diff --git a/GPU/Common/TextureCacheCommon.cpp b/GPU/Common/TextureCacheCommon.cpp
index ca83804954..31ee03e82b 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/TextureCacheCommon.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Common/TextureCacheCommon.cpp
@@ -2163,7 +2163,7 @@ void TextureCacheCommon::ApplyTextureDepal(TexCacheEntry *entry) {
 	Draw::Viewport vp{ 0.0f, 0.0f, (float)texWidth, (float)texHeight, 0.0f, 1.0f };
 	draw_->SetViewports(1, &vp);
 
-	draw_->BindNativeTexture(0, framebuffer->fbo);
+	draw_->BindNativeTexture(0, GetNativeTextureView(entry));
 	draw_->BindFramebufferAsTexture(clutFbo, 1, Draw::FB_COLOR_BIT, 0);
 	Draw::SamplerState *nearest = textureShaderCache_->GetSampler(false);
 	Draw::SamplerState *clutSampler = textureShaderCache_->GetSampler(false);
@@ -2185,8 +2185,8 @@ void TextureCacheCommon::ApplyTextureDepal(TexCacheEntry *entry) {
 	const u32 bytesPerColor = clutFormat == GE_CMODE_32BIT_ABGR8888 ? sizeof(u32) : sizeof(u16);
 	const u32 clutTotalColors = clutMaxBytes_ / bytesPerColor;
 
-	CheckAlphaResult alphaStatus = CheckCLUTAlpha((const uint8_t *)clutBufRaw_, clutFormat, clutTotalColors);
-	gstate_c.SetTextureFullAlpha(alphaStatus == CHECKALPHA_FULL);
+	// We don't know about alpha at all.
+	gstate_c.SetTextureFullAlpha(false);
 
 	draw_->InvalidateCachedState();
 	shaderManager_->DirtyLastShader();
diff --git a/GPU/Common/TextureCacheCommon.h b/GPU/Common/TextureCacheCommon.h
index f864b1a9e0..84b03683ac 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/TextureCacheCommon.h
+++ b/GPU/Common/TextureCacheCommon.h
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ struct TextureDefinition {
 
 // NOTE: These only handle textures loaded directly from PSP memory contents.
 // Framebuffer textures do not have entries, we bind the framebuffers directly.
+// At one point we might merge the concepts of framebuffers and textures, but that
+// moment is far away.
 struct TexCacheEntry {
 	~TexCacheEntry() {
 		if (texturePtr || textureName || vkTex)
@@ -345,6 +347,7 @@ public:
 	virtual bool GetCurrentTextureDebug(GPUDebugBuffer &buffer, int level) { return false; }
 
 protected:
+	virtual void *GetNativeTextureView(const TexCacheEntry *entry) = 0;
 	bool PrepareBuildTexture(BuildTexturePlan &plan, TexCacheEntry *entry);
 
 	virtual void BindTexture(TexCacheEntry *entry) = 0;
diff --git a/GPU/D3D11/TextureCacheD3D11.cpp b/GPU/D3D11/TextureCacheD3D11.cpp
index fb6cfba8b7..47c7b40eee 100644
--- a/GPU/D3D11/TextureCacheD3D11.cpp
+++ b/GPU/D3D11/TextureCacheD3D11.cpp
@@ -525,3 +525,8 @@ bool TextureCacheD3D11::GetCurrentTextureDebug(GPUDebugBuffer &buffer, int level
 	stagingCopy->Release();
 	return true;
 }
+
+void *TextureCacheD3D11::GetNativeTextureView(const TexCacheEntry *entry) {
+	ID3D11ShaderResourceView *textureView = DxView(entry);
+	return (void *)textureView;
+}
diff --git a/GPU/D3D11/TextureCacheD3D11.h b/GPU/D3D11/TextureCacheD3D11.h
index 03ec04a481..e1be7d3aaf 100644
--- a/GPU/D3D11/TextureCacheD3D11.h
+++ b/GPU/D3D11/TextureCacheD3D11.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ protected:
 	void ReleaseTexture(TexCacheEntry *entry, bool delete_them) override;
 	void BindAsClutTexture(Draw::Texture *tex, bool smooth) override;
 	void ApplySamplingParams(const SamplerCacheKey &key) override;
+	void *GetNativeTextureView(const TexCacheEntry *entry) override;
 
 private:
 	DXGI_FORMAT GetDestFormat(GETextureFormat format, GEPaletteFormat clutFormat) const;
@@ -72,10 +73,10 @@ private:
 	ID3D11Device *device_;
 	ID3D11DeviceContext *context_;
 
-	ID3D11Resource *&DxTex(TexCacheEntry *entry) {
+	ID3D11Resource *&DxTex(const TexCacheEntry *entry) {
 		return (ID3D11Resource *&)entry->texturePtr;
 	}
-	ID3D11ShaderResourceView *DxView(TexCacheEntry *entry) {
+	ID3D11ShaderResourceView *DxView(const TexCacheEntry *entry) {
 		return (ID3D11ShaderResourceView *)entry->textureView;
 	}
 
diff --git a/GPU/Directx9/TextureCacheDX9.cpp b/GPU/Directx9/TextureCacheDX9.cpp
index bfb859bb40..3a3feda7f3 100644
--- a/GPU/Directx9/TextureCacheDX9.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Directx9/TextureCacheDX9.cpp
@@ -454,3 +454,8 @@ bool TextureCacheDX9::GetCurrentTextureDebug(GPUDebugBuffer &buffer, int level)
 
 	return success;
 }
+
+void *TextureCacheDX9::GetNativeTextureView(const TexCacheEntry *entry) {
+	LPDIRECT3DBASETEXTURE9 tex = DxTex(entry);
+	return (void *)tex;
+}
diff --git a/GPU/Directx9/TextureCacheDX9.h b/GPU/Directx9/TextureCacheDX9.h
index e8f4d9e58f..58c8e17db6 100644
--- a/GPU/Directx9/TextureCacheDX9.h
+++ b/GPU/Directx9/TextureCacheDX9.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ protected:
 	void Unbind() override;
 	void ReleaseTexture(TexCacheEntry *entry, bool delete_them) override;
 	void BindAsClutTexture(Draw::Texture *tex, bool smooth) override;
+	void *GetNativeTextureView(const TexCacheEntry *entry) override;
 
 private:
 	void ApplySamplingParams(const SamplerCacheKey &key) override;
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ private:
 
 	void BuildTexture(TexCacheEntry *const entry) override;
 
-	LPDIRECT3DBASETEXTURE9 &DxTex(TexCacheEntry *entry) {
+	LPDIRECT3DBASETEXTURE9 &DxTex(const TexCacheEntry *entry) const {
 		return *(LPDIRECT3DBASETEXTURE9 *)&entry->texturePtr;
 	}
 
diff --git a/GPU/GLES/TextureCacheGLES.cpp b/GPU/GLES/TextureCacheGLES.cpp
index c28fc6d1e5..5ea95a9eed 100644
--- a/GPU/GLES/TextureCacheGLES.cpp
+++ b/GPU/GLES/TextureCacheGLES.cpp
@@ -443,3 +443,8 @@ void TextureCacheGLES::DeviceRestore(Draw::DrawContext *draw) {
 	render_ = (GLRenderManager *)draw_->GetNativeObject(Draw::NativeObject::RENDER_MANAGER);
 	textureShaderCache_->DeviceRestore(draw);
 }
+
+void *TextureCacheGLES::GetNativeTextureView(const TexCacheEntry *entry) {
+	GLRTexture *tex = entry->textureName;
+	return (void *)tex;
+}
diff --git a/GPU/GLES/TextureCacheGLES.h b/GPU/GLES/TextureCacheGLES.h
index 1eae540b87..2a4d04574d 100644
--- a/GPU/GLES/TextureCacheGLES.h
+++ b/GPU/GLES/TextureCacheGLES.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ protected:
 	void ReleaseTexture(TexCacheEntry *entry, bool delete_them) override;
 
 	void BindAsClutTexture(Draw::Texture *tex, bool smooth) override;
+	void *GetNativeTextureView(const TexCacheEntry *entry) override;
 
 private:
 	void ApplySamplingParams(const SamplerCacheKey &key) override;
diff --git a/GPU/Vulkan/TextureCacheVulkan.cpp b/GPU/Vulkan/TextureCacheVulkan.cpp
index a67210cfc7..8a9e9f5a6a 100644
--- a/GPU/Vulkan/TextureCacheVulkan.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Vulkan/TextureCacheVulkan.cpp
@@ -857,3 +857,8 @@ std::vector<std::string> TextureCacheVulkan::DebugGetSamplerIDs() const {
 std::string TextureCacheVulkan::DebugGetSamplerString(std::string id, DebugShaderStringType stringType) {
 	return samplerCache_.DebugGetSamplerString(id, stringType);
 }
+
+void *TextureCacheVulkan::GetNativeTextureView(const TexCacheEntry *entry) {
+	VkImageView view = entry->vkTex->GetImageView();
+	return (void *)view;
+}
diff --git a/GPU/Vulkan/TextureCacheVulkan.h b/GPU/Vulkan/TextureCacheVulkan.h
index 64b9da9eab..7dfb38fdc4 100644
--- a/GPU/Vulkan/TextureCacheVulkan.h
+++ b/GPU/Vulkan/TextureCacheVulkan.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ protected:
 	void BindAsClutTexture(Draw::Texture *tex, bool smooth) override;
 	void ApplySamplingParams(const SamplerCacheKey &key) override;
 	void BoundFramebufferTexture() override;
+	void *GetNativeTextureView(const TexCacheEntry *entry) override;
 
 private:
 	void LoadTextureLevel(TexCacheEntry &entry, uint8_t *writePtr, int rowPitch,  int level, int scaleFactor, VkFormat dstFmt);