diff --git a/src/broadcom/common/v3d_limits.h b/src/broadcom/common/v3d_limits.h
index e8da1052385..b58aef7f28b 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/common/v3d_limits.h
+++ b/src/broadcom/common/v3d_limits.h
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #ifndef V3D_LIMITS_H
 #define V3D_LIMITS_H
 
-#define V3D_CL_MAX_INSTR_SIZE 25
-
 /* Number of channels a QPU thread executes in parallel.  Also known as
  * gl_SubGroupSizeARB.
  */
diff --git a/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dvx_cl.c b/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dvx_cl.c
index 62b982566ae..9a09545b63f 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dvx_cl.c
+++ b/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dvx_cl.c
@@ -175,16 +175,6 @@ v3dv_cl_ensure_space(struct v3dv_cl *cl, uint32_t space, uint32_t alignment)
 void
 v3dv_cl_ensure_space_with_branch(struct v3dv_cl *cl, uint32_t space)
 {
-   /*
-    * The CLE processor in the simulator tries to read V3D_CL_MAX_INSTR_SIZE
-    * bytes form the CL for each new instruction. If the last instruction in our
-    * CL is smaller than that, and there are not at least V3D_CL_MAX_INSTR_SIZE
-    * bytes until the end of the BO, it will read out of bounds and possibly
-    * cause a GMP violation interrupt to trigger. Ensure we always have at
-    * least that many bytes available to read with the last instruction.
-    */
-   space += V3D_CL_MAX_INSTR_SIZE;
-
    if (v3dv_cl_offset(cl) + space <= cl->size)
       return;