diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index c981c55e51..95accd3113 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -1656,7 +1656,6 @@ struct vk_op_rope_push_constants {
     uint32_t is_imrope;
     uint32_t is_back;
     uint32_t set_rows_stride;
-    uint32_t inplace;
     uint32_t ne00;
     uint32_t ne01;
     uint32_t ne02;
@@ -13119,7 +13118,7 @@ static uint32_t ggml_vk_rms_partials_size(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, const g
     return num_bytes;
 }
 
-static vk_op_rope_push_constants ggml_vk_make_rope_constants(const ggml_tensor *dst, const ggml_tensor *src0, const bool has_ff, bool backprop, const uint32_t set_rows_stride, const bool inplace) {
+static vk_op_rope_push_constants ggml_vk_make_rope_constants(const ggml_tensor *dst, const ggml_tensor *src0, const bool has_ff, bool backprop, const uint32_t set_rows_stride) {
     const int n_dims        = ((const int32_t *) dst->op_params)[1];
     const int mode          = ((const int32_t *) dst->op_params)[2];
     const int n_offs        = ((const int32_t *) dst->op_params)[15];
@@ -13154,7 +13153,7 @@ static vk_op_rope_push_constants ggml_vk_make_rope_constants(const ggml_tensor *
     vk_op_rope_push_constants rope {
         (uint32_t)mode, (uint32_t)ggml_nrows(src0), (uint32_t)n_dims, (uint32_t)n_offs, freq_scale,
         freq_base, ext_factor, attn_factor, {corr_dims[0], corr_dims[1]}, theta_scale, has_ff,
-        { sections[0], sections[1], sections[2], sections[3] }, is_imrope, backprop, set_rows_stride, inplace,
+        { sections[0], sections[1], sections[2], sections[3] }, is_imrope, backprop, set_rows_stride,
 
         (uint32_t)src0->ne[0],
         (uint32_t)src0->ne[1],
@@ -13223,7 +13222,7 @@ static void ggml_vk_rms_norm(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, vk_context& subctx,
 
         vk_op_rms_norm_mul_rope_push_constants pc;
         pc.bin = bin;
-        pc.rope = ggml_vk_make_rope_constants(rope, rope->src[0], tensors[4] != nullptr, false, set_rows_stride, false);
+        pc.rope = ggml_vk_make_rope_constants(rope, rope->src[0], tensors[4] != nullptr, false, set_rows_stride);
 
         vk_pipeline pipeline = tensors[5]->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 ? ctx->device->pipeline_rms_norm_mul_rope_f32_f16 : ctx->device->pipeline_rms_norm_mul_rope_f32_f32;
 
@@ -13571,11 +13570,8 @@ static void ggml_vk_rope(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, vk_context& subctx, cons
         dst = cgraph->nodes[node_idx + 2];
     }
 
-    // when dst aliases src0, the channels outside the rotated window already hold the correct data
-    const bool inplace = dst->data == src0->data;
-
     ggml_vk_op_f32<vk_op_rope_push_constants>(ctx, subctx, src0, src1, src2, src3, dst, GGML_OP_ROPE,
-        ggml_vk_make_rope_constants(cgraph->nodes[node_idx], src0, src2 != nullptr, backprop, set_rows_stride, inplace));
+        ggml_vk_make_rope_constants(cgraph->nodes[node_idx], src0, src2 != nullptr, backprop, set_rows_stride));
 }
 
 static void ggml_vk_argsort(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, vk_context& subctx, const ggml_tensor * src0, ggml_tensor * dst) {
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/rope_funcs.glsl b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/rope_funcs.glsl
index 009e04dce9..feb55b2039 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/rope_funcs.glsl
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/rope_funcs.glsl
@@ -51,16 +51,13 @@ void rope_norm(const uint i0, const uint i1, const uint i2, const uint i3, rope_
     idst += p.d_offset;
 
     if (i0 < p.n_offs || i0 >= p.n_offs + p.n_dims) {
-        if (p.inplace != 0) {
-            return;
-        }
         rope_data_d[idst + 0] = ROPE_D_TYPE(rope_data_a[ix + 0]);
         rope_data_d[idst + 1] = ROPE_D_TYPE(rope_data_a[ix + 1]);
 
         return;
     }
 
-    const uint iw = i0 - p.n_offs; // channel index relative to the rotated window
+    const uint iw = i0 - p.n_offs; // relative idx
 
     const float theta_base = rope_data_pos[i2] * pow(p.theta_scale, iw/2.0f);
 
@@ -93,16 +90,13 @@ void rope_neox(const uint i0, const uint i1, const uint i2, const uint i3, rope_
     idst += p.d_offset;
 
     if (i0 < p.n_offs || i0 >= p.n_offs + p.n_dims) {
-        if (p.inplace != 0) {
-            return;
-        }
         rope_data_d[idst + i0/2 + 0] = ROPE_D_TYPE(rope_data_a[ix + i0/2 + 0]);
         rope_data_d[idst + i0/2 + 1] = ROPE_D_TYPE(rope_data_a[ix + i0/2 + 1]);
 
         return;
     }
 
-    const uint iw = i0 - p.n_offs; // channel index relative to the rotated window
+    const uint iw = i0 - p.n_offs; // relative idx
 
     const float theta_base = rope_data_pos[i2] * pow(p.theta_scale, iw/2.0f);
 
@@ -137,16 +131,13 @@ void rope_multi(const uint i0, const uint i1, const uint i2, const uint i3, rope
     idst += p.d_offset;
 
     if (i0 < p.n_offs || i0 >= p.n_offs + p.n_dims) {
-        if (p.inplace != 0) {
-            return;
-        }
         rope_data_d[idst + i0/2 + 0] = ROPE_D_TYPE(rope_data_a[ix + i0/2 + 0]);
         rope_data_d[idst + i0/2 + 1] = ROPE_D_TYPE(rope_data_a[ix + i0/2 + 1]);
 
         return;
     }
 
-    const uint iw = i0 - p.n_offs; // channel index relative to the rotated window
+    const uint iw = i0 - p.n_offs; // relative idx
 
     const int sect_dims = p.sections[0] + p.sections[1] + p.sections[2] + p.sections[3];
     const int sec_w = p.sections[1] + p.sections[0];
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/rope_params.glsl b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/rope_params.glsl
index 7aecbc2ef1..b88a73fccf 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/rope_params.glsl
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/rope_params.glsl
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ struct rope_params {
     uint is_imrope;
     uint is_back;
     uint set_rows_stride;
-    uint inplace;
 
     uint ne00;
     uint ne01;