diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f0189e4d..e56eca31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ Install necessary development packages.
 - meson >=0.54
 - ninja (ninja-build)
 - glslang
-- vulkan headers if using `-Duse_system_vulkan=enabled` option with `meson`
 - libGL/libEGL (libglvnd, mesa-common-dev, mesa-libGL-devel etc)
 - X11 (libx11-dev)
 - XNVCtrl (libxnvctrl-dev), optional, use `-Dwith_xnvctrl=disabled` option with `meson` to disable
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 10727a63..a608a372 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -165,21 +165,9 @@ else
   dep_rt = null_dep
 endif
 
-dep_vulkan = dependency('vulkan', required: get_option('use_system_vulkan'))
-if dep_vulkan.found() and not get_option('use_system_vulkan').disabled()
-  datadir = get_option('vulkan_datadir')
-  if datadir == ''
-    datadir = get_option('datadir')
-  endif
-  if not datadir.startswith('/')
-    datadir = get_option('prefix') / datadir
-  endif
-  vk_api_xml = files(datadir / 'vulkan/registry/vk.xml')
-else
-  vkh_sp = subproject('vulkan-headers')
-  vk_api_xml = vkh_sp.get_variable('vulkan_api_xml')
-  dep_vulkan = vkh_sp.get_variable('vulkan_headers_dep')
-endif
+vkh_sp = subproject('vulkan-headers')
+vk_api_xml = vkh_sp.get_variable('vulkan_api_xml')
+dep_vulkan = vkh_sp.get_variable('vulkan_headers_dep')
 
 vk_enum_to_str = custom_target(
   'vk_enum_to_str',
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index b474ba92..5f7d11bd 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 option('glibcxx_asserts', type : 'boolean', value : false)
-option('use_system_vulkan', type : 'feature', value : 'disabled', description: 'Use system vulkan headers instead of the provided ones')
 option('use_system_spdlog', type : 'feature', value : 'disabled', description: 'Use system spdlog library')
-option('vulkan_datadir', type : 'string', value : '', description: 'Path to the system vulkan headers data directory if different from MangoHud\'s datadir')
 option('append_libdir_mangohud', type : 'boolean', value : true, description: 'Append "mangohud" to libdir path or not.')
 option('include_doc', type : 'boolean', value : true, description: 'Include the example config, man pages, appstream files etc.')
 option('with_nvml', type : 'combo', value : 'enabled', choices: ['enabled', 'system', 'disabled'], description: 'Enable NVML support')
diff --git a/pkgbuild/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuild/PKGBUILD
index aa94fd0a..b92e78c5 100644
--- a/pkgbuild/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuild/PKGBUILD
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sha256sums=('SKIP'
             '3c38f275d5792b1286391102594329e98b17737924b344f98312ab09929b74be'
             'b94997df68856753b72f0d7a3703b7d484d4745c567f3584ef97c96c25a5798e')
 
-_build_args="-Dappend_libdir_mangohud=false -Dwith_xnvctrl=disabled -Duse_system_vulkan=enabled -Dmangoapp_layer=true -Dtests=disabled"
+_build_args="-Dappend_libdir_mangohud=false -Dwith_xnvctrl=disabled -Dmangoapp_layer=true -Dtests=disabled"
 
 pkgver() {
   cd "$srcdir/mangohud"