diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/meson.build b/src/panfrost/vulkan/meson.build
index 870c0896740..6f27137f556 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/meson.build
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/meson.build
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ libpanvk_files = files(
   'panvk_mempool.c',
   'panvk_physical_device.c',
   'panvk_priv_bo.c',
-  'panvk_sparse.c',
   'panvk_utrace.c',
   'panvk_wsi.c',
 )
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_buffer.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_buffer.c
index e0591a8b7c5..978cc3cd1bc 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_buffer.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_buffer.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "panvk_device.h"
 #include "panvk_device_memory.h"
 #include "panvk_entrypoints.h"
-#include "panvk_sparse.h"
 
 #include "pan_props.h"
 
@@ -130,10 +129,19 @@ panvk_CreateBuffer(VkDevice _device, const VkBufferCreateInfo *pCreateInfo,
          /* Map last so that we don't have a possibility of getting any more
           * errors, in which case we'd have to unmap.
           */
-         result = panvk_map_to_blackhole(device, buffer->vk.device_address,
-                                         va_range);
-         if (result != VK_SUCCESS) {
-            result = panvk_error(device, result);
+         struct pan_kmod_vm_op map = {
+            .type = PAN_KMOD_VM_OP_TYPE_MAP,
+            .va = {
+               .start = buffer->vk.device_address,
+               .size = va_range,
+            },
+            .flags = PAN_KMOD_VM_OP_OP_MAP_SPARSE,
+         };
+
+         int ret = pan_kmod_vm_bind(device->kmod.vm,
+                                    PAN_KMOD_VM_OP_MODE_IMMEDIATE, &map, 1);
+         if (ret) {
+            result = panvk_error(device, VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY);
             goto err_free_va;
          }
       }
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_image.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_image.c
index 324d7ce68c2..0b0c0f5a0e7 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_image.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_image.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include "panvk_image.h"
 #include "panvk_instance.h"
 #include "panvk_physical_device.h"
-#include "panvk_sparse.h"
 
 #include "drm-uapi/drm_fourcc.h"
 #include "util/u_atomic.h"
@@ -721,10 +720,19 @@ panvk_CreateImage(VkDevice device, const VkImageCreateInfo *pCreateInfo,
          /* Map last so that we don't have a possibility of getting any more
           * errors, in which case we'd have to unmap.
           */
-         result = panvk_map_to_blackhole(dev, image->sparse.device_address,
-                                         va_range);
-         if (result != VK_SUCCESS) {
-            result = panvk_error(dev, result);
+         struct pan_kmod_vm_op map = {
+            .type = PAN_KMOD_VM_OP_TYPE_MAP,
+            .va = {
+               .start = image->sparse.device_address,
+               .size = va_range,
+            },
+            .flags = PAN_KMOD_VM_OP_OP_MAP_SPARSE,
+         };
+
+         int ret = pan_kmod_vm_bind(dev->kmod.vm, PAN_KMOD_VM_OP_MODE_IMMEDIATE,
+                                    &map, 1);
+         if (ret) {
+            result = panvk_error(device, VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY);
             goto err_free_va;
          }
       }
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_sparse.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_sparse.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 1abbde1685a..00000000000
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_sparse.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright © 2025 Collabora Ltd.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
- */
-
-#include "panvk_device.h"
-#include "panvk_sparse.h"
-
-#include "drm-uapi/panthor_drm.h"
-
-static uint64_t
-panvk_choose_blackhole_size(const struct pan_kmod_vm *vm, uint64_t max_size)
-{
-   uint64_t blackhole_size = 0;
-   u_foreach_bit64(pgsize_bit, vm->pgsize_bitmap) {
-      uint64_t pgsize = (uint64_t)1 << pgsize_bit;
-      if (blackhole_size > 0 && pgsize > max_size)
-         break;
-      blackhole_size = pgsize;
-   }
-
-   return blackhole_size;
-}
-
-static void
-panvk_blackhole_init(const void *_dev)
-{
-   struct panvk_device *dev = *(void *const *)_dev;
-
-   uint64_t blackhole_size = panvk_choose_blackhole_size(dev->kmod.vm, 0x200000);
-
-   dev->sparse_mem.blackhole =
-      pan_kmod_bo_alloc(dev->kmod.dev, dev->kmod.vm, blackhole_size,
-                        PAN_KMOD_BO_FLAG_NO_MMAP);
-}
-
-struct pan_kmod_bo *
-panvk_get_blackhole(struct panvk_device *dev)
-{
-   util_call_once_data(&dev->sparse_mem.blackhole_once, panvk_blackhole_init, &dev);
-   return dev->sparse_mem.blackhole;
-}
-
-struct panvk_vm_binder {
-   uint32_t drm_fd;
-   uint32_t vm_id;
-
-   struct drm_panthor_vm_bind_op *ops;
-   size_t op_count;
-   size_t op_cap;
-};
-
-static int
-panvk_vm_binder_flush(struct panvk_vm_binder *b)
-{
-   if (b->op_count == 0)
-      return 0;
-
-   struct drm_panthor_vm_bind req = {
-      .vm_id = b->vm_id,
-      .ops = DRM_PANTHOR_OBJ_ARRAY(b->op_count, b->ops),
-   };
-   int ret = pan_kmod_ioctl(b->drm_fd, DRM_IOCTL_PANTHOR_VM_BIND, &req);
-   b->op_count = 0;
-   return ret;
-}
-
-static int
-panvk_vm_binder_bind(struct panvk_vm_binder *b, const struct drm_panthor_vm_bind_op *op)
-{
-   if (b->op_count == b->op_cap) {
-      int ret = panvk_vm_binder_flush(b);
-      if (ret)
-         return ret;
-   }
-   assert(b->op_count < b->op_cap);
-   b->ops[b->op_count++] = *op;
-   return 0;
-}
-
-VkResult
-panvk_map_to_blackhole(struct panvk_device *device, uint64_t address, uint64_t size)
-{
-   struct pan_kmod_bo *blackhole = panvk_get_blackhole(device);
-   uint64_t blackhole_size = blackhole->size;
-
-   struct drm_panthor_vm_bind_op ops[16] = {};
-   struct panvk_vm_binder binder = {
-      .drm_fd = device->drm_fd,
-      .vm_id = device->kmod.vm->handle,
-
-      .ops = ops,
-      .op_cap = ARRAY_SIZE(ops),
-   };
-
-   uint64_t off = 0;
-   while (off < size) {
-      uint64_t va = address + off;
-      uint64_t bo_offset = va & (blackhole_size - 1);
-      uint64_t range = MIN2(blackhole_size - bo_offset, size - off);
-      struct drm_panthor_vm_bind_op op = {
-         .flags = DRM_PANTHOR_VM_BIND_OP_TYPE_MAP,
-         .bo_handle = blackhole->handle,
-         .bo_offset = bo_offset,
-         .va = va,
-         .size = range,
-      };
-      int ret = panvk_vm_binder_bind(&binder, &op);
-      if (ret)
-         goto err_unmap;
-
-      off += range;
-   }
-   assert(off == size);
-
-   int ret = panvk_vm_binder_flush(&binder);
-   if (ret)
-      goto err_unmap;
-
-   return VK_SUCCESS;
-
-err_unmap:
-   {
-      struct pan_kmod_vm_op unmap = {
-         .type = PAN_KMOD_VM_OP_TYPE_UNMAP,
-         .va = {
-            .start = address,
-            .size = size,
-         },
-      };
-      ASSERTED int ret = pan_kmod_vm_bind(
-         device->kmod.vm, PAN_KMOD_VM_OP_MODE_IMMEDIATE, &unmap, 1);
-      assert(!ret);
-   }
-
-   return panvk_error(device, VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY);
-}
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_sparse.h b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_sparse.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ce16850cd2a..00000000000
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_sparse.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright © 2025 Collabora Ltd.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
- */
-
-#ifndef PANVK_SPARSE_H
-#define PANVK_SPARSE_H
-
-#include "vk_device.h"
-
-VkResult panvk_map_to_blackhole(struct panvk_device *device,
-                                uint64_t address, uint64_t size);
-
-struct pan_kmod_bo *panvk_get_blackhole(struct panvk_device *device);
-
-#endif