diff --git a/app/internal/srgb/srgb.go b/app/internal/srgb/srgb.go
index c148b04f..22db556d 100644
--- a/app/internal/srgb/srgb.go
+++ b/app/internal/srgb/srgb.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (s *FBO) Blit() {
 		}
 		s.prog = prog
 		s.c.UseProgram(prog)
-		s.c.Uniform1i(gl.GetUniformLocation(s.c, prog, "tex"), 0)
+		s.c.Uniform1i(s.c.GetUniformLocation(prog, "tex"), 0)
 		s.quad = s.c.CreateBuffer()
 		s.c.BindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, s.quad)
 		s.c.BufferData(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER,
diff --git a/gpu/gl/backend.go b/gpu/gl/backend.go
index 02037c34..cfa5a9a7 100644
--- a/gpu/gl/backend.go
+++ b/gpu/gl/backend.go
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ func (b *Backend) NewProgram(vertShader, fragShader backend.ShaderSources) (back
 }
 
 func lookupUniform(funcs Functions, p Program, loc backend.UniformLocation) uniformLocation {
-	u := GetUniformLocation(funcs, p, loc.Name)
+	u := funcs.GetUniformLocation(p, loc.Name)
 	return uniformLocation{uniform: u, offset: loc.Offset, typ: loc.Type, size: loc.Size}
 }
 
diff --git a/gpu/gl/util.go b/gpu/gl/util.go
index 65b21557..6ee6034b 100644
--- a/gpu/gl/util.go
+++ b/gpu/gl/util.go
@@ -37,14 +37,6 @@ func CreateProgram(ctx Functions, vsSrc, fsSrc string, attribs []string) (Progra
 	return prog, nil
 }
 
-func GetUniformLocation(ctx Functions, prog Program, name string) Uniform {
-	loc := ctx.GetUniformLocation(prog, name)
-	if !loc.valid() {
-		panic(fmt.Errorf("uniform %s not found", name))
-	}
-	return loc
-}
-
 func createShader(ctx Functions, typ Enum, src string) (Shader, error) {
 	sh := ctx.CreateShader(typ)
 	if !sh.valid() {