diff --git a/taskcluster/taskgraph/transforms/tests.py b/taskcluster/taskgraph/transforms/tests.py
index cf115c172bf5..1e54e49c7b9a 100644
--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/transforms/tests.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/transforms/tests.py
@@ -1128,11 +1128,6 @@ def enable_webrender(config, tests):
         if test.get('webrender'):
             test['mozharness'].setdefault('extra-options', [])\
                               .append("--enable-webrender")
-        # Explicitly disable WebRender on non-WR AWSY, since that job runs on
-        # virtual-with-gpu and thus is considered qualified hardware.
-        elif test['suite'] == 'awsy':
-            test['mozharness'].setdefault('extra-options', [])\
-                              .append("--disable-webrender")
 
         yield test
 
diff --git a/testing/mozharness/scripts/android_emulator_unittest.py b/testing/mozharness/scripts/android_emulator_unittest.py
index 847de626ee8b..b2e048c15e15 100644
--- a/testing/mozharness/scripts/android_emulator_unittest.py
+++ b/testing/mozharness/scripts/android_emulator_unittest.py
@@ -93,13 +93,6 @@ class AndroidEmulatorTest(TestingMixin, BaseScript, MozbaseMixin, CodeCoverageMi
          "default": False,
          "help": "Run with WebRender enabled.",
          }
-    ], [
-        ['--disable-webrender'],
-        {"action": "store_true",
-         "dest": "disable_webrender",
-         "default": False,
-         "help": "Run with WebRender force-disabled.",
-         }
     ]] + copy.deepcopy(testing_config_options) + \
         copy.deepcopy(code_coverage_config_options)
 
@@ -144,7 +137,6 @@ class AndroidEmulatorTest(TestingMixin, BaseScript, MozbaseMixin, CodeCoverageMi
         self.log_tbpl_level = c.get('log_tbpl_level')
         self.e10s = c.get('e10s')
         self.enable_webrender = c.get('enable_webrender')
-        self.disable_webrender = c.get('disable_webrender')
         if self.enable_webrender:
             # AndroidMixin uses this when launching the emulator. We only want
             # GLES3 if we're running WebRender
@@ -288,10 +280,13 @@ class AndroidEmulatorTest(TestingMixin, BaseScript, MozbaseMixin, CodeCoverageMi
                 if self.total_chunks is not None:
                     cmd.extend(['--total-chunks', self.total_chunks])
 
-        if self.disable_webrender:
-            cmd.extend(['--setenv', 'MOZ_WEBRENDER=0'])
-        elif self.enable_webrender:
+        # Force WebRender on or off depending on the flag, so that we don't
+        # have it accidentally getting enabled because the underlying hardware
+        # running the test becomes part of the WR-qualified set.
+        if self.enable_webrender:
             cmd.extend(['--setenv', 'MOZ_WEBRENDER=1'])
+        else:
+            cmd.extend(['--setenv', 'MOZ_WEBRENDER=0'])
 
         try_options, try_tests = self.try_args(self.test_suite)
         cmd.extend(try_options)
diff --git a/testing/mozharness/scripts/awsy_script.py b/testing/mozharness/scripts/awsy_script.py
index bd72cbedda00..a2d3656cd006 100644
--- a/testing/mozharness/scripts/awsy_script.py
+++ b/testing/mozharness/scripts/awsy_script.py
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ class AWSY(TestingMixin, MercurialScript, TooltoolMixin, CodeCoverageMixin):
           "default": False,
           "help": "Tries to enable the WebRender compositor.",
           }],
-        [["--disable-webrender"],
-         {"action": "store_true",
-          "dest": "disable_webrender",
-          "default": False,
-          "help": "Force-disables the WebRender compositor.",
-          }],
         [["--base"],
          {"action": "store_true",
           "dest": "test_about_blank",
@@ -260,13 +254,13 @@ class AWSY(TestingMixin, MercurialScript, TooltoolMixin, CodeCoverageMixin):
         # TODO: consider getting rid of this as stylo is enabled by default
         env['STYLO_FORCE_ENABLED'] = '1'
 
+        # Force WebRender on or off depending on the flag, so that we don't
+        # have it accidentally getting enabled because the underlying hardware
+        # running the test becomes part of the WR-qualified set.
         if self.config['enable_webrender']:
             env['MOZ_WEBRENDER'] = '1'
             env['MOZ_ACCELERATED'] = '1'
-
-        # Allow explicitly disabling webrender, so that we don't run WR on non-QR
-        # test platforms just because they run on qualified hardware.
-        if self.config['disable_webrender']:
+        else:
             env['MOZ_WEBRENDER'] = '0'
 
         env['MOZ_UPLOAD_DIR'] = dirs['abs_blob_upload_dir']