diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_shader.c b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_shader.c
index fd76da5ce00..073feec98da 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_shader.c
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_shader.c
@@ -735,8 +735,7 @@ nvk_compile_shader(struct nvk_device *dev,
    }
 
    if (info->stage == MESA_SHADER_FRAGMENT) {
-      if (shader->info.fs.reads_sample_mask ||
-          shader->info.fs.uses_sample_shading) {
+      if (shader->info.fs.uses_sample_shading) {
          shader->min_sample_shading = 1;
       } else if (state != NULL && state->ms != NULL &&
                  state->ms->sample_shading_enable) {