diff --git a/render/gles2/renderer.c b/render/gles2/renderer.c
index de80a55f..8d060150 100644
--- a/render/gles2/renderer.c
+++ b/render/gles2/renderer.c
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@
 #include "render/pixel_format.h"
 #include "types/wlr_matrix.h"
 
-#include "quad_vert_src.h"
+#include "common_vert_src.h"
 #include "quad_frag_src.h"
-#include "tex_vert_src.h"
 #include "tex_rgba_frag_src.h"
 #include "tex_rgbx_frag_src.h"
 #include "tex_external_frag_src.h"
@@ -786,7 +785,7 @@ struct wlr_renderer *wlr_gles2_renderer_create(struct wlr_egl *egl) {
 
 	GLuint prog;
 	renderer->shaders.quad.program = prog =
-		link_program(renderer, quad_vert_src, quad_frag_src);
+		link_program(renderer, common_vert_src, quad_frag_src);
 	if (!renderer->shaders.quad.program) {
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -795,7 +794,7 @@ struct wlr_renderer *wlr_gles2_renderer_create(struct wlr_egl *egl) {
 	renderer->shaders.quad.pos_attrib = glGetAttribLocation(prog, "pos");
 
 	renderer->shaders.tex_rgba.program = prog =
-		link_program(renderer, tex_vert_src, tex_rgba_frag_src);
+		link_program(renderer, common_vert_src, tex_rgba_frag_src);
 	if (!renderer->shaders.tex_rgba.program) {
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -806,7 +805,7 @@ struct wlr_renderer *wlr_gles2_renderer_create(struct wlr_egl *egl) {
 	renderer->shaders.tex_rgba.tex_attrib = glGetAttribLocation(prog, "texcoord");
 
 	renderer->shaders.tex_rgbx.program = prog =
-		link_program(renderer, tex_vert_src, tex_rgbx_frag_src);
+		link_program(renderer, common_vert_src, tex_rgbx_frag_src);
 	if (!renderer->shaders.tex_rgbx.program) {
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -818,7 +817,7 @@ struct wlr_renderer *wlr_gles2_renderer_create(struct wlr_egl *egl) {
 
 	if (renderer->exts.OES_egl_image_external) {
 		renderer->shaders.tex_ext.program = prog =
-			link_program(renderer, tex_vert_src, tex_external_frag_src);
+			link_program(renderer, common_vert_src, tex_external_frag_src);
 		if (!renderer->shaders.tex_ext.program) {
 			goto error;
 		}
diff --git a/render/gles2/shaders/quad.vert b/render/gles2/shaders/common.vert
similarity index 100%
rename from render/gles2/shaders/quad.vert
rename to render/gles2/shaders/common.vert
diff --git a/render/gles2/shaders/meson.build b/render/gles2/shaders/meson.build
index 626c2b14..79454d9a 100644
--- a/render/gles2/shaders/meson.build
+++ b/render/gles2/shaders/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 embed = find_program('./embed.sh', native: true)
 
 shaders = [
-	'quad.vert',
+	'common.vert',
 	'quad.frag',
-	'tex.vert',
 	'tex_rgba.frag',
 	'tex_rgbx.frag',
 	'tex_external.frag',
diff --git a/render/gles2/shaders/tex.vert b/render/gles2/shaders/tex.vert
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cebb458..00000000
--- a/render/gles2/shaders/tex.vert
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-uniform mat3 proj;
-attribute vec2 pos;
-attribute vec2 texcoord;
-varying vec2 v_texcoord;
-
-void main() {
-	gl_Position = vec4(proj * vec3(pos, 1.0), 1.0);
-	v_texcoord = texcoord;
-}