diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_descriptor_set.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_descriptor_set.c
index 8e296781d6a..451028548db 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_descriptor_set.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_descriptor_set.c
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ panvk_CreatePipelineLayout(VkDevice _device,
          }
          _mesa_sha1_update(&ctx, &binding_layout->type, sizeof(binding_layout->type));
          _mesa_sha1_update(&ctx, &binding_layout->array_size, sizeof(binding_layout->array_size));
-         _mesa_sha1_update(&ctx, &binding_layout->desc_idx, sizeof(binding_layout->sampler_idx));
          _mesa_sha1_update(&ctx, &binding_layout->shader_stages, sizeof(binding_layout->shader_stages));
       }
    }
@@ -348,7 +347,6 @@ panvk_descriptor_set_destroy(struct panvk_device *device,
    vk_free(&device->vk.alloc, set->dyn_ssbos);
    vk_free(&device->vk.alloc, set->img_fmts);
    vk_free(&device->vk.alloc, set->img_attrib_bufs);
-   vk_free(&device->vk.alloc, set->descs);
    if (set->desc_bo)
       panfrost_bo_unreference(set->desc_bo);
    vk_object_free(&device->vk, NULL, set);
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_private.h b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_private.h
index 6b5255cbb95..b2b99dfc222 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_private.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_private.h
@@ -316,24 +316,6 @@ struct panvk_device_memory {
    struct panfrost_bo *bo;
 };
 
-struct panvk_descriptor {
-   union {
-      struct {
-         VkImageLayout layout;
-         struct panvk_image_view *view;
-         struct panvk_sampler *sampler;
-      } image;
-
-      struct {
-         struct panvk_buffer *buffer;
-         uint64_t offset;
-         uint64_t range;
-      } buffer_info;
-
-      struct panvk_buffer_view *buffer_view;
-   };
-};
-
 struct panvk_buffer_desc {
    struct panvk_buffer *buffer;
    VkDeviceSize offset;
@@ -344,7 +326,6 @@ struct panvk_descriptor_set {
    struct vk_object_base base;
    struct panvk_descriptor_pool *pool;
    const struct panvk_descriptor_set_layout *layout;
-   struct panvk_descriptor *descs;
    struct panvk_buffer_desc *dyn_ssbos;
    void *ubos;
    struct panvk_buffer_desc *dyn_ubos;
@@ -365,7 +346,6 @@ struct panvk_descriptor_set_binding_layout {
    unsigned array_size;
 
    /* Indices in the desc arrays */
-   unsigned desc_idx;
    union {
       struct {
          union {
@@ -401,7 +381,6 @@ struct panvk_descriptor_set_layout {
    /* Shader stages affected by this descriptor set */
    uint16_t shader_stages;
 
-   unsigned num_descs;
    unsigned num_samplers;
    unsigned num_textures;
    unsigned num_ubos;
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_descriptor_set.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_descriptor_set.c
index 10c9b07256b..1a87a19231d 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_descriptor_set.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_descriptor_set.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ panvk_per_arch(CreateDescriptorSetLayout)(VkDevice _device,
    set_layout->binding_count = num_bindings;
 
    unsigned sampler_idx = 0, tex_idx = 0, ubo_idx = 0;
-   unsigned dyn_ubo_idx = 0, dyn_ssbo_idx = 0, desc_idx = 0, img_idx = 0;
+   unsigned dyn_ubo_idx = 0, dyn_ssbo_idx = 0, img_idx = 0;
    uint32_t desc_ubo_size = 0;
 
    for (unsigned i = 0; i < pCreateInfo->bindingCount; i++) {
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ panvk_per_arch(CreateDescriptorSetLayout)(VkDevice _device,
          }
       }
 
-      binding_layout->desc_idx = desc_idx;
-      desc_idx += binding->descriptorCount;
       switch (binding_layout->type) {
       case VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER:
          binding_layout->sampler_idx = sampler_idx;
@@ -214,7 +212,6 @@ panvk_per_arch(CreateDescriptorSetLayout)(VkDevice _device,
    if (desc_ubo_size > 0)
       set_layout->desc_ubo_index = ubo_idx++;
 
-   set_layout->num_descs = desc_idx;
    set_layout->num_samplers = sampler_idx;
    set_layout->num_textures = tex_idx;
    set_layout->num_ubos = ubo_idx;
@@ -253,11 +250,6 @@ panvk_per_arch(descriptor_set_create)(struct panvk_device *device,
       return vk_error(device, VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY);
 
    set->layout = layout;
-   set->descs = vk_alloc(&device->vk.alloc,
-                         sizeof(*set->descs) * layout->num_descs, 8,
-                         VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET);
-   if (!set->descs)
-      goto err_free_set;
 
    if (layout->num_ubos) {
       set->ubos = vk_zalloc(&device->vk.alloc,
@@ -353,7 +345,6 @@ err_free_set:
    vk_free(&device->vk.alloc, set->dyn_ssbos);
    vk_free(&device->vk.alloc, set->img_fmts);
    vk_free(&device->vk.alloc, set->img_attrib_bufs);
-   vk_free(&device->vk.alloc, set->descs);
    if (set->desc_bo)
       panfrost_bo_unreference(set->desc_bo);
    vk_object_free(&device->vk, NULL, set);