diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/nir_to_spirv/nir_to_spirv.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/nir_to_spirv/nir_to_spirv.c
index 80fa0a835df..e1f95091ea2 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/nir_to_spirv/nir_to_spirv.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/nir_to_spirv/nir_to_spirv.c
@@ -5649,6 +5649,7 @@ ntv_shader_prepare(nir_shader *nir)
    NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_inline_functions);
    nir_cleanup_functions(nir);
    optimize_nir(nir);
+   NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_remove_dead_variables, nir_var_shader_temp, NULL);
    /* required until phi support is complete */
    NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_convert_from_ssa, true, false);
    nir_foreach_variable_in_shader(var, nir) {