diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_batch.c b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_batch.c
index a44715a9458..2b5c62d4277 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_batch.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_batch.c
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ iris_init_batch(struct iris_batch *batch,
                 struct hash_table_u64 *state_sizes,
                 struct iris_batch *all_batches,
                 enum iris_batch_name name,
-                uint8_t engine,
                 int priority)
 {
    batch->screen = screen;
@@ -191,11 +190,6 @@ iris_init_batch(struct iris_batch *batch,
    batch->state_sizes = state_sizes;
    batch->name = name;
 
-   /* engine should be one of I915_EXEC_RENDER, I915_EXEC_BLT, etc. */
-   assert((engine & ~I915_EXEC_RING_MASK) == 0);
-   assert(util_bitcount(engine) == 1);
-   batch->engine = engine;
-
    batch->hw_ctx_id = iris_create_hw_context(screen->bufmgr);
    assert(batch->hw_ctx_id);
 
@@ -587,7 +581,7 @@ submit_batch(struct iris_batch *batch)
       .batch_start_offset = 0,
       /* This must be QWord aligned. */
       .batch_len = ALIGN(batch->primary_batch_size, 8),
-      .flags = batch->engine |
+      .flags = I915_EXEC_RENDER |
                I915_EXEC_NO_RELOC |
                I915_EXEC_BATCH_FIRST |
                I915_EXEC_HANDLE_LUT,
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_batch.h b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_batch.h
index aaa425f5736..3912541c6dd 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_batch.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_batch.h
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ struct iris_batch {
 
    uint32_t hw_ctx_id;
 
-   /** Which engine this batch targets - a I915_EXEC_RING_MASK value */
-   uint8_t engine;
-
    /** The validation list */
    struct drm_i915_gem_exec_object2 *validation_list;
    struct iris_bo **exec_bos;
@@ -138,7 +135,6 @@ void iris_init_batch(struct iris_batch *batch,
                      struct hash_table_u64 *state_sizes,
                      struct iris_batch *all_batches,
                      enum iris_batch_name name,
-                     uint8_t ring,
                      int priority);
 void iris_chain_to_new_batch(struct iris_batch *batch);
 void iris_batch_free(struct iris_batch *batch);
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_context.c
index b95ef707bf5..e7b3a06a315 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_context.c
@@ -307,8 +307,7 @@ iris_create_context(struct pipe_screen *pscreen, void *priv, unsigned flags)
    for (int i = 0; i < IRIS_BATCH_COUNT; i++) {
       iris_init_batch(&ice->batches[i], screen, &ice->vtbl, &ice->dbg,
                       &ice->reset, ice->state.sizes,
-                      ice->batches, (enum iris_batch_name) i,
-                      I915_EXEC_RENDER, priority);
+                      ice->batches, (enum iris_batch_name) i, priority);
    }
 
    ice->vtbl.init_render_context(&ice->batches[IRIS_BATCH_RENDER]);