diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_common.h b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_common.h
index 90fb6787d..1b9ee7883 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_common.h
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_common.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ struct VkGenericStruct
 	const VkGenericStruct *pNext;
 };
 
+#define RENDERDOC_LAYER_NAME "VK_LAYER_RENDERDOC_Capture"
+
 #define IMPLEMENT_FUNCTION_SERIALISED(ret, func, ...) ret func(__VA_ARGS__); bool CONCAT(Serialise_, func(Serialiser *localSerialiser, __VA_ARGS__));
 
 template<> void Serialiser::Serialise(const char *name, VkRect2D &el);
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_tracelayer.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_tracelayer.cpp
index 49fe3d598..a1f2d9e0b 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_tracelayer.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_tracelayer.cpp
@@ -99,26 +99,26 @@ void hooked_vkDestroyInstance(VkInstance instance, const VkAllocationCallbacks*
 
 static const VkLayerProperties physLayers[] = {
 	{
-		"VK_LAYER_RENDERDOC_Capture",
-			VK_API_VERSION,
-			VK_MAKE_VERSION(RENDERDOC_VERSION_MAJOR, RENDERDOC_VERSION_MINOR, 0),
-			"Debugging capture layer for RenderDoc",
+		RENDERDOC_LAYER_NAME,
+		VK_API_VERSION,
+		VK_MAKE_VERSION(RENDERDOC_VERSION_MAJOR, RENDERDOC_VERSION_MINOR, 0),
+		"Debugging capture layer for RenderDoc",
 	}
 };
 
 static const VkExtensionProperties physExts[] = {
 	{
 		DEBUG_MARKER_EXTENSION_NAME,
-			VK_MAKE_VERSION(0, 1, 0),
+		VK_MAKE_VERSION(0, 1, 0),
 	}
 };
 
 static const VkLayerProperties globalLayers[] = {
 	{
-		"VK_LAYER_RENDERDOC_Capture",
-			VK_API_VERSION,
-			VK_MAKE_VERSION(RENDERDOC_VERSION_MAJOR, RENDERDOC_VERSION_MINOR, 0),
-			"Debugging capture layer for RenderDoc",
+		RENDERDOC_LAYER_NAME,
+		VK_API_VERSION,
+		VK_MAKE_VERSION(RENDERDOC_VERSION_MAJOR, RENDERDOC_VERSION_MINOR, 0),
+		"Debugging capture layer for RenderDoc",
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_device_funcs.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_device_funcs.cpp
index e1189875b..9ad1768f4 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_device_funcs.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_device_funcs.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void WrappedVulkan::Initialise(VkInitParams &params)
 	// don't try and create our own layer on replay!
 	for(auto it = params.Layers.begin(); it != params.Layers.end(); ++it)
 	{
-		if(*it == "RenderDoc")
+		if(*it == RENDERDOC_LAYER_NAME)
 		{
 			params.Layers.erase(it);
 			break;
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ bool WrappedVulkan::Serialise_vkCreateDevice(
 		for(uint32_t i=0; i < createInfo.enabledLayerNameCount; i++)
 		{
 			const char **layerNames = (const char **)createInfo.ppEnabledLayerNames;
-			if(!strcmp(layerNames[i], "RenderDoc"))
+			if(!strcmp(layerNames[i], RENDERDOC_LAYER_NAME))
 			{
 				for(uint32_t j=i; j < createInfo.enabledLayerNameCount-1; j++)
 					layerNames[j] = layerNames[j+1];