diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_pipeline.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_pipeline.c
index 0db9f689268..dc65e268de3 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_pipeline.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_pipeline.c
@@ -1119,6 +1119,7 @@ copy_non_dynamic_state(struct anv_pipeline *pipeline,
 static void
 anv_pipeline_validate_create_info(const VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo *info)
 {
+#ifdef DEBUG
    struct anv_render_pass *renderpass = NULL;
    struct anv_subpass *subpass = NULL;
 
@@ -1158,6 +1159,7 @@ anv_pipeline_validate_create_info(const VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo *info)
          break;
       }
    }
+#endif
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1189,9 +1191,7 @@ anv_pipeline_init(struct anv_pipeline *pipeline,
 {
    VkResult result;
 
-   anv_validate {
-      anv_pipeline_validate_create_info(pCreateInfo);
-   }
+   anv_pipeline_validate_create_info(pCreateInfo);
 
    if (alloc == NULL)
       alloc = &device->alloc;
diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h
index 7d3fd40d7c5..b53d3d8ce4d 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h
@@ -269,16 +269,6 @@ void anv_loge_v(const char *format, va_list va);
 #define anv_assert(x)
 #endif
 
-/**
- * If a block of code is annotated with anv_validate, then the block runs only
- * in debug builds.
- */
-#ifdef DEBUG
-#define anv_validate if (1)
-#else
-#define anv_validate if (0)
-#endif
-
 /**
  * A dynamically growable, circular buffer.  Elements are added at head and
  * removed from tail. head and tail are free-running uint32_t indices and we