diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
index 98ed676dd9f..c0650ff2b46 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
@@ -6812,11 +6812,6 @@ typedef struct nir_lower_printf_options {
    unsigned ptr_bit_size;
    bool use_printf_base_identifier;
    bool hash_format_strings;
-
-   /* Some drivers may know the address of the printf buffer at compile-time. If
-    * buffer_address is nonzero, it will be used instead of intrinsics.
-    */
-   uint64_t buffer_address;
 } nir_lower_printf_options;
 
 bool nir_lower_printf(nir_shader *nir, const nir_lower_printf_options *options);
diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_printf.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_printf.c
index dd335b1e743..8f63f379064 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_printf.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_printf.c
@@ -41,12 +41,7 @@ lower_printf_intrin(nir_builder *b, nir_intrinsic_instr *prntf, void *_options)
    const unsigned ptr_bit_size =
       options->ptr_bit_size != 0 ? options->ptr_bit_size : nir_get_ptr_bitsize(b->shader);
 
-   nir_def *buffer_addr;
-   if (options->buffer_address != 0) {
-      buffer_addr = nir_imm_intN_t(b, options->buffer_address, ptr_bit_size);
-   } else {
-      buffer_addr = nir_load_printf_buffer_address(b, ptr_bit_size);
-   }
+   nir_def *buffer_addr = nir_load_printf_buffer_address(b, ptr_bit_size);
 
    /* For aborts, just write a nonzero value to the aborted? flag. The printf
     * buffer layout looks like:
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
index ab8bbd3e2e8..e263a540639 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
@@ -662,7 +662,6 @@ fn compile_nir_to_args(
     nir_pass!(nir, nir_dedup_inline_samplers);
 
     let printf_opts = nir_lower_printf_options {
-        buffer_address: 0,
         ptr_bit_size: 0,
         use_printf_base_identifier: false,
         hash_format_strings: false,