diff --git a/render/canvas/ExecutorGroup.js b/render/canvas/ExecutorGroup.js
index e791ac73b7ca585c3892b5f02841e86aa83f47ce..75eb7d56e49d46bbfdf17ac303cc0557c53bb527 100644
--- a/render/canvas/ExecutorGroup.js
+++ b/render/canvas/ExecutorGroup.js
@@ -48,30 +48,7 @@ let canvasReadsBenchmarked = false;
 
 /** Determine if canvas read operations are faster with willReadFrequently set to true or false */
 function benchmarkCanvasReads() {
-  let bestResult = 0;
-  /**
-   * @param {boolean} willReadFrequently Will read frequently.
-   * @return {number} Operation count.
-   */
-  const measure = (willReadFrequently) => {
-    const context = createCanvasContext2D(1, 1, null, {willReadFrequently});
-    let count = 0;
-    const start = performance.now();
-    for (; performance.now() - start < 50; ++count) {
-      context.fillStyle = `rgba(255,0,${count % 256},1)`;
-      context.fillRect(0, 0, 1, 1);
-      context.getImageData(0, 0, 1, 1);
-    }
-    bestResult = count > bestResult ? count : bestResult;
-    return count;
-  };
-
-  const measures = {
-    [measure(true)]: true,
-    [measure(false)]: false,
-    [measure(undefined)]: undefined,
-  };
-  willReadFrequently = measures[bestResult];
+  willReadFrequently = true;
   canvasReadsBenchmarked = true;
 }
 
diff --git a/render/canvas/hitdetect.js b/render/canvas/hitdetect.js
index 7f161bd7e94abb1293a5e61d5d11c87996ec9949..465c18663ccf257e494de0473ab6848e67d6f8f2 100644
--- a/render/canvas/hitdetect.js
+++ b/render/canvas/hitdetect.js
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ export function createHitDetectionImageData(
   const userExtent = projection ? toUserExtent(extent, projection) : extent;
   const width = size[0] * HIT_DETECT_RESOLUTION;
   const height = size[1] * HIT_DETECT_RESOLUTION;
-  const context = createCanvasContext2D(width, height);
+  const context = createCanvasContext2D(width, height, undefined, {
+    willReadFrequently: true,
+  });
   context.imageSmoothingEnabled = false;
   const canvas = context.canvas;
   const renderer = new CanvasImmediateRenderer(