diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
index f359098cb24..ede1f9b6265 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
@@ -164,9 +164,7 @@ get_gfx_program(struct zink_context *ctx)
    if (ctx->dirty_shader_stages) {
       struct hash_entry *entry = _mesa_hash_table_search(ctx->program_cache,
                                                          ctx->gfx_stages);
-      if (entry)
-         zink_update_gfx_program(ctx, entry->data);
-      else {
+      if (!entry) {
          struct zink_gfx_program *prog;
          prog = zink_create_gfx_program(ctx, ctx->gfx_stages);
          entry = _mesa_hash_table_insert(ctx->program_cache, prog->shaders, prog);
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
index a4f1c3ac4d9..ebe0c1ab7ad 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ zink_shader_cache_reference(struct zink_screen *screen,
 }
 
 static void
-update_shader_modules(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_shader *stages[ZINK_SHADER_COUNT], struct zink_gfx_program *prog, bool update)
+update_shader_modules(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_shader *stages[ZINK_SHADER_COUNT], struct zink_gfx_program *prog)
 {
    struct zink_shader *dirty[ZINK_SHADER_COUNT] = {NULL};
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ update_shader_modules(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_shader *stages[ZINK_
          dirty[i]->has_geometry_shader = dirty[MESA_SHADER_GEOMETRY] || stages[PIPE_SHADER_GEOMETRY];
          zm = get_shader_module_for_stage(ctx, dirty[i], prog);
          zink_shader_module_reference(zink_screen(ctx->base.screen), &prog->modules[type], zm);
-      } else if (stages[type] && !update) /* reuse existing shader module */
+      } else if (stages[type]) /* reuse existing shader module */
          zink_shader_module_reference(zink_screen(ctx->base.screen), &prog->modules[type], ctx->curr_program->modules[type]);
       prog->shaders[type] = stages[type];
    }
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ static void
 init_slot_map(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_gfx_program *prog)
 {
    unsigned existing_shaders = 0;
+
    /* if there's a case where we'll be reusing any shaders, we need to reuse the slot map too */
    if (ctx->curr_program) {
       for (int i = 0; i < ZINK_SHADER_COUNT; ++i) {
@@ -356,12 +357,6 @@ init_slot_map(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_gfx_program *prog)
    }
 }
 
-void
-zink_update_gfx_program(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_gfx_program *prog)
-{
-   update_shader_modules(ctx, ctx->gfx_stages, prog, true);
-}
-
 struct zink_gfx_program *
 zink_create_gfx_program(struct zink_context *ctx,
                         struct zink_shader *stages[ZINK_SHADER_COUNT])
@@ -375,7 +370,7 @@ zink_create_gfx_program(struct zink_context *ctx,
 
    init_slot_map(ctx, prog);
 
-   update_shader_modules(ctx, stages, prog, false);
+   update_shader_modules(ctx, stages, prog);
 
    for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(prog->pipelines); ++i) {
       prog->pipelines[i] = _mesa_hash_table_create(NULL,
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.h
index bab2a2419c2..760144787ef 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.h
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ struct zink_gfx_program {
    struct set *render_passes;
 };
 
-
-void
-zink_update_gfx_program(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_gfx_program *prog);
-
 struct zink_gfx_program *
 zink_create_gfx_program(struct zink_context *ctx,
                         struct zink_shader *stages[ZINK_SHADER_COUNT]);