diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.c
index be23cc6343e..97fbae6de0d 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.c
@@ -970,9 +970,6 @@ zink_bo_commit(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_resource *res, unsigned lev
    struct zink_bo *bo = res->obj->bo;
    VkSemaphore cur_sem = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
 
-   if (screen->faked_e5sparse && res->base.b.format == PIPE_FORMAT_R9G9B9E5_FLOAT)
-      return true;
-
    simple_mtx_lock(&screen->queue_lock);
    simple_mtx_lock(&bo->lock);
    if (res->base.b.target == PIPE_BUFFER) {
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
index dcd4f1359bd..f2d8f667c74 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
@@ -1590,10 +1590,6 @@ resource_create(struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
    if (templ2.flags & PIPE_RESOURCE_FLAG_SPARSE &&
        (util_res_sample_count(templ) == 1 || screen->info.feats.features.shaderStorageImageMultisample))
       templ2.bind |= PIPE_BIND_SHADER_IMAGE;
-   if (screen->faked_e5sparse && templ->format == PIPE_FORMAT_R9G9B9E5_FLOAT) {
-      templ2.flags &= ~PIPE_RESOURCE_FLAG_SPARSE;
-      res->base.b.flags &= ~PIPE_RESOURCE_FLAG_SPARSE;
-   }
    res->obj = resource_object_create(screen, &templ2, whandle, &linear, res->modifiers, res->modifiers_count, loader_private, user_mem);
    if (!res->obj) {
       free(res->modifiers);
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
index 48462d7dc8e..495c835d1c2 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
@@ -2663,13 +2663,8 @@ zink_get_sparse_texture_virtual_page_size(struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
                                                          flags,
                                                          VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL,
                                                          &prop_count, props);
-      if (!prop_count) {
-         if (pformat == PIPE_FORMAT_R9G9B9E5_FLOAT) {
-            screen->faked_e5sparse = true;
-            goto hack_it_up;
-         }
+      if (!prop_count)
          return 0;
-      }
    }
 
    if (size) {
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h
index 739838d0dce..3d8f6a58ed0 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h
@@ -1499,7 +1499,6 @@ struct zink_screen {
    bool need_decompose_attrs;
    bool need_2D_zs;
    bool need_2D_sparse;
-   bool faked_e5sparse; //drivers may not expose R9G9B9E5 but cts requires it
    bool can_hic_shader_read;
 
    uint32_t gfx_queue;