL renderer from the build.
- */
-export var ENABLE_WEBGL = true;
-
-
 /**
  * @type {boolean} Include debuggable shader sources.  Default is `true`.
- *     This should be set to `false` for production builds (if `ENABLE_WEBGL`
- *     is `true`).
+ *     This should be set to `false` for production builds.
  */
 export var DEBUG_WEBGL = true;
 
@@ -71,7 +62,7 @@ var WEBGL_EXTENSIONS; // value is set below
 var HAS_WEBGL = false;
 
 
-if (ENABLE_WEBGL && 'WebGLRenderingContext' in window) {
+if ('WebGLRenderingContext' in window) {
   try {
     var canvas = /** @type {HTMLCanvasElement} */
         (document.createElement('CANVAS'));
@@ -154,7 +145,6 @@ export default {
   DEFAULT_WMS_VERSION: DEFAULT_WMS_VERSION,
   ENABLE_PROJ4JS: ENABLE_PROJ4JS,
   ENABLE_RASTER_REPROJECTION: ENABLE_RASTER_REPROJECTION,
-  ENABLE_WEBGL: ENABLE_WEBGL,
   DEBUG_WEBGL: DEBUG_WEBGL,
   HAS_WEBGL: HAS_WEBGL,
   WEBGL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: WEBGL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE,