diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_formats.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_formats.c
index 709973e591b..abc8184c6fd 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_formats.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_formats.c
@@ -1393,15 +1393,6 @@ VkResult anv_GetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2(
        */
       switch (external_info->handleType) {
       case VK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE_TYPE_OPAQUE_FD_BIT:
-
-         /* Disable stencil export, there are issues. */
-         if (vk_format_aspects(base_info->format) & VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT) {
-            result = vk_errorfi(instance, &physical_device->vk.base,
-                                VK_ERROR_FORMAT_NOT_SUPPORTED,
-                                "External stencil buffers are not supported yet");
-            goto fail;
-         }
-
          if (external_props) {
             if (tiling_has_explicit_layout) {
                /* With an explicit memory layout, we don't care which type of fd