diff --git a/gdk/win32/gdkvulkancontext-win32.c b/gdk/win32/gdkvulkancontext-win32.c
index 0fb2bd0eb0..d4469bd103 100644
--- a/gdk/win32/gdkvulkancontext-win32.c
+++ b/gdk/win32/gdkvulkancontext-win32.c
@@ -47,13 +47,6 @@ gdk_win32_vulkan_context_create_surface (GdkVulkanContext *context,
   info.hinstance = this_module ();
   info.hwnd = GDK_SURFACE_HWND (window);
 
-  /* This is necessary so that Vulkan sees the Window.
-   * Usually, vkCreateWin32SurfaceKHR() 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);
-
   result = GDK_VK_CHECK (vkCreateWin32SurfaceKHR,
                          gdk_vulkan_context_get_instance (context),
                          &info,