diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.c
index db1a8675846..e152aeb1363 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.c
@@ -1216,10 +1216,8 @@ panfrost_batch_set_requirements(struct panfrost_batch *batch)
 {
         struct panfrost_context *ctx = batch->ctx;
 
-        if (ctx->depth_stencil && ctx->depth_stencil->base.depth_writemask) {
-                batch->requirements |= PAN_REQ_DEPTH_WRITE;
+        if (ctx->depth_stencil && ctx->depth_stencil->base.depth_writemask)
                 batch->draws |= PIPE_CLEAR_DEPTH;
-        }
 
         if (ctx->depth_stencil && ctx->depth_stencil->base.stencil[0].enabled)
                 batch->draws |= PIPE_CLEAR_STENCIL;
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.h b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.h
index 1b292c7609e..fa7861e3c2b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.h
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ struct panfrost_batch_fence {
         struct panfrost_batch *batch;
 };
 
-#define PAN_REQ_DEPTH_WRITE     (1 << 0)
-
 /* A panfrost_batch corresponds to a bound FBO we're rendering to,
  * collecting over multiple draws. */
 
@@ -81,10 +79,6 @@ struct panfrost_batch {
         /* Amount of shared memory needed per workgroup (for compute) */
         unsigned shared_size;
 
-        /* Whether this job uses the corresponding requirement (PAN_REQ_*
-         * bitmask) */
-        unsigned requirements;
-
         /* The bounding box covered by this job, taking scissors into account.
          * Basically, the bounding box we have to run fragment shaders for */
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_mfbd.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_mfbd.c
index 57cbcf5f5df..f6ed2decac8 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_mfbd.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_mfbd.c
@@ -552,17 +552,6 @@ panfrost_mfbd_fragment(struct panfrost_batch *batch, bool has_draws)
                 rts = fb + MALI_MULTI_TARGET_FRAMEBUFFER_LENGTH;
         }
 
-        /* When scanning out, the depth buffer is immediately invalidated, so
-         * we don't need to waste bandwidth writing it out. This can improve
-         * performance substantially (Z24X8_UNORM 1080p @ 60fps is 475 MB/s of
-         * memory bandwidth!).
-         *
-         * The exception is ReadPixels, but this is not supported on GLES so we
-         * can safely ignore it. */
-
-        if (panfrost_batch_is_scanout(batch))
-                batch->requirements &= ~PAN_REQ_DEPTH_WRITE;
-
         struct panfrost_slice *checksum_slice = NULL;
 
         if (zs_crc_ext)