diff --git a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanDriver.cpp b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanDriver.cpp
index 6e3473c1613..b518198e852 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanDriver.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanDriver.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <utils/CString.h>
 #include <utils/FixedCapacityVector.h>
 #include <utils/Panic.h>
-#include <utils/trap.h>
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 #include <set>
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ VKAPI_ATTR VkBool32 VKAPI_CALL debugReportCallback(VkDebugReportFlagsEXT flags,
         int32_t messageCode, const char* pLayerPrefix, const char* pMessage, void* pUserData) {
     if (flags & VK_DEBUG_REPORT_ERROR_BIT_EXT) {
         utils::slog.e << "VULKAN ERROR: (" << pLayerPrefix << ") " << pMessage << utils::io::endl;
-        utils::debug_trap();
     } else {
         utils::slog.w << "VULKAN WARNING: (" << pLayerPrefix << ") "
                 << pMessage << utils::io::endl;
@@ -68,7 +66,6 @@ VKAPI_ATTR VkBool32 VKAPI_CALL debugUtilsCallback(VkDebugUtilsMessageSeverityFla
     if (severity & VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_SEVERITY_ERROR_BIT_EXT) {
         utils::slog.e << "VULKAN ERROR: (" << cbdata->pMessageIdName << ") "
                 << cbdata->pMessage << utils::io::endl;
-        utils::debug_trap();
     } else {
         // TODO: emit best practices warnings about aggressive pipeline barriers.
         if (strstr(cbdata->pMessage, "ALL_GRAPHICS_BIT") || strstr(cbdata->pMessage, "ALL_COMMANDS_BIT")) {
@@ -1958,7 +1955,6 @@ void VulkanDriver::debugCommandBegin(CommandStream* cmds, bool synchronous, cons
         inRenderPass = false;
     } else if (inRenderPass && OUTSIDE_COMMANDS.find(command) != OUTSIDE_COMMANDS.end()) {
         utils::slog.e << command.c_str() << " issued inside a render pass." << utils::io::endl;
-        utils::debug_trap();
     }
 #endif
 }