diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_vbuf.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_vbuf.c
index 882f683e2a3..41fcefcb70f 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_vbuf.c
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_vbuf.c
@@ -1021,7 +1021,6 @@ void u_vbuf_set_vertex_buffers(struct u_vbuf *mgr,
    uint32_t incompatible_vb_mask = 0;
    /* which buffers are unaligned to 2/4 bytes */
    uint32_t unaligned_vb_mask[2] = {0};
-   unsigned num_identical = 0;
 
    for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
       const struct pipe_vertex_buffer *vb = &bufs[i];
@@ -1034,12 +1033,6 @@ void u_vbuf_set_vertex_buffers(struct u_vbuf *mgr,
          continue;
       }
 
-      /* The structure has holes: do not use memcmp. */
-      if (orig_vb->is_user_buffer == vb->is_user_buffer &&
-          orig_vb->buffer_offset == vb->buffer_offset &&
-          orig_vb->buffer.resource == vb->buffer.resource)
-         num_identical++;
-
       *orig_vb = *vb;
 
       enabled_vb_mask |= 1 << i;
@@ -1071,10 +1064,6 @@ void u_vbuf_set_vertex_buffers(struct u_vbuf *mgr,
    }
 
    unsigned last_count = mgr->num_vertex_buffers;
-
-   if (num_identical == count && count == last_count)
-      return;
-
    for (; i < last_count; i++) {
       memset(&mgr->vertex_buffer[i], 0, sizeof(struct pipe_vertex_buffer));
       memset(&mgr->real_vertex_buffer[i], 0, sizeof(struct pipe_vertex_buffer));