diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/ci/gitlab-ci.yml b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
index afdb70deae7..6d01b019f04 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ zink-lvp:
     DEQP_SUITE: zink-lvp
     DEQP_FRACTION: 4
     PIGLIT_NO_WINDOW: 1
-    # Enable validation (except for on piglit, see deqp-zink-lvp.toml), logging
-    # to stdout and aborting on unknown failures.
-    ZINK_DEBUG: validation
     XVFB_SCRIPT: "GALLIUM_DRIVER=zink VK_DRIVER=lvp install/deqp-runner.sh"
   script: |
     xvfb-run --server-args='-noreset' bash -c ". $SCRIPTS_DIR/setup-test-env.sh && ${XVFB_SCRIPT}"