diff --git a/renderdoc/renderdoc.vcxproj b/renderdoc/renderdoc.vcxproj
index 8688bbb53..1ed616abf 100644
--- a/renderdoc/renderdoc.vcxproj
+++ b/renderdoc/renderdoc.vcxproj
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="replay\dummy_driver.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="replay\replay_driver.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="replay\replay_controller.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="serialise\codecs\vk_cpp_codec_common.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="serialise\lz4io.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="serialise\rdcfile.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="serialise\serialiser.h" />
diff --git a/renderdoc/renderdoc.vcxproj.filters b/renderdoc/renderdoc.vcxproj.filters
index 78323c672..666f949e4 100644
--- a/renderdoc/renderdoc.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/renderdoc/renderdoc.vcxproj.filters
@@ -127,12 +127,6 @@
     <Filter Include="3rdparty\miniz">
       <UniqueIdentifier>{5994c355-880b-45b9-b17a-2e9e1fc2044a}</UniqueIdentifier>
     </Filter>
-    <Filter Include="Common\Serialise\Codecs\cpp_codec">
-      <UniqueIdentifier>{27f41754-8fa8-4a78-afb8-f63a32473540}</UniqueIdentifier>
-    </Filter>
-    <Filter Include="Common\Serialise\Codecs\cpp_codec\vulkan">
-      <UniqueIdentifier>{ee6a7f7e-becf-43f0-8c7f-e0109a364ebb}</UniqueIdentifier>
-    </Filter>
     <Filter Include="OS\Posix\GGP">
       <UniqueIdentifier>{b76c42f4-d523-4417-a474-56d278d35a36}</UniqueIdentifier>
     </Filter>
@@ -468,9 +462,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="core\intervals.h">
       <Filter>Core</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="serialise\codecs\vk_cpp_codec_common.h">
-      <Filter>Common\Serialise\Codecs\cpp_codec\vulkan</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="data\glsl\glsl_ubos_cpp.h">
       <Filter>Resources\glsl</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
diff --git a/renderdoc/serialise/codecs/vk_cpp_codec_common.h b/renderdoc/serialise/codecs/vk_cpp_codec_common.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 32e5209c3..000000000
--- a/renderdoc/serialise/codecs/vk_cpp_codec_common.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,166 +0,0 @@
-/******************************************************************************
- * The MIT License (MIT)
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2019-2022 Baldur Karlsson
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
- * THE SOFTWARE.
- ******************************************************************************/
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <unordered_map>
-
-#include "serialise/rdcfile.h"
-
-namespace vk_cpp_codec
-{
-inline const char *Type(SDObject *ptr)
-{
-  // (akharlamov) Moving this to filtering stage in TraceTracker class
-  // isn't trivial. Patching type.name, when done in Type() is only applied
-  // for SDObjects that store data structures, and patching them during filtering
-  // stage means the filter stage would need to touch on most of Vulkan API OR
-  // crawl through the entire SDObject list and patch every object ignoring Vulkan
-  // specifics.
-
-  // Vulkan doesn't use string objects, so need to cast it to const char *
-  if(ptr->IsString() || ptr->type.name == "string")
-    return "const char* ";
-
-  return ptr->type.name.c_str();
-}
-
-inline rdcstr ValueStr(SDObject *ptr)
-{
-  RDCASSERT(ptr->IsSimpleType());
-  rdcstr result;
-
-  if(ptr->IsBuffer())
-  {
-    rdcstr buf_name = ptr->AsString();
-    RDCASSERT(!buf_name.empty());
-    // A value for for a Buffer is it's $name.data().
-    result = buf_name + ".data()";
-    // just-in-time fix for vkCreatShaderModule pCode variable
-    if(ptr->name == "pCode")
-      result = "(const uint32_t*) " + result;
-  }
-  else if(ptr->IsNULL())
-  {
-    result = "NULL";
-  }
-  else if(ptr->IsUInt())
-  {
-    result = std::to_string(ptr->AsUInt64()) + "u";
-  }
-  else if(ptr->IsInt())
-  {
-    result = std::to_string(ptr->AsInt64());
-  }
-  else if(ptr->IsFloat())
-  {
-    if(RDCISNAN(ptr->data.basic.d))
-      ptr->data.basic.d = 1.0f;
-    result = std::to_string(ptr->AsDouble()) + "f";
-  }
-  else if(ptr->IsEnum())
-  {
-    result = ptr->data.str;
-  }
-  else if(ptr->IsString())
-  {
-    rdcstr escaped;
-    escaped.reserve(ptr->data.str.size());
-    for(char c : ptr->data.str)
-    {
-      switch(c)
-      {
-        case '\a': escaped += "\\a"; break;
-        case '\b': escaped += "\\b"; break;
-        case '\f': escaped += "\\f"; break;
-        case '\n': escaped += "\\n"; break;
-        case '\r': escaped += "\\r"; break;
-        case '\t': escaped += "\\t"; break;
-        case '\v': escaped += "\\v"; break;
-
-        case '"':
-        case '\\':
-          escaped.push_back('\\');
-          escaped.push_back(c);
-          break;
-
-        default:
-          if(c < 32 || c > 127)
-          {
-            char buf[8] = {};
-            snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "\\x%02X", c);
-            escaped += buf;
-          }
-          else
-          {
-            escaped.push_back(c);
-          }
-          break;
-      }
-    }
-    result = "\"" + escaped + "\"";
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
-inline uint64_t CanonicalUnionBranch(SDObject *ptr)
-{
-  if(ptr->type.name == "VkClearValue")
-  {
-    return 0;    // Use `color`
-  }
-  else if(ptr->type.name == "VkClearColorValue")
-  {
-    return 2;    // Use `uint32`
-  }
-  // This function must be modified further to return the index of the canonical branch, which
-  // should be chosen so that it's size is equal to the size of the entire union, and so that the
-  // values can be represented exactly (e.g., not floating point).
-  RDCERR("Attempting to output an unknown union type %s", ptr->type.name.c_str());
-  return 0;
-}
-
-typedef rdcarray<SDObject *> SDObjectVec;
-typedef SDObject *SDObjectVecIter;
-
-typedef std::map<uint64_t, SDObject *> SDObjectIDMap;
-typedef SDObjectIDMap::iterator SDObjectIDMapIter;
-typedef std::pair<uint64_t, SDObject *> SDObjectIDMapPair;
-
-typedef std::map<uint64_t, SDObjectVec> SDObjectVecIDMap;
-typedef SDObjectVecIDMap::iterator SDObjectVecIDMapIter;
-typedef std::pair<uint64_t, SDObjectVec> SDObjectVecIDMapPair;
-
-typedef rdcarray<SDChunk *> SDChunkVec;
-typedef SDChunk *SDChunkVecIter;
-
-typedef std::map<uint64_t, SDChunk *> SDChunkIDMap;
-typedef SDChunkIDMap::iterator SDChunkIDMapIter;
-typedef std::pair<uint64_t, SDChunk *> SDChunkIDMapPair;
-
-typedef std::map<uint64_t, SDChunkVec> SDChunkVecIDMap;
-typedef SDChunkVecIDMap::iterator SDChunkVecIDMapIter;
-typedef std::pair<uint64_t, SDChunkVec> SDChunkVecIDMapPair;
-
-}    // namespace vk_cpp_codec