Office Web Apps 2010 on SharePoint 2010 site running in SharePoint 2013?

We're in the process of moving a SharePoint 2010 site over to SharePoint 2013.  The SharePoint 2010 site is using classic authentication, and it's not in scope to update this to claims-based authentication.
I'd like to continue running the site in SharePoint 2010 mode without upgrading it to 2013.  In this case, can I continue to use Office Web Apps 2010 for this SP2010 site?  I've already installed Office Web Apps 2013 on another server but just
read that it needs claims-based authentication.

If you want to use OWA once the site has been moved to 2013 you will need to change the web application to use Claims. OWA in 2013 requires that and will not work in classic mode.

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  • Office Web Apps - Preview Sharepoint 2010 documents in Sharepoint 2013 Search Results...again

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