diff --git a/libs/renderengine/threaded/RenderEngineThreaded.cpp b/libs/renderengine/threaded/RenderEngineThreaded.cpp
index 203bb5470152468653701792d95a3709291b12a7..9b3db154ff9ae44a165fd7b5aec7d6835ec53c68 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/threaded/RenderEngineThreaded.cpp
+++ b/libs/renderengine/threaded/RenderEngineThreaded.cpp
@@ -178,10 +178,12 @@ void RenderEngineThreaded::dump(std::string& result) {
 
 void RenderEngineThreaded::genTextures(size_t count, uint32_t* names) {
     ATRACE_CALL();
+#ifdef TARGET_FORCE_RENDER_ENGINE_GEN_TEXTURES
     // This is a no-op in SkiaRenderEngine.
     if (getRenderEngineType() != RenderEngineType::THREADED) {
         return;
     }
+#endif
     std::promise<void> resultPromise;
     std::future<void> resultFuture = resultPromise.get_future();
     {
@@ -198,10 +200,12 @@ void RenderEngineThreaded::genTextures(size_t count, uint32_t* names) {
 
 void RenderEngineThreaded::deleteTextures(size_t count, uint32_t const* names) {
     ATRACE_CALL();
+#ifdef TARGET_FORCE_RENDER_ENGINE_GEN_TEXTURES
     // This is a no-op in SkiaRenderEngine.
     if (getRenderEngineType() != RenderEngineType::THREADED) {
         return;
     }
+#endif
     std::promise<void> resultPromise;
     std::future<void> resultFuture = resultPromise.get_future();
     {