diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7f86a0ec985..6289f11afd0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -286,11 +286,6 @@ with_imagination_srv = get_option('imagination-srv')
 with_microsoft_vk = _vulkan_drivers.contains('microsoft-experimental')
 with_any_vk = _vulkan_drivers.length() != 0
 
-_vulkan_rt_drivers = get_option('vulkan-rt-drivers')
-if _vulkan_rt_drivers.contains('intel')
-  error('Use -Dintel-clc=enabled to enable Intel Vulkan Ray Tracing')
-endif
-
 with_any_broadcom = with_gallium_vc4 or with_gallium_v3d or with_broadcom_vk
 with_any_intel = with_intel_vk or with_intel_hasvk or with_gallium_iris or with_gallium_crocus or with_intel_tools
 
@@ -306,7 +301,7 @@ endif
 
 with_microsoft_clc = get_option('microsoft-clc').enabled()
 with_intel_clc = get_option('intel-clc').enabled()
-with_intel_vk_rt = with_intel_clc
+with_intel_vk_rt = with_intel_vk and with_intel_clc
 with_clc = with_microsoft_clc or with_intel_clc
 with_libclc = with_clc
 with_spirv_to_dxil = get_option('spirv-to-dxil')
@@ -2358,6 +2353,7 @@ if with_any_vk
   if with_any_vulkan_layers
     lines += 'Vulkan layers:   ' + ' '.join(get_option('vulkan-layers'))
   endif
+  lines += 'Vulkan Intel Ray Tracing:  ' + (with_intel_vk_rt ? 'yes' : 'no')
 else
   lines += 'Vulkan drivers:  no'
 endif
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 28a4b5e75f6..6f307018815 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -188,13 +188,6 @@ option(
   choices : ['auto', 'amd', 'broadcom', 'freedreno', 'imagination-experimental', 'intel', 'intel_hasvk', 'microsoft-experimental', 'panfrost', 'swrast', 'virtio-experimental'],
   description : 'List of vulkan drivers to build. If this is set to auto all drivers applicable to the target OS/architecture will be built'
 )
-option(
-  'vulkan-rt-drivers',
-  type : 'array',
-  value : ['auto'],
-  choices : ['auto', 'intel'],
-  description : 'List of vulkan drivers to enable ray-tracing support on. If this is set to auto all drivers applicable to the target OS/architecture will enabled ray-tracing support.'
-)
 option(
   'freedreno-kgsl',
   type : 'boolean',
@@ -531,7 +524,7 @@ option(
   'intel-clc',
   type : 'feature',
   value : 'disabled',
-  description : 'Build the intel-clc compiler (required for ray queries).'
+  description : 'Build the intel-clc compiler (enables Vulkan Intel Ray Tracing on supported hardware).'
 )
 option(
   'video-codecs',