diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/nir/radv_nir_rt_common.c b/src/amd/vulkan/nir/radv_nir_rt_common.c
index 24937e834dd..34db65df277 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/nir/radv_nir_rt_common.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/nir/radv_nir_rt_common.c
@@ -560,15 +560,12 @@ create_bvh_descriptor(nir_builder *b, const struct radv_physical_device *pdev, s
       /* Enable pointer flags on GFX11+ */
       dword3 |= BITFIELD_BIT(119 - 96);
 
-      /* Instead of the default box sorting (closest point), use largest for terminate_on_first_hit rays and midpoint
-       * for closest hit; this makes it more likely that the ray traversal will visit fewer nodes. */
+      /* Instead of the default box sorting (closest point), use largest for terminate_on_first_hit rays;
+       * this makes it more likely that the ray traversal will visit fewer nodes. */
       const uint32_t box_sort_largest = 1;
-      const uint32_t box_sort_midpoint = 2;
 
-      /* Only use largest/midpoint sorting when all invocations have the same ray flags, otherwise
+      /* Only use largest sorting when all invocations have the same ray flags, otherwise
        * fall back to the default closest point. */
-      dword1 = nir_bcsel(b, nir_vote_any(b, 1, ray_flags->terminate_on_first_hit), dword1,
-                         nir_imm_int(b, (box_sort_midpoint << 21) | sort_triangles_first | box_sort_enable));
       dword1 = nir_bcsel(b, nir_vote_all(b, 1, ray_flags->terminate_on_first_hit),
                          nir_imm_int(b, (box_sort_largest << 21) | sort_triangles_first | box_sort_enable), dword1);
    }