diff --git a/src/ffx-fsr2-api/vk/ffx_fsr2_vk.cpp b/src/ffx-fsr2-api/vk/ffx_fsr2_vk.cpp
index 5b17315..dc510bc 100644
--- a/src/ffx-fsr2-api/vk/ffx_fsr2_vk.cpp
+++ b/src/ffx-fsr2-api/vk/ffx_fsr2_vk.cpp
@@ -778,10 +778,6 @@ FfxErrorCode CreateDeviceVK(FfxFsr2Interface* backendInterface, FfxDevice device
     // make sure the extra parameters were already passed in
     FFX_ASSERT(backendContext->physicalDevice != NULL);
 
-    // if vkGetDeviceProcAddr is NULL, use the one from the vulkan header
-    if (backendContext->vkFunctionTable.vkGetDeviceProcAddr == NULL)
-        backendContext->vkFunctionTable.vkGetDeviceProcAddr = vkGetDeviceProcAddr;
-
     if (vkDevice != NULL) {
         backendContext->device = vkDevice;
     }