diff --git a/src/dawn_native/opengl/ComputePipelineGL.cpp b/src/dawn_native/opengl/ComputePipelineGL.cpp
index e51e217a8f..fb333444b3 100644
--- a/src/dawn_native/opengl/ComputePipelineGL.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn_native/opengl/ComputePipelineGL.cpp
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ namespace dawn_native { namespace opengl {
         return pipeline;
     }
 
-    ComputePipeline::~ComputePipeline() {
-        DeleteProgram(ToBackend(GetDevice())->gl);
-    }
-
     MaybeError ComputePipeline::Initialize() {
         DAWN_TRY(
             InitializeBase(ToBackend(GetDevice())->gl, ToBackend(GetLayout()), GetAllStages()));
diff --git a/src/dawn_native/opengl/ComputePipelineGL.h b/src/dawn_native/opengl/ComputePipelineGL.h
index dd5c0b3f36..8e7744060b 100644
--- a/src/dawn_native/opengl/ComputePipelineGL.h
+++ b/src/dawn_native/opengl/ComputePipelineGL.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace dawn_native { namespace opengl {
 
       private:
         using ComputePipelineBase::ComputePipelineBase;
-        ~ComputePipeline() override;
+        ~ComputePipeline() override = default;
         MaybeError Initialize() override;
     };
 
diff --git a/src/dawn_native/opengl/PipelineGL.cpp b/src/dawn_native/opengl/PipelineGL.cpp
index 83b0e81147..8ec9d61c82 100644
--- a/src/dawn_native/opengl/PipelineGL.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn_native/opengl/PipelineGL.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ namespace dawn_native { namespace opengl {
         // Create an OpenGL shader for each stage and gather the list of combined samplers.
         PerStage<CombinedSamplerInfo> combinedSamplers;
         bool needsDummySampler = false;
-        std::vector<GLuint> glShaders;
         for (SingleShaderStage stage : IterateStages(activeStages)) {
             const ShaderModule* module = ToBackend(stages[stage].module.Get());
             std::string glsl;
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ namespace dawn_native { namespace opengl {
             GLuint shader;
             DAWN_TRY_ASSIGN(shader, CreateShader(gl, GLShaderType(stage), glsl.c_str()));
             gl.AttachShader(mProgram, shader);
-            glShaders.push_back(shader);
         }
 
         if (needsDummySampler) {
@@ -180,19 +178,9 @@ namespace dawn_native { namespace opengl {
 
             textureUnit++;
         }
-
-        for (GLuint glShader : glShaders) {
-            gl.DetachShader(mProgram, glShader);
-            gl.DeleteShader(glShader);
-        }
-
         return {};
     }
 
-    void PipelineGL::DeleteProgram(const OpenGLFunctions& gl) {
-        gl.DeleteProgram(mProgram);
-    }
-
     const std::vector<PipelineGL::SamplerUnit>& PipelineGL::GetTextureUnitsForSampler(
         GLuint index) const {
         ASSERT(index < mUnitsForSamplers.size());
diff --git a/src/dawn_native/opengl/PipelineGL.h b/src/dawn_native/opengl/PipelineGL.h
index be6c1dd553..e21060696a 100644
--- a/src/dawn_native/opengl/PipelineGL.h
+++ b/src/dawn_native/opengl/PipelineGL.h
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ namespace dawn_native { namespace opengl {
         const std::vector<GLuint>& GetTextureUnitsForTextureView(GLuint index) const;
         GLuint GetProgramHandle() const;
 
-      protected:
         void ApplyNow(const OpenGLFunctions& gl);
+
+      protected:
         MaybeError InitializeBase(const OpenGLFunctions& gl,
                                   const PipelineLayout* layout,
                                   const PerStage<ProgrammableStage>& stages);
-        void DeleteProgram(const OpenGLFunctions& gl);
 
       private:
         GLuint mProgram;
diff --git a/src/dawn_native/opengl/RenderPipelineGL.cpp b/src/dawn_native/opengl/RenderPipelineGL.cpp
index 1b4b5cee74..b6a5a4fb6f 100644
--- a/src/dawn_native/opengl/RenderPipelineGL.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn_native/opengl/RenderPipelineGL.cpp
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ namespace dawn_native { namespace opengl {
         const OpenGLFunctions& gl = ToBackend(GetDevice())->gl;
         gl.DeleteVertexArrays(1, &mVertexArrayObject);
         gl.BindVertexArray(0);
-        DeleteProgram(gl);
     }
 
     GLenum RenderPipeline::GetGLPrimitiveTopology() const {