diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_pipe_sampler.c b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_pipe_sampler.c
index a5b5d00fa1e..8a87bb467aa 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_pipe_sampler.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_pipe_sampler.c
@@ -165,13 +165,6 @@ svga_bind_sampler_states(struct pipe_context *pipe,
    if (shader != PIPE_SHADER_FRAGMENT)
       return;
 
-   /* Check for no-op */
-   if (start + num <= svga->curr.num_samplers &&
-       !memcmp(svga->curr.sampler + start, samplers, num * sizeof(void *))) {
-      if (0) debug_printf("sampler noop\n");
-      return;
-   }
-
    for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
       svga->curr.sampler[start + i] = samplers[i];
 
@@ -240,14 +233,6 @@ svga_set_sampler_views(struct pipe_context *pipe,
    if (shader != PIPE_SHADER_FRAGMENT)
       return;
 
-   /* Check for no-op */
-   if (start + num <= svga->curr.num_sampler_views &&
-       !memcmp(svga->curr.sampler_views + start, views,
-               num * sizeof(struct pipe_sampler_view *))) {
-      if (0) debug_printf("texture noop\n");
-      return;
-   }
-
    for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
       if (svga->curr.sampler_views[start + i] != views[i]) {
          /* Note: we're using pipe_sampler_view_release() here to work around