diff --git a/modules/renderer/private/backend/vk/context/instance.cpp b/modules/renderer/private/backend/vk/context/instance.cpp
index 19c13bc..d4451b3 100644
--- a/modules/renderer/private/backend/vk/context/instance.cpp
+++ b/modules/renderer/private/backend/vk/context/instance.cpp
@@ -191,19 +191,9 @@ void Instance::initialize_instance()
 	        .pValues = &setting_duplicate_message_limit,
 	    },
 	});
-	auto disable = VK_VALIDATION_FEATURE_DISABLE_SHADER_VALIDATION_CACHE_EXT;
-
-	auto validation_features = VkValidationFeaturesEXT {
-		.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VALIDATION_FEATURES_EXT,
-		.enabledValidationFeatureCount = 0u,
-		.pEnabledValidationFeatures = nullptr,
-		.disabledValidationFeatureCount = 1u,
-		.pDisabledValidationFeatures = &disable,
-	};
 
 	const VkLayerSettingsCreateInfoEXT layer_settings_create_info = {
 		.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_LAYER_SETTINGS_CREATE_INFO_EXT,
-		.pNext = &validation_features,
 		.settingCount = settings.size(),
 		.pSettings = settings.data(),
 	};
diff --git a/modules/renderer/private/test/utils.hpp b/modules/renderer/private/test/utils.hpp
index 508967d..06f024e 100644
--- a/modules/renderer/private/test/utils.hpp
+++ b/modules/renderer/private/test/utils.hpp
@@ -237,7 +237,10 @@ private:
 	    std::any &user_data
 	)
 	{
-		std::cout << "VULKAN MESSAGE: " << data.message << std::endl; // NOLINT
+		// I know this makes the tests too verbose...
+		// but makes it easier to figure out what the problem is when things fail on ci
+		log_trc("vulkan: {}", data.message);
+
 		std::ignore = data;
 		std::ignore = type;