diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
index 8f5a47c7938..193f4881028 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
@@ -3153,15 +3153,6 @@ zink_flush(struct pipe_context *pctx,
    if (fence) {
       if (!(flags & (PIPE_FLUSH_DEFERRED | PIPE_FLUSH_ASYNC)))
          sync_flush(ctx, zink_batch_state(fence));
-
-      if (flags & PIPE_FLUSH_END_OF_FRAME && !(flags & TC_FLUSH_ASYNC) && !deferred) {
-         /* if the first frame has not yet occurred, we need an explicit fence here
-         * in some cases in order to correctly draw the first frame, though it's
-         * unknown at this time why this is the case
-         */
-         zink_screen_timeline_wait(screen, fence->batch_id, PIPE_TIMEOUT_INFINITE);
-         ctx->first_frame_done = true;
-      }
    }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.h
index 4960282c90b..83e05da00ec 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.h
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@ struct zink_context {
    uint32_t num_so_targets;
    struct pipe_stream_output_target *so_targets[PIPE_MAX_SO_OUTPUTS];
    bool dirty_so_targets;
-   bool first_frame_done;
 
    bool gfx_dirty;