diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_common.h b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_common.h
index c13f8d433..7d0de71a1 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_common.h
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_common.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 
 // enable this to enable validation layers on replay, useful for debugging
 // problems with new replay code
-#define FORCE_VALIDATION_LAYERS OPTION_ON
+#define FORCE_VALIDATION_LAYERS OPTION_OFF
 
 // enable this to send replay-time validation layer messages to the UI.
 // By default we only display saved validation layer messages from capture, and then any runtime