diff --git a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_ContextVK.cc b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_ContextVK.cc
index ac8838b5f35..98bf04129c1 100644
--- a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_ContextVK.cc
+++ b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_ContextVK.cc
@@ -1155,18 +1155,6 @@ GHOST_TSuccess GHOST_ContextVK::initializeDrawingContext()
     create_info.enabledExtensionCount = uint32_t(extensions_enabled.size());
     create_info.ppEnabledExtensionNames = extensions_enabled.data();
 
-    /* VkValidationFeaturesEXT */
-    VkValidationFeaturesEXT validationFeatures = {};
-    validationFeatures.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VALIDATION_FEATURES_EXT;
-    validationFeatures.enabledValidationFeatureCount = 1;
-
-    VkValidationFeatureEnableEXT enabledValidationFeatures[1] = {
-        VK_VALIDATION_FEATURE_ENABLE_DEBUG_PRINTF_EXT};
-    validationFeatures.pEnabledValidationFeatures = enabledValidationFeatures;
-    if (m_debug) {
-      create_info.pNext = &validationFeatures;
-    }
-
 #ifdef __APPLE__
     create_info.flags |= VK_INSTANCE_CREATE_ENUMERATE_PORTABILITY_BIT_KHR;
 #endif