diff --git a/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.c b/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.c
index 444f12565cc..3f99f766629 100644
--- a/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.c
+++ b/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.c
@@ -103,14 +103,6 @@ hk_upload_rodata(struct hk_device *dev)
    dev->rodata.geometry_state = dev->rodata.bo->va->addr + offs;
    offs += sizeof(struct agx_geometry_state);
 
-   /* For null readonly buffers, we need to allocate 16 bytes of zeroes for
-    * robustness2 semantics on read.
-    */
-   offs = align(offs, 16);
-   dev->rodata.zero_sink = dev->rodata.bo->va->addr + offs;
-   memset(map + offs, 0, 16);
-   offs += 16;
-
    /* For null storage descriptors, we need to reserve 16 bytes to catch writes.
     * No particular content is required; we cannot get robustness2 semantics
     * without more work.
diff --git a/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.h b/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.h
index 1faf4709f8d..80f10f817cc 100644
--- a/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.h
+++ b/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ struct hk_device {
    struct {
       struct agx_bo *bo;
       struct agx_usc_uniform_packed image_heap;
-      uint64_t null_sink, zero_sink;
+      uint64_t null_sink;
       uint64_t geometry_state;
    } rodata;