diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_physical_device.c b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_physical_device.c
index ad9858e9f8d..0acdaf0bcc5 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_physical_device.c
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_physical_device.c
@@ -778,19 +778,21 @@ vn_physical_device_init_memory_properties(
       instance, vn_physical_device_to_handle(physical_dev),
       &physical_dev->memory_properties);
 
-   if (!instance->renderer->info.has_cache_management) {
-      VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties *props =
-         &physical_dev->memory_properties.memoryProperties;
-      const uint32_t host_flags = VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT |
-                                  VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT |
-                                  VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_CACHED_BIT;
+   VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties *props =
+      &physical_dev->memory_properties.memoryProperties;
+   const uint32_t host_flags = VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT |
+                               VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT |
+                               VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_CACHED_BIT;
 
-      for (uint32_t i = 0; i < props->memoryTypeCount; i++) {
-         const bool coherent = props->memoryTypes[i].propertyFlags &
-                               VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT;
-         if (!coherent)
-            props->memoryTypes[i].propertyFlags &= ~host_flags;
-      }
+   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < props->memoryTypeCount; i++) {
+      /* Kernel makes every mapping coherent.  If a memory type is truly
+       * incoherent, it's better to remove the host-visible flag than silently
+       * making it coherent.
+       */
+      const bool coherent = props->memoryTypes[i].propertyFlags &
+                            VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT;
+      if (!coherent)
+         props->memoryTypes[i].propertyFlags &= ~host_flags;
    }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer.h b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer.h
index b5804838132..63ec3a2748e 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer.h
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ struct vn_renderer_info {
    } pci;
 
    bool has_dma_buf_import;
-   bool has_cache_management;
    bool has_external_sync;
    bool has_implicit_fencing;
    bool has_guest_vram;
diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_virtgpu.c b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_virtgpu.c
index d836f5300e8..3736b925931 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_virtgpu.c
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_virtgpu.c
@@ -1375,10 +1375,6 @@ virtgpu_init_renderer_info(struct virtgpu *gpu)
    }
 
    info->has_dma_buf_import = true;
-   /* Kernel makes every mapping coherent.  We are better off filtering
-    * incoherent memory types out than silently making them coherent.
-    */
-   info->has_cache_management = false;
    /* TODO drm_syncobj */
    info->has_external_sync = false;
 
diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_vtest.c b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_vtest.c
index 7203cc923b8..69ed024d486 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_vtest.c
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_vtest.c
@@ -938,7 +938,6 @@ vtest_init_renderer_info(struct vtest *vtest)
    info->pci.device_id = VTEST_PCI_DEVICE_ID;
 
    info->has_dma_buf_import = false;
-   info->has_cache_management = false;
    info->has_external_sync = false;
    info->has_implicit_fencing = false;