diff --git a/opengl/libs/EGL/Loader.cpp b/opengl/libs/EGL/Loader.cpp
index 39bf329..d664e4d 100644
--- a/opengl/libs/EGL/Loader.cpp
+++ b/opengl/libs/EGL/Loader.cpp
@@ -271,6 +271,12 @@
     if (!hnd) {
         android::GraphicsEnv::getInstance().setDriverLoaded(android::GpuStatsInfo::Api::API_GL,
                                                             false, systemTime() - openTime);
+    } else {
+        // init_angle_backend will check if loaded driver is ANGLE or not,
+        // will set cnx->useAngle appropriately.
+        // Do this here so that we use ANGLE path when driver is ANGLE (e.g. loaded as native),
+        // not just loading ANGLE as option.
+        init_angle_backend(hnd->dso[0], cnx);
     }
 
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(!hnd,
@@ -311,11 +317,6 @@
     cnx->dso = nullptr;
 
     cnx->useAngle = false;
-
-    if (cnx->vendorEGL) {
-        dlclose(cnx->vendorEGL);
-        cnx->vendorEGL = nullptr;
-    }
 }
 
 void Loader::init_api(void* dso,
@@ -482,7 +483,7 @@
     return dso;
 }
 
-static void* load_angle_from_namespace(const char* kind, android_namespace_t* ns) {
+static void* load_angle(const char* kind, android_namespace_t* ns) {
     const android_dlextinfo dlextinfo = {
             .flags = ANDROID_DLEXT_USE_NAMESPACE,
             .library_namespace = ns,
@@ -502,61 +503,6 @@
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-static void* load_angle(const char* kind, android_namespace_t* ns, egl_connection_t* cnx) {
-    void* so = load_angle_from_namespace(kind, ns);
-
-    if (so) {
-        ALOGV("Loaded ANGLE %s library for '%s' (instead of native)", kind,
-            android::GraphicsEnv::getInstance().getAngleAppName().c_str());
-        cnx->useAngle = true;
-
-        char prop[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
-
-        property_get("debug.hwui.renderer", prop, "UNSET");
-        ALOGV("Skia's renderer set to %s", prop);
-
-        EGLint angleBackendDefault = EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_VULKAN_ANGLE;
-        property_get("debug.angle.backend", prop, "0");
-        switch (atoi(prop)) {
-            case 1:
-                ALOGV("%s: Requesting OpenGLES back-end", __FUNCTION__);
-                angleBackendDefault = EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_OPENGLES_ANGLE;
-                break;
-            case 2:
-                ALOGV("%s: Requesting Vulkan back-end", __FUNCTION__);
-                angleBackendDefault = EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_VULKAN_ANGLE;
-                break;
-            default:
-                break;
-        }
-
-        cnx->angleBackend = angleBackendDefault;
-        if (!cnx->vendorEGL && (cnx->angleBackend == EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_OPENGLES_ANGLE)) {
-            // Find and load vendor libEGL for ANGLE's GL back-end to use.
-            char prop[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX + 1];
-            for (auto key : HAL_SUBNAME_KEY_PROPERTIES) {
-                if (property_get(key, prop, nullptr) <= 0) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                void* dso = load_system_driver("EGL", prop, true);
-                if (dso) {
-                    cnx->vendorEGL = dso;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            if (!cnx->vendorEGL) {
-                cnx->vendorEGL = load_system_driver("EGL", nullptr, true);
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        ALOGV("Loaded native %s library for '%s' (instead of ANGLE)", kind,
-            android::GraphicsEnv::getInstance().getAngleAppName().c_str());
-        cnx->useAngle = false;
-    }
-
-    return so;
-}
-
 static void* load_updated_driver(const char* kind, android_namespace_t* ns) {
     ATRACE_CALL();
     const android_dlextinfo dlextinfo = {
@@ -594,22 +540,37 @@
     driver_t* hnd = nullptr;
 
     // ANGLE doesn't ship with GLES library, and thus we skip GLES driver.
-    void* dso = load_angle("EGL", ns, cnx);
+    void* dso = load_angle("EGL", ns);
     if (dso) {
         initialize_api(dso, cnx, EGL);
         hnd = new driver_t(dso);
 
-        dso = load_angle("GLESv1_CM", ns, cnx);
+        dso = load_angle("GLESv1_CM", ns);
         initialize_api(dso, cnx, GLESv1_CM);
         hnd->set(dso, GLESv1_CM);
 
-        dso = load_angle("GLESv2", ns, cnx);
+        dso = load_angle("GLESv2", ns);
         initialize_api(dso, cnx, GLESv2);
         hnd->set(dso, GLESv2);
     }
     return hnd;
 }
 
+void Loader::init_angle_backend(void* dso, egl_connection_t* cnx) {
+    void* eglCreateDeviceANGLE = nullptr;
+
+    ALOGV("dso: %p", dso);
+    eglCreateDeviceANGLE = dlsym(dso, "eglCreateDeviceANGLE");
+    ALOGV("eglCreateDeviceANGLE: %p", eglCreateDeviceANGLE);
+    if (eglCreateDeviceANGLE) {
+        ALOGV("ANGLE GLES library in use");
+        cnx->useAngle = true;
+    } else {
+        ALOGV("Native GLES library in use");
+        cnx->useAngle = false;
+    }
+}
+
 Loader::driver_t* Loader::attempt_to_load_updated_driver(egl_connection_t* cnx) {
     ATRACE_CALL();
 #ifndef __ANDROID_VNDK__
diff --git a/opengl/libs/EGL/Loader.h b/opengl/libs/EGL/Loader.h
index 6f31ab4..7b2d7c9 100644
--- a/opengl/libs/EGL/Loader.h
+++ b/opengl/libs/EGL/Loader.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     driver_t* attempt_to_load_system_driver(egl_connection_t* cnx, const char* suffix, const bool exact);
     void unload_system_driver(egl_connection_t* cnx);
     void initialize_api(void* dso, egl_connection_t* cnx, uint32_t mask);
+    void init_angle_backend(void* dso, egl_connection_t* cnx);
 
     static __attribute__((noinline))
     void init_api(void* dso,
diff --git a/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_display.cpp b/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_display.cpp
index a58e87c..95c3068 100644
--- a/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_display.cpp
+++ b/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_display.cpp
@@ -133,45 +133,6 @@
     return sDisplay[uintptr_t(disp)].getPlatformDisplay(disp, attrib_list);
 }
 
-static bool addAnglePlatformAttributes(egl_connection_t* const cnx,
-                                       std::vector<EGLAttrib>& attrs) {
-    intptr_t vendorEGL = (intptr_t)cnx->vendorEGL;
-
-    attrs.reserve(4 * 2);
-
-    attrs.push_back(EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_ANGLE);
-    attrs.push_back(cnx->angleBackend);
-
-    switch (cnx->angleBackend) {
-        case EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_VULKAN_ANGLE:
-            ALOGV("%s: Requesting Vulkan ANGLE back-end", __FUNCTION__);
-            char prop[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
-            property_get("debug.angle.validation", prop, "0");
-            attrs.push_back(EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_DEBUG_LAYERS_ENABLED_ANGLE);
-            attrs.push_back(atoi(prop));
-            break;
-        case EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_DEFAULT_ANGLE:
-            ALOGV("%s: Requesting Default ANGLE back-end", __FUNCTION__);
-            break;
-        case EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_OPENGLES_ANGLE:
-            ALOGV("%s: Requesting OpenGL ES ANGLE back-end", __FUNCTION__);
-            // NOTE: This is only valid if the backend is OpenGL
-            attrs.push_back(EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_EGL_HANDLE_ANGLE);
-            attrs.push_back(vendorEGL);
-
-            // Context virtualization is only available on GL back-end.
-            // Needed to support threading with GL back-end
-            attrs.push_back(EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_CONTEXT_VIRTUALIZATION_ANGLE);
-            attrs.push_back(EGL_FALSE);
-            break;
-        default:
-            ALOGE("%s: Requesting Unknown (%d) ANGLE back-end", __FUNCTION__, cnx->angleBackend);
-            break;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
 static EGLDisplay getPlatformDisplayAngle(EGLNativeDisplayType display, egl_connection_t* const cnx,
                                           const EGLAttrib* attrib_list, EGLint* error) {
     EGLDisplay dpy = EGL_NO_DISPLAY;
@@ -186,11 +147,14 @@
             }
         }
 
-        if (!addAnglePlatformAttributes(cnx, attrs)) {
-            ALOGE("eglGetDisplay(%p) failed: Mismatch display request", display);
-            *error = EGL_BAD_PARAMETER;
-            return EGL_NO_DISPLAY;
-        }
+        attrs.push_back(EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_ANGLE);
+        attrs.push_back(EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_VULKAN_ANGLE);
+
+        char prop[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
+        property_get("debug.angle.validation", prop, "0");
+        attrs.push_back(EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_DEBUG_LAYERS_ENABLED_ANGLE);
+        attrs.push_back(atoi(prop));
+
         attrs.push_back(EGL_NONE);
 
         dpy = cnx->egl.eglGetPlatformDisplay(EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_ANGLE,
diff --git a/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_platform_entries.cpp b/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_platform_entries.cpp
index c8840f9..1b75b20 100644
--- a/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_platform_entries.cpp
+++ b/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_platform_entries.cpp
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@
 
     // NOTE: When using Vulkan backend, the Vulkan runtime makes all the
     // native_window_* calls, so don't do them here.
-    if (cnx->angleBackend != EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_VULKAN_ANGLE) {
+    if (!cnx->useAngle) {
         int result = native_window_api_connect(window, NATIVE_WINDOW_API_EGL);
         if (result < 0) {
             ALOGE("eglCreateWindowSurface: native_window_api_connect (win=%p) "
@@ -740,14 +740,14 @@
     std::vector<AttrType> strippedAttribList;
     if (!processAttributes<AttrType>(dp, window, attrib_list, &colorSpace, &strippedAttribList)) {
         ALOGE("error invalid colorspace: %d", colorSpace);
-        if (cnx->angleBackend != EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_VULKAN_ANGLE) {
+        if (!cnx->useAngle) {
             native_window_api_disconnect(window, NATIVE_WINDOW_API_EGL);
         }
         return EGL_NO_SURFACE;
     }
     attrib_list = strippedAttribList.data();
 
-    if (cnx->angleBackend != EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_VULKAN_ANGLE) {
+    if (!cnx->useAngle) {
         int err = native_window_set_buffers_format(window, format);
         if (err != 0) {
             ALOGE("error setting native window pixel format: %s (%d)", strerror(-err), err);
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@
     }
 
     // EGLSurface creation failed
-    if (cnx->angleBackend != EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_VULKAN_ANGLE) {
+    if (!cnx->useAngle) {
         native_window_set_buffers_format(window, 0);
         native_window_api_disconnect(window, NATIVE_WINDOW_API_EGL);
     }
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    if (s->cnx->angleBackend != EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_VULKAN_ANGLE) {
+    if (!s->cnx->useAngle) {
         if (!sendSurfaceMetadata(s)) {
             native_window_api_disconnect(s->getNativeWindow(), NATIVE_WINDOW_API_EGL);
             return setError(EGL_BAD_NATIVE_WINDOW, (EGLBoolean)EGL_FALSE);
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@
         androidRect.bottom = y;
         androidRects.push_back(androidRect);
     }
-    if (s->cnx->angleBackend != EGL_PLATFORM_ANGLE_TYPE_VULKAN_ANGLE) {
+    if (!s->cnx->useAngle) {
         native_window_set_surface_damage(s->getNativeWindow(), androidRects.data(),
                                          androidRects.size());
     }
diff --git a/opengl/libs/EGL/egldefs.h b/opengl/libs/EGL/egldefs.h
index 18a3949..5fbffbd 100644
--- a/opengl/libs/EGL/egldefs.h
+++ b/opengl/libs/EGL/egldefs.h
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@
 
     bool                systemDriverUnloaded;
     bool                useAngle;       // Was ANGLE successfully loaded
-    EGLint              angleBackend;
-    void*               vendorEGL;
 };
 // clang-format on