diff --git a/src/amd/llvm/ac_nir_to_llvm.c b/src/amd/llvm/ac_nir_to_llvm.c
index 077b5d76809..3c762718ec3 100644
--- a/src/amd/llvm/ac_nir_to_llvm.c
+++ b/src/amd/llvm/ac_nir_to_llvm.c
@@ -3282,9 +3282,6 @@ static bool visit_intrinsic(struct ac_nir_context *ctx, nir_intrinsic_instr *ins
    case nir_intrinsic_demote_if:
       emit_demote(ctx, instr);
       break;
-   case nir_intrinsic_memory_barrier_buffer:
-      ac_build_waitcnt(&ctx->ac, AC_WAIT_VLOAD | AC_WAIT_VSTORE);
-      break;
    case nir_intrinsic_scoped_barrier: {
       assert(!(nir_intrinsic_memory_semantics(instr) &
                (NIR_MEMORY_MAKE_AVAILABLE | NIR_MEMORY_MAKE_VISIBLE)));