diff --git a/libavfilter/Makefile b/libavfilter/Makefile
index a56c8e8b79..9253e362fc 100644
--- a/libavfilter/Makefile
+++ b/libavfilter/Makefile
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ SKIPHEADERS-$(CONFIG_LIBVIDSTAB)             += vidstabutils.h
 SKIPHEADERS-$(CONFIG_QSVVPP)                 += qsvvpp.h stack_internal.h
 SKIPHEADERS-$(CONFIG_OPENCL)                 += opencl.h
 SKIPHEADERS-$(CONFIG_VAAPI)                  += vaapi_vpp.h stack_internal.h
-SKIPHEADERS-$(CONFIG_VULKAN)                 += vulkan.h vulkan_filter.h
+SKIPHEADERS-$(CONFIG_VULKAN)                 += vulkan_filter.h
 SKIPHEADERS-$(CONFIG_LIBSHADERC)             += vulkan_spirv.h
 SKIPHEADERS-$(CONFIG_LIBGLSLANG)             += vulkan_spirv.h
 
diff --git a/libavfilter/vulkan.h b/libavfilter/vulkan.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 928b2e21c3..0000000000
--- a/libavfilter/vulkan.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of FFmpeg.
- *
- * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
- */
-
-#ifndef AVFILTER_VULKAN_H
-#define AVFILTER_VULKAN_H
-
-#include "libavutil/vulkan.h"
-
-#endif /* AVFILTER_VULKAN_H */
diff --git a/libavfilter/vulkan_filter.h b/libavfilter/vulkan_filter.h
index 9f1297e0d2..6ed9c4de39 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vulkan_filter.h
+++ b/libavfilter/vulkan_filter.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "avfilter.h"
 
-#include "vulkan.h"
+#include "libavutil/vulkan.h"
 
 /**
  * General lavfi IO functions
diff --git a/libavfilter/vulkan_spirv.h b/libavfilter/vulkan_spirv.h
index d008804ab2..b0349b6b54 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vulkan_spirv.h
+++ b/libavfilter/vulkan_spirv.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 #include "libavutil/vulkan.h"
 
-#include "vulkan.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
 typedef struct FFVkSPIRVCompiler {