diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKCommonDecompiler.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKCommonDecompiler.cpp
index 9630dd6bae..e30ccdb86d 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKCommonDecompiler.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKCommonDecompiler.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "restore_new.h"
 #include "SPIRV/GlslangToSpv.h"
 #include "define_new_memleakdetect.h"
+#include "spirv-tools/optimizer.hpp"
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #pragma warning(pop)
 #else
@@ -177,9 +178,16 @@ namespace vk
 			if (success)
 			{
 				glslang::SpvOptions options;
-				options.disableOptimizer = false;
+				options.disableOptimizer = true;
 				options.optimizeSize = true;
 				glslang::GlslangToSpv(*program.getIntermediate(lang), spv, &options);
+
+				// Now we optimize
+				spvtools::Optimizer optimizer(SPV_ENV_VULKAN_1_0);
+				optimizer.RegisterPass(spvtools::CreateUnifyConstantPass());      // Remove duplicate constants
+				optimizer.RegisterPass(spvtools::CreateMergeReturnPass());        // Huge savings in vertex interpreter and likely normal vertex shaders
+				optimizer.RegisterPass(spvtools::CreateAggressiveDCEPass());      // Remove dead code
+				optimizer.Run(spv.data(), spv.size(), &spv);
 			}
 		}
 		else