diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_device.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_device.c
index 3b0a12159c7..6db7e8eb8e0 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_device.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_device.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ static const driOptionDescription anv_dri_options[] = {
    DRI_CONF_SECTION_PERFORMANCE
       DRI_CONF_VK_X11_OVERRIDE_MIN_IMAGE_COUNT(0)
       DRI_CONF_VK_X11_STRICT_IMAGE_COUNT(false)
-      DRI_CONF_DISABLE_D16UNORM_COMPRESSION(false)
    DRI_CONF_SECTION_END
 
    DRI_CONF_SECTION_DEBUG
@@ -766,8 +765,6 @@ VkResult anv_CreateInstance(
    VG(VALGRIND_CREATE_MEMPOOL(instance, 0, false));
 
    anv_init_dri_options(instance);
-   instance->disable_d16unorm_compression =
-      driQueryOptionb(&instance->dri_options, "disable_d16unorm_compression");
 
    *pInstance = anv_instance_to_handle(instance);
 
diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_image.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_image.c
index a949ea407fc..cfb61e9f510 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_image.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_image.c
@@ -420,20 +420,7 @@ add_aux_surface_if_supported(struct anv_device *device,
           * TODO: This is a heuristic trade-off; we haven't tuned it at all.
           */
          assert(device->info.gen >= 12);
-         /* The experiment showed that running the benchmark with HIZ performs
-          * better than HIZ_CCS and HIZ_CCS_WT. Because the benchmark uses the
-          * depth pass with D16_UNORM surfaces format which fills the L3 cache
-          * and next pass doesn't make use of it where we end up clearing cache
-          * which results in performance regression.
-          *
-          * In order to avoid perf regression, disable HIZ_CCS_WT compression
-          * for D16_UNORM surface format on Fallout4 via driconf option.
-          */
-         if (plane_format.isl_format == ISL_FORMAT_R16_UNORM &&
-             device->physical->instance->disable_d16unorm_compression)
-            image->planes[plane].aux_usage = ISL_AUX_USAGE_HIZ;
-         else
-            image->planes[plane].aux_usage = ISL_AUX_USAGE_HIZ_CCS_WT;
+         image->planes[plane].aux_usage = ISL_AUX_USAGE_HIZ_CCS_WT;
       } else {
          assert(device->info.gen >= 12);
          image->planes[plane].aux_usage = ISL_AUX_USAGE_HIZ_CCS;
diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h
index afe60b8ab32..4ebfa0d7de3 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h
@@ -1171,7 +1171,6 @@ struct anv_instance {
 
     struct driOptionCache                       dri_options;
     struct driOptionCache                       available_dri_options;
-    bool                                        disable_d16unorm_compression;
 };
 
 VkResult anv_init_wsi(struct anv_physical_device *physical_device);
diff --git a/src/util/00-mesa-defaults.conf b/src/util/00-mesa-defaults.conf
index ba3fc5da401..2d21c9cbf6f 100644
--- a/src/util/00-mesa-defaults.conf
+++ b/src/util/00-mesa-defaults.conf
@@ -733,11 +733,6 @@ TODO: document the other workarounds.
             <option name="vs_position_always_invariant" value="true" />
         </application>
     </device>
-    <device driver="anv">
-        <application name="Fallout 4" executable="Fallout4.exe">
-            <option name="disable_d16unorm_compression" value="true" />
-        </application>
-    </device>
     <device driver="radv">
         <application name="Shadow Of The Tomb Raider" executable="ShadowOfTheTombRaider">
             <option name="radv_report_llvm9_version_string" value="true" />
diff --git a/src/util/driconf.h b/src/util/driconf.h
index 45eefe9659f..e2a58215836 100644
--- a/src/util/driconf.h
+++ b/src/util/driconf.h
@@ -451,12 +451,4 @@
    DRI_CONF_OPT_I(radv_override_uniform_offset_alignment, def, 0, 128, \
                   "Override the minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment exposed to the application. (0 = default)")
 
-/**
- * \brief ANV specific configuration options
- */
-
-#define DRI_CONF_DISABLE_D16UNORM_COMPRESSION(def) \
-   DRI_CONF_OPT_B(disable_d16unorm_compression, def, \
-                  "Disable HIZ_CCS_WT compression for D16_UNORM surface format")
-
 #endif