diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3bca70e637..b7bcb1b0ba 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1280,14 +1280,16 @@ vulkan_opt = get_option('vulkan').require(
     libplacebo.get_variable('pl_has_vulkan', default_value: '0') == '1',
     error_message: 'libplacebo compiled without vulkan support!',
 )
-vulkan = dependency('vulkan', version: '>= 1.1.70', required: vulkan_opt)
+# libplacebo/ffmpeg public headers depend on Vulkan 1.3
+vulkan = dependency('vulkan', version: '>= 1.3.238', required: vulkan_opt)
 features += {'vulkan': vulkan.found() and (vulkan.type_name() == 'internal' or
                        cc.has_header_symbol('vulkan/vulkan_core.h',
-                                            'VK_VERSION_1_1',
+                                            'VK_VERSION_1_3',
                                             dependencies: vulkan))}
 if features['vulkan']
     dependencies += vulkan
-    sources += files('video/out/vulkan/context.c',
+    sources += files('video/out/hwdec/hwdec_vulkan.c',
+                     'video/out/vulkan/context.c',
                      'video/out/vulkan/utils.c',
                      'video/filter/vf_gpu_vulkan.c')
 endif
@@ -1358,15 +1360,6 @@ if features['android-media-ndk']
     sources += files('video/out/hwdec/hwdec_aimagereader.c')
 endif
 
-vulkan_interop = get_option('vulkan-interop').require(
-    features['vulkan'] and vulkan.version().version_compare('>=1.3.238'),
-    error_message: 'Vulkan Interop requires vulkan headers >= 1.3.238',
-)
-features += {'vulkan-interop': vulkan_interop.allowed()}
-if features['vulkan-interop']
-    sources += files('video/out/hwdec/hwdec_vulkan.c')
-endif
-
 d3d_hwaccel = get_option('d3d-hwaccel').require(
     win32,
     error_message: 'the os is not win32!',
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 7ff9262d20..c6e6337d68 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ option('gl-dxinterop-d3d9', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'OpenGL
 option('ios-gl', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'iOS OpenGL ES interop support')
 option('videotoolbox-gl', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Videotoolbox with OpenGL')
 option('videotoolbox-pl', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Videotoolbox with libplacebo')
-option('vulkan-interop', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Vulkan graphics interop')
 
 # macOS features
 option('macos-10-15-4-features', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'macOS 10.15.4 SDK Features')
diff --git a/video/mp_image_pool.c b/video/mp_image_pool.c
index 922854a7d1..3d44a0897c 100644
--- a/video/mp_image_pool.c
+++ b/video/mp_image_pool.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <libavutil/buffer.h>
 #include <libavutil/hwcontext.h>
-#if HAVE_VULKAN_INTEROP
+#if HAVE_VULKAN
 #include <libavutil/hwcontext_vulkan.h>
 #endif
 #include <libavutil/mem.h>
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ bool mp_update_av_hw_frames_pool(struct AVBufferRef **hw_frames_ctx,
         hw_frames->width = w;
         hw_frames->height = h;
 
-#if HAVE_VULKAN_INTEROP
+#if HAVE_VULKAN
         if (format == AV_PIX_FMT_VULKAN && disable_multiplane) {
             const AVPixFmtDescriptor *desc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(sw_format);
             if ((desc->flags & AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_PLANAR) &&
diff --git a/video/out/gpu/hwdec.c b/video/out/gpu/hwdec.c
index a929e678f8..4fb9711276 100644
--- a/video/out/gpu/hwdec.c
+++ b/video/out/gpu/hwdec.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const struct ra_hwdec_driver *const ra_hwdec_drivers[] = {
 #if HAVE_ANDROID_MEDIA_NDK
     &ra_hwdec_aimagereader,
 #endif
-#if HAVE_VULKAN_INTEROP
+#if HAVE_VULKAN
     &ra_hwdec_vulkan,
 #endif
 
diff --git a/video/out/vulkan/context.c b/video/out/vulkan/context.c
index 6ae3a1912f..ae1dac4f87 100644
--- a/video/out/vulkan/context.c
+++ b/video/out/vulkan/context.c
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ pl_vulkan mppl_create_vulkan(struct vulkan_opts *opts,
         .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_FEATURES_2,
     };
 
-#if HAVE_VULKAN_INTEROP
     /*
      * Request the additional extensions and features required to make full use
      * of the ffmpeg Vulkan hwcontext and video decoding capability.
@@ -208,7 +207,6 @@ pl_vulkan mppl_create_vulkan(struct vulkan_opts *opts,
     };
 
     features.pNext = &atomic_float_feature;
-#endif
 
     AVUUID param_uuid = { 0 };
     bool is_uuid = opts->device &&
@@ -223,11 +221,9 @@ pl_vulkan mppl_create_vulkan(struct vulkan_opts *opts,
         .async_transfer = opts->async_transfer,
         .async_compute = opts->async_compute,
         .queue_count = opts->queue_count,
-#if HAVE_VULKAN_INTEROP
         .extra_queues = VK_QUEUE_VIDEO_DECODE_BIT_KHR,
         .opt_extensions = opt_extensions,
         .num_opt_extensions = MP_ARRAY_SIZE(opt_extensions),
-#endif
         .features = &features,
         .device_name = is_uuid ? NULL : opts->device,
     };