diff --git a/build_proton.sh b/build_proton.sh
index 497175ba..d46753eb 100755
--- a/build_proton.sh
+++ b/build_proton.sh
@@ -131,11 +131,6 @@ fi
 cp -a vrclient.dll.so "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/
 cp -a vrclient.dll.fake "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/fakedlls/vrclient.dll
 
-#copy runtime installers
-cd "$TOP"
-mkdir -p "$DST_DIR"/share/contrib/
-cp -a contrib/* "$DST_DIR"/share/contrib/
-
 echo "Packaging..."
 cd "$TOP"
 
diff --git a/contrib/VulkanRT-1.0.65.1-Installer.exe b/contrib/VulkanRT-1.0.65.1-Installer.exe
deleted file mode 100755
index 6633de86..00000000
Binary files a/contrib/VulkanRT-1.0.65.1-Installer.exe and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/contrib/winevulkan.json b/contrib/winevulkan.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ecb52d9f..00000000
--- a/contrib/winevulkan.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "file_format_version": "1.0.0",
-    "ICD": {
-        "library_path": "C:\\windows\\system32\\winevulkan.dll",
-        "api_version": "1.0.51"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/contrib/winevulkan.reg b/contrib/winevulkan.reg
deleted file mode 100644
index dafa2735..00000000
--- a/contrib/winevulkan.reg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
-
-[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Khronos\Vulkan\Drivers]
-"C:\\windows\\system32\\winevulkan.json"=dword:00000000
diff --git a/proton b/proton
index 81d45af2..541324de 100755
--- a/proton
+++ b/proton
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ if not os.path.isdir(basedir + "/dist/share/default_pfx"):
     #make default prefix
     env["WINEPREFIX"] = basedir + "/dist/share/default_pfx"
     run_wine([wine_path, "wineboot"])
-    run_wine([wine_path, basedir + "/dist/share/contrib/VulkanRT-1.0.65.1-Installer.exe", "/S"])
-    run_wine([wine_path, "regedit", basedir + "/dist/share/contrib/winevulkan.reg"])
-    shutil.copy(basedir + "/dist/share/contrib/winevulkan.json", basedir + "/dist/share/default_pfx/drive_c/windows/system32/winevulkan.json")
-    shutil.copy(basedir + "/dist/share/contrib/winevulkan.json", basedir + "/dist/share/default_pfx/drive_c/windows/syswow64/winevulkan.json")
     run_wine([bindir + "/wineserver", "-w"])
 
 prefix = os.environ["STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH"] + "/pfx/"