diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKCompute.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKCompute.cpp
index e80906616c..13b2928c94 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKCompute.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKCompute.cpp
@@ -119,15 +119,6 @@ namespace vk
 		}
 	}
 
-	void compute_task::free_resources()
-	{
-		if (m_used_descriptors == 0)
-			return;
-
-		m_descriptor_pool.reset(0);
-		m_used_descriptors = 0;
-	}
-
 	void compute_task::load_program(const vk::command_buffer& cmd)
 	{
 		if (!m_program)
@@ -155,14 +146,7 @@ namespace vk
 
 		ensure(m_used_descriptors < VK_MAX_COMPUTE_TASKS);
 
-		VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo alloc_info = {};
-		alloc_info.descriptorPool = m_descriptor_pool;
-		alloc_info.descriptorSetCount = 1;
-		alloc_info.pSetLayouts = &m_descriptor_layout;
-		alloc_info.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_ALLOCATE_INFO;
-
-		CHECK_RESULT(vkAllocateDescriptorSets(*g_render_device, &alloc_info, m_descriptor_set.ptr()));
-		m_used_descriptors++;
+		m_descriptor_set = m_descriptor_pool.allocate(m_descriptor_layout, VK_TRUE, m_used_descriptors++);
 
 		bind_resources();
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKCompute.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKCompute.h
index ec1a9b5f5c..d79f809c57 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKCompute.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKCompute.h
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ namespace vk
 		void create();
 		void destroy();
 
-		void free_resources();
-
 		virtual void bind_resources() {}
 		virtual void declare_inputs() {}
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKDraw.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKDraw.cpp
index 1c6a0b9b65..c92b41e609 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKDraw.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKDraw.cpp
@@ -966,11 +966,6 @@ void VKGSRender::end()
 			m_aux_frame_context.grab_resources(*m_current_frame);
 			m_current_frame = &m_aux_frame_context;
 		}
-		else if (m_current_frame->used_descriptors)
-		{
-			m_current_frame->descriptor_pool.reset(0);
-			m_current_frame->used_descriptors = 0;
-		}
 
 		ensure(!m_current_frame->swap_command_buffer);
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
index ca9298ecc6..7be922985a 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
@@ -1322,13 +1322,10 @@ void VKGSRender::check_descriptors()
 {
 	// Ease resource pressure if the number of draw calls becomes too high or we are running low on memory resources
 	const auto required_descriptors = rsx::method_registers.current_draw_clause.pass_count();
-	if (!m_current_frame->descriptor_pool.can_allocate(required_descriptors, m_current_frame->used_descriptors))
+	if (!m_current_frame->descriptor_pool.can_allocate(required_descriptors, 0))
 	{
 		// Should hard sync before resetting descriptors for spec compliance
 		flush_command_queue(true);
-
-		m_current_frame->descriptor_pool.reset(0);
-		m_current_frame->used_descriptors = 0;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1336,7 +1333,7 @@ VkDescriptorSet VKGSRender::allocate_descriptor_set()
 {
 	if (!m_shader_interpreter.is_interpreter(m_program)) [[likely]]
 	{
-		return m_current_frame->descriptor_pool.allocate(descriptor_layouts, VK_TRUE, m_current_frame->used_descriptors++);
+		return m_current_frame->descriptor_pool.allocate(descriptor_layouts, VK_TRUE, 0);
 	}
 	else
 	{
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRenderTypes.hpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRenderTypes.hpp
index dbce50075a..299917e28f 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRenderTypes.hpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRenderTypes.hpp
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ namespace vk
 
 		vk::descriptor_set descriptor_set;
 		vk::descriptor_pool descriptor_pool;
-		u32 used_descriptors = 0;
 
 		rsx::flags32_t flags = 0;
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKOverlays.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKOverlays.cpp
index 638b2138df..bba369e4f3 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKOverlays.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKOverlays.cpp
@@ -288,12 +288,6 @@ namespace vk
 
 	void overlay_pass::free_resources()
 	{
-		if (m_used_descriptors == 0)
-			return;
-
-		m_descriptor_pool.reset(0);
-		m_used_descriptors = 0;
-
 		m_vao.reset_allocation_stats();
 		m_ubo.reset_allocation_stats();
 	}
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKOverlays.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKOverlays.h
index 31eaebb84d..7b6efc7f68 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKOverlays.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKOverlays.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ namespace vk
 		descriptor_set m_descriptor_set;
 		VkDescriptorSetLayout m_descriptor_layout = nullptr;
 		VkPipelineLayout m_pipeline_layout = nullptr;
-		u32 m_used_descriptors = 0;
 
 		VkFilter m_sampler_filter = VK_FILTER_LINEAR;
 		u32 m_num_usable_samplers = 1;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKShaderInterpreter.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKShaderInterpreter.cpp
index ad3eb403c9..5c2726df67 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKShaderInterpreter.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKShaderInterpreter.cpp
@@ -518,23 +518,7 @@ namespace vk
 
 	VkDescriptorSet shader_interpreter::allocate_descriptor_set()
 	{
-		if (!m_descriptor_pool.can_allocate(1u, m_used_descriptors))
-		{
-			m_descriptor_pool.reset(0);
-			m_used_descriptors = 0;
-		}
-
-		VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo alloc_info = {};
-		alloc_info.descriptorPool = m_descriptor_pool;
-		alloc_info.descriptorSetCount = 1;
-		alloc_info.pSetLayouts = &m_shared_descriptor_layout;
-		alloc_info.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_ALLOCATE_INFO;
-
-		VkDescriptorSet new_descriptor_set;
-		CHECK_RESULT(vkAllocateDescriptorSets(m_device, &alloc_info, &new_descriptor_set));
-
-		m_used_descriptors++;
-		return new_descriptor_set;
+		return m_descriptor_pool.allocate(m_shared_descriptor_layout, VK_TRUE, 0);
 	}
 
 	glsl::program* shader_interpreter::get(const vk::pipeline_props& properties, const program_hash_util::fragment_program_utils::fragment_program_metadata& metadata)
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKShaderInterpreter.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKShaderInterpreter.h
index 7789d0cde7..72f3b0ee3b 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKShaderInterpreter.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKShaderInterpreter.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ namespace vk
 		std::unordered_map<pipeline_key, std::unique_ptr<glsl::program>, key_hasher> m_program_cache;
 		std::unordered_map<u64, std::unique_ptr<glsl::shader>> m_fs_cache;
 		vk::descriptor_pool m_descriptor_pool;
-		u32 m_used_descriptors = 0;
 
 		u32 m_vertex_instruction_start = 0;
 		u32 m_fragment_instruction_start = 0;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextOut.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextOut.h
index bc53bd24c3..41e0ad037b 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextOut.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextOut.h
@@ -205,14 +205,7 @@ namespace vk
 		{
 			ensure(m_used_descriptors < 120);
 
-			VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo alloc_info = {};
-			alloc_info.descriptorPool = m_descriptor_pool;
-			alloc_info.descriptorSetCount = 1;
-			alloc_info.pSetLayouts = &m_descriptor_layout;
-			alloc_info.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_ALLOCATE_INFO;
-
-			CHECK_RESULT(vkAllocateDescriptorSets(device, &alloc_info, m_descriptor_set.ptr()));
-			m_used_descriptors++;
+			m_descriptor_set = m_descriptor_pool.allocate(m_descriptor_layout, VK_TRUE, m_used_descriptors++);
 
 			float scale[] = { scale_x, scale_y };
 			float colors[] = { color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3] };
@@ -360,15 +353,6 @@ namespace vk
 			}
 		}
 
-		void reset_descriptors()
-		{
-			if (m_used_descriptors == 0)
-				return;
-
-			m_descriptor_pool.reset(0);
-			m_used_descriptors = 0;
-		}
-
 		void set_scale(double scale)
 		{
 			// Restrict scale to 2. The dots are gonna be too sparse otherwise.