diff --git a/src/mesa/main/APIspec.xml b/src/mesa/main/APIspec.xml
index 4657b3c6ef4..d19a2b02bd1 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/APIspec.xml
+++ b/src/mesa/main/APIspec.xml
@@ -1349,14 +1349,6 @@
 		<param name="stride" type="GLsizei"/>
 		<param name="pointer" type="const GLvoid *"/>
 	</proto>
-
-	<desc name="type">
-		<value name="GL_BYTE"/>
-		<value name="GL_SHORT"/>
-		<value name="GL_FLOAT"/>
-		<value name="GL_FIXED"/>
-		<value name="GL_HALF_FLOAT_OES" category="OES_vertex_half_float"/>
-	</desc>
 </template>
 
 <template name="PolygonOffset">
diff --git a/src/mesa/main/varray.c b/src/mesa/main/varray.c
index 4269fd25da4..8c3ddc524aa 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/varray.c
+++ b/src/mesa/main/varray.c
@@ -249,16 +249,15 @@ update_array(struct gl_context *ctx,
 void GLAPIENTRY
 _mesa_VertexPointer(GLint size, GLenum type, GLsizei stride, const GLvoid *ptr)
 {
-   GLbitfield legalTypes = (SHORT_BIT | INT_BIT | FLOAT_BIT |
-                            DOUBLE_BIT | HALF_BIT | FIXED_ES_BIT |
-                            UNSIGNED_INT_2_10_10_10_REV_BIT |
-                            INT_2_10_10_10_REV_BIT);
    GET_CURRENT_CONTEXT(ctx);
+   GLbitfield legalTypes = (ctx->API == API_OPENGLES)
+      ? (BYTE_BIT | SHORT_BIT | FLOAT_BIT | FIXED_ES_BIT)
+      : (SHORT_BIT | INT_BIT | FLOAT_BIT |
+         DOUBLE_BIT | HALF_BIT |
+         UNSIGNED_INT_2_10_10_10_REV_BIT |
+         INT_2_10_10_10_REV_BIT);
    ASSERT_OUTSIDE_BEGIN_END_AND_FLUSH(ctx);
 
-   if (ctx->API == API_OPENGLES)
-      legalTypes |= BYTE_BIT;
-
    update_array(ctx, "glVertexPointer", VERT_ATTRIB_POS,
                 legalTypes, 2, 4,
                 size, type, stride, GL_FALSE, GL_FALSE, ptr);