diff --git a/gfx/drivers/gl2.c b/gfx/drivers/gl2.c
index eaa0d4e9ae9..415d1aae718 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers/gl2.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers/gl2.c
@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@
 #define GL_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8_REV       0x8367
 #endif
 
+#if defined(HAVE_OPENGLES2)
+#define GL2_DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE RARCH_SHADER_GLSL
+#elif defined(HAVE_GLSL)
+#define GL2_DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE RARCH_SHADER_GLSL
+#elif defined(HAVE_CG)
+#define GL2_DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE RARCH_SHADER_CG
+#else
+#define GL2_DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE RARCH_SHADER_NONE
+#endif
+
 #if defined(HAVE_PSGL)
 #define RARCH_GL_FRAMEBUFFER GL_FRAMEBUFFER_OES
 #define RARCH_GL_FRAMEBUFFER_COMPLETE GL_FRAMEBUFFER_COMPLETE_OES
@@ -2974,7 +2984,7 @@ static enum rarch_shader_type gl2_get_fallback_shader_type(enum rarch_shader_typ
 
    if (type != RARCH_SHADER_CG && type != RARCH_SHADER_GLSL)
    {
-      type = DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE;
+      type = GL2_DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE;
 
       if (type != RARCH_SHADER_CG && type != RARCH_SHADER_GLSL)
          type = RARCH_SHADER_GLSL;
diff --git a/gfx/drivers/gl3.c b/gfx/drivers/gl3.c
index d4a333655e0..82d42afb973 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers/gl3.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers/gl3.c
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@
    coords[5] = yamt; \
    coords[7] = yamt
 
+#if defined(HAVE_SLANG)
+#define GL3_DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE RARCH_SHADER_SLANG
+#elif defined(HAVE_GLSL)
+#define GL3_DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE RARCH_SHADER_GLSL
+#else
+#define GL3_DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE RARCH_SHADER_NONE
+#endif
+
 struct gl3_streamed_texture
 {
    GLuint tex;
@@ -2128,38 +2136,38 @@ static bool gl3_init_pipelines(gl3_t *gl)
  **/
 static enum rarch_shader_type gl3_get_fallback_shader_type(enum rarch_shader_type type)
 {
-#if defined(HAVE_SLANG) || defined(HAVE_GLSL) || defined(HAVE_CG)
+#if defined(HAVE_SLANG) || defined(HAVE_GLSL)
    int i;
    gfx_ctx_flags_t flags;
    flags.flags     = 0;
    video_context_driver_get_flags(&flags);
 
-   if (type != RARCH_SHADER_CG && type != RARCH_SHADER_GLSL && type != RARCH_SHADER_SLANG)
+   /* No context driver advertises GFX_CTX_FLAGS_SHADERS_CG for the
+    * "glcore" video driver -- audited x_ctx.c, wgl_ctx.c, drm_ctx.c,
+    * wayland_ctx.c, etc.  Cg requires the legacy fixed-function / ARB
+    * asm pipeline that Core Profile contexts don't expose, so no
+    * RARCH_SHADER_CG path is wired up here.  GLSL and slang are both
+    * Core Profile-compatible and remain valid; in practice context
+    * drivers advertise SLANG for glcore but the GLSL fallback is kept
+    * for builds without slang/spirv-cross. */
+   if (type != RARCH_SHADER_GLSL && type != RARCH_SHADER_SLANG)
    {
-      type = DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE;
+      type = GL3_DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE;
 
-      if (type != RARCH_SHADER_CG && type != RARCH_SHADER_GLSL && type != RARCH_SHADER_SLANG)
+      if (type != RARCH_SHADER_GLSL && type != RARCH_SHADER_SLANG)
          type = RARCH_SHADER_SLANG;
    }
 
-   for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+   for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
    {
       switch (type)
       {
-         case RARCH_SHADER_CG:
-#ifdef HAVE_CG
-            if (BIT32_GET(flags.flags, GFX_CTX_FLAGS_SHADERS_CG))
-               return type;
-#endif
-            type = RARCH_SHADER_SLANG;
-            break;
-
          case RARCH_SHADER_GLSL:
 #ifdef HAVE_GLSL
             if (BIT32_GET(flags.flags, GFX_CTX_FLAGS_SHADERS_GLSL))
                return type;
 #endif
-            type = RARCH_SHADER_CG;
+            type = RARCH_SHADER_SLANG;
             break;
 
          case RARCH_SHADER_SLANG:
@@ -2231,11 +2239,6 @@ static const shader_backend_t *gl3_shader_driver_set_backend(
 
    switch (fallback)
    {
-#ifdef HAVE_CG
-      case RARCH_SHADER_CG:
-         RARCH_LOG("[GLCore] Using Cg shader backend.\n");
-         return &gl_cg_backend;
-#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_GLSL
       case RARCH_SHADER_GLSL:
          RARCH_LOG("[GLCore] Using GLSL shader backend.\n");
diff --git a/gfx/video_crt_switch.c b/gfx/video_crt_switch.c
index 8c70e51f3c4..6f83e44df7b 100644
--- a/gfx/video_crt_switch.c
+++ b/gfx/video_crt_switch.c
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ static void crt_aspect_ratio_switch(
       video_st->current_video->set_viewport(
             video_st->data, width, height, true, true);
 
-   video_driver_apply_state_changes();
-
+   command_event(CMD_EVENT_VIDEO_APPLY_STATE_CHANGES, NULL);
 }
 
 static void crt_switch_set_aspect(
@@ -419,7 +418,7 @@ static void switch_res_crt(
             1.0f,
             false);
       video_driver_set_output_size(width , height);
-      video_driver_apply_state_changes();
+      command_event(CMD_EVENT_VIDEO_APPLY_STATE_CHANGES, NULL);
    }
 }
 #endif
@@ -517,7 +516,7 @@ void crt_switch_res_core(
          float fly_aspect               = (float)p_switch->fly_aspect;
          RARCH_LOG("[CRT] Restoring aspect ratio: %f.\n", fly_aspect);
          video_st->aspect_ratio         = fly_aspect;
-         video_driver_apply_state_changes();
+         command_event(CMD_EVENT_VIDEO_APPLY_STATE_CHANGES, NULL);
       }
    }
 }
diff --git a/gfx/video_driver.h b/gfx/video_driver.h
index f9d0dc9cc35..7489e630521 100644
--- a/gfx/video_driver.h
+++ b/gfx/video_driver.h
@@ -63,20 +63,6 @@
 #define VIDEO_SHADER_STOCK_NOBLEND        (GFX_MAX_SHADERS - 10)
 #define VIDEO_SHADER_STOCK_BLEND_HDR      (GFX_MAX_SHADERS - 11)
 
-#if defined(_XBOX360)
-#define DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE RARCH_SHADER_HLSL
-#elif defined(HAVE_OPENGLES2)
-#define DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE RARCH_SHADER_GLSL
-#elif defined(HAVE_SLANG)
-#define DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE RARCH_SHADER_SLANG
-#elif defined(HAVE_GLSL)
-#define DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE RARCH_SHADER_GLSL
-#elif defined(HAVE_CG)
-#define DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE RARCH_SHADER_CG
-#else
-#define DEFAULT_SHADER_TYPE RARCH_SHADER_NONE
-#endif
-
 #ifndef MAX_EGLIMAGE_TEXTURES
 #define MAX_EGLIMAGE_TEXTURES 32
 #endif