diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_shader.cc b/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_shader.cc
index 295b75407..9f02e372a 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_shader.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_shader.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "xenia/base/assert.h"
 #include "xenia/base/logging.h"
 #include "xenia/gpu/gpu_flags.h"
+#include "xenia/ui/d3d12/d3d12_api.h"
 
 namespace xe {
 namespace gpu {
@@ -21,12 +22,6 @@ D3D12Shader::D3D12Shader(ShaderType shader_type, uint64_t data_hash,
                          const uint32_t* dword_ptr, uint32_t dword_count)
     : Shader(shader_type, data_hash, dword_ptr, dword_count) {}
 
-D3D12Shader::~D3D12Shader() {
-  if (blob_ != nullptr) {
-    blob_->Release();
-  }
-}
-
 void D3D12Shader::SetTexturesAndSamplers(
     const DxbcShaderTranslator::TextureSRV* texture_srvs,
     uint32_t texture_srv_count,
diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_shader.h b/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_shader.h
index e195ba900..94a168f63 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_shader.h
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_shader.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 #include "xenia/gpu/dxbc_shader_translator.h"
 #include "xenia/gpu/shader.h"
-#include "xenia/ui/d3d12/d3d12_api.h"
 
 namespace xe {
 namespace gpu {
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ class D3D12Shader : public Shader {
  public:
   D3D12Shader(ShaderType shader_type, uint64_t data_hash,
               const uint32_t* dword_ptr, uint32_t dword_count);
-  ~D3D12Shader() override;
 
   void SetTexturesAndSamplers(
       const DxbcShaderTranslator::TextureSRV* texture_srvs,
@@ -65,8 +63,6 @@ class D3D12Shader : public Shader {
   }
 
  private:
-  ID3DBlob* blob_ = nullptr;
-
   std::vector<TextureSRV> texture_srvs_;
   uint32_t used_texture_mask_ = 0;
   std::vector<SamplerBinding> sampler_bindings_;