diff --git a/gdk/x11/gdkvulkancontext-x11.c b/gdk/x11/gdkvulkancontext-x11.c
index 12ac0f24f4..b37c8b04cc 100644
--- a/gdk/x11/gdkvulkancontext-x11.c
+++ b/gdk/x11/gdkvulkancontext-x11.c
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@ gdk_x11_vulkan_context_create_surface (GdkVulkanContext *context,
   GdkSurface *window = gdk_draw_context_get_surface (GDK_DRAW_CONTEXT (context));
   GdkDisplay *display = gdk_draw_context_get_display (GDK_DRAW_CONTEXT (context));
 
-  /* This is necessary so that Vulkan sees the Window.
-   * Usually, vkCreateXlibSurfaceKHR() will not cause a problem to happen as
-   * it just creates resources, but further calls with the resulting surface
-   * do cause issues.
-   */
-  gdk_display_sync (display);
-
   return GDK_VK_CHECK (vkCreateXlibSurfaceKHR, gdk_vulkan_context_get_instance (context),
                                                &(VkXlibSurfaceCreateInfoKHR) {
                                                    VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_XLIB_SURFACE_CREATE_INFO_KHR,