diff --git a/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaGLRenderEngine.cpp b/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaGLRenderEngine.cpp
index 2d80c46..7dc66e7 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaGLRenderEngine.cpp
+++ b/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaGLRenderEngine.cpp
@@ -506,17 +506,18 @@
         return;
     }
     // We currently don't attempt to map a buffer if the buffer contains protected content
-    // or we are using a protected context because GPU resources for protected buffers is
-    // much more limited.
+    // because GPU resources for protected buffers is much more limited.
     const bool isProtectedBuffer = buffer->getUsage() & GRALLOC_USAGE_PROTECTED;
-    if (isProtectedBuffer || mInProtectedContext) {
+    if (isProtectedBuffer) {
         return;
     }
     ATRACE_CALL();
 
-    // If we were to support caching protected buffers then we will need to switch the currently
-    // bound context if we are not already using the protected context (and subsequently switch
-    // back after the buffer is cached).
+    // If we were to support caching protected buffers then we will need to switch the
+    // currently bound context if we are not already using the protected context (and subsequently
+    // switch back after the buffer is cached).  However, for non-protected content we can bind
+    // the texture in either GL context because they are initialized with the same share_context
+    // which allows the texture state to be shared between them.
     auto grContext = getActiveGrContext();
     auto& cache = mTextureCache;
 
@@ -550,7 +551,6 @@
 
         if (iter->second == 0) {
             mTextureCache.erase(buffer->getId());
-            mProtectedTextureCache.erase(buffer->getId());
             mGraphicBufferExternalRefs.erase(buffer->getId());
         }
     }
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@
     validateOutputBufferUsage(buffer->getBuffer());
 
     auto grContext = getActiveGrContext();
-    auto& cache = mInProtectedContext ? mProtectedTextureCache : mTextureCache;
+    auto& cache = mTextureCache;
 
     std::shared_ptr<AutoBackendTexture::LocalRef> surfaceTextureRef;
     if (const auto& it = cache.find(buffer->getBuffer()->getId()); it != cache.end()) {
@@ -1445,12 +1445,6 @@
         StringAppendF(&result, "Skia's Protected Wrapped Objects:\n");
         gpuProtectedReporter.logOutput(result, true);
 
-        StringAppendF(&result, "RenderEngine protected AHB/BackendTexture cache size: %zu\n",
-                      mProtectedTextureCache.size());
-        StringAppendF(&result, "Dumping buffer ids...\n");
-        for (const auto& [id, unused] : mProtectedTextureCache) {
-            StringAppendF(&result, "- 0x%" PRIx64 "\n", id);
-        }
         StringAppendF(&result, "\n");
         StringAppendF(&result, "RenderEngine runtime effects: %zu\n", mRuntimeEffects.size());
         for (const auto& [linearEffect, unused] : mRuntimeEffects) {
diff --git a/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaGLRenderEngine.h b/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaGLRenderEngine.h
index 97d3b72..758c0f8 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaGLRenderEngine.h
+++ b/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaGLRenderEngine.h
@@ -126,11 +126,9 @@
     // Number of external holders of ExternalTexture references, per GraphicBuffer ID.
     std::unordered_map<GraphicBufferId, int32_t> mGraphicBufferExternalRefs
             GUARDED_BY(mRenderingMutex);
-    // Cache of GL textures that we'll store per GraphicBuffer ID, sliced by GPU context.
+    // Cache of GL textures that we'll store per GraphicBuffer ID, shared between GPU contexts.
     std::unordered_map<GraphicBufferId, std::shared_ptr<AutoBackendTexture::LocalRef>> mTextureCache
             GUARDED_BY(mRenderingMutex);
-    std::unordered_map<GraphicBufferId, std::shared_ptr<AutoBackendTexture::LocalRef>>
-            mProtectedTextureCache GUARDED_BY(mRenderingMutex);
     std::unordered_map<LinearEffect, sk_sp<SkRuntimeEffect>, LinearEffectHasher> mRuntimeEffects;
 
     StretchShaderFactory mStretchShaderFactory;