diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_pipeline.c b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_pipeline.c
index f87333aefa5..d4b7f71d395 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_pipeline.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_pipeline.c
@@ -5653,7 +5653,7 @@ VkResult radv_GetPipelineExecutableInternalRepresentationsKHR(
 	/* backend IR */
 	if (p < end) {
 		p->isText = true;
-		if (shader->aco_used) {
+		if (pipeline->device->physical_device->use_aco) {
 			desc_copy(p->name, "ACO IR");
 			desc_copy(p->description, "The ACO IR after some optimizations");
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c
index 0feb9764b8a..6be0c43a7ab 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c
@@ -1160,7 +1160,6 @@ shader_variant_compile(struct radv_device *device,
 		free(binary);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	variant->aco_used = device->physical_device->use_aco;
 
 	if (options->dump_shader) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "disasm:\n%s\n", variant->disasm_string);
diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.h b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.h
index f08742f9cd5..4e4ba73dced 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.h
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.h
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@ struct radv_shader_variant {
 	struct radv_shader_info info;
 
 	/* debug only */
-	bool aco_used;
 	char *spirv;
 	uint32_t spirv_size;
 	char *nir_string;