diff --git a/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/dxil_spirv_nir.c b/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/dxil_spirv_nir.c
index 6df633816f9..147ca0e6988 100644
--- a/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/dxil_spirv_nir.c
+++ b/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/dxil_spirv_nir.c
@@ -1025,9 +1025,6 @@ dxil_spirv_nir_passes(nir_shader *nir,
       NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_discard_or_demote, nir->info.use_legacy_math_rules);
 
       NIR_PASS_V(nir, dxil_nir_lower_discard_and_terminate);
-      /* Remove single-source phis now that returns have been inserted, otherwise
-       * lowering returns might not behave correctly. */
-      NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_opt_remove_phis);
       NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_returns);
       NIR_PASS_V(nir, dxil_nir_lower_sample_pos);
       NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_fragcoord_wtrans);