diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_sparse.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_sparse.c
index 3b0516aa36a..f8914d8db2b 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_sparse.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_sparse.c
@@ -1622,37 +1622,15 @@ anv_sparse_image_check_support(struct anv_physical_device *pdevice,
       return VK_ERROR_FEATURE_NOT_PRESENT;
    }
 
-   /* While the Vulkan spec allows us to support depth/stencil sparse images
-    * everywhere, sometimes we're not able to have them with the tiling
-    * formats that give us the standard block shapes. Having standard block
-    * shapes is higher priority than supporting depth/stencil sparse images.
-    *
-    * Please see ISL's filter_tiling() functions for accurate explanations on
-    * why depth/stencil images are not always supported with the tiling
-    * formats we want. But in short: depth/stencil support in our HW is
-    * limited to 2D and we can't build a 2D view of a 3D image with these
-    * tiling formats due to the address swizzling being different.
+   /* While our hardware allows us to support sparse with some depth/stencil
+    * formats (e.g., single-sampled 2D), the spec seems to be expecting that,
+    * if we support a format, we have to support it with all the multi-sampled
+    * flags we support for non-sparse. Therefore, just give up depth/stencil
+    * entirely since games don't seem to be requiring it.
     */
    VkImageAspectFlags aspects = vk_format_aspects(vk_format);
-   if (aspects & (VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT | VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT)) {
-      /* For multi-sampled images, the image layouts for color and
-       * depth/stencil are different, and only the color layout is compatible
-       * with the standard block shapes.
-       */
-      valid_samples &= VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
-
-      /* For 125+, isl_gfx125_filter_tiling() claims 3D is not supported.
-       * For the previous platforms, isl_gfx6_filter_tiling() says only 2D is
-       * supported.
-       */
-      if (pdevice->info.verx10 >= 125) {
-         if (type == VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D)
-            return VK_ERROR_FORMAT_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-      } else {
-         if (type != VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D)
-            return VK_ERROR_FORMAT_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-      }
-   }
+   if (aspects & (VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT | VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT))
+      return VK_ERROR_FORMAT_NOT_SUPPORTED;
 
    const struct anv_format *anv_format = anv_get_format(pdevice, vk_format);
    if (!anv_format)