From a00d1554fc9899967b376aac101a3fe1d405f12e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kd-11 <15904127+kd-11@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:38:01 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "rsx: keep depth buffers for zpass queries"

This reverts commit 2d293d8e5a4005d1a7ca06b245eb2919dc316086.
---
 rpcs3/Emu/RSX/NV47/HW/nv4097.cpp | 12 ------------
 rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp      |  4 ----
 rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.h        |  1 -
 3 files changed, 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/NV47/HW/nv4097.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/NV47/HW/nv4097.cpp
index bb376b8df2..313daf12c2 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/NV47/HW/nv4097.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/NV47/HW/nv4097.cpp
@@ -703,18 +703,6 @@ namespace rsx
 		void set_zcull_pixel_count_enable(context* ctx, u32, u32)
 		{
 			RSX(ctx)->notify_zcull_info_changed();
-
-			if (RSX(ctx)->m_graphics_state.test(rsx::rtt_config_dirty) || !RSX(ctx)->m_graphics_state.test(rsx::rtt_config_contested))
-			{
-				return;
-			}
-
-			if (RSX(ctx)->check_depth_buffer_active())
-			{
-				return;
-			}
-
-			RSX(ctx)->m_graphics_state.set(rsx::rtt_config_dirty);
 		}
 
 		///// Misc (sync objects, etc)
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
index 416db08614..cfa735fe8a 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
@@ -1563,10 +1563,6 @@ namespace rsx
 					{
 						depth_buffer_unused = false;
 					}
-					else if (rsx::method_registers.registers[NV4097_SET_ZPASS_PIXEL_COUNT_ENABLE])
-					{
-						depth_buffer_unused = false;
-					}
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.h
index 38b594c14a..fefbfb9627 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.h
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ namespace rsx
 
 		void capture_frame(const std::string& name) const;
 		const backend_configuration& get_backend_config() const { return backend_config; }
-		bool check_depth_buffer_active() const { return m_framebuffer_layout.zeta_address != 0; }
 
 		const draw_command_processor* draw_processor() const { return &m_draw_processor; }