diff --git a/impeller/tools/impeller.gni b/impeller/tools/impeller.gni
index e6e71edfbeae6..7ec09b2334384 100644
--- a/impeller/tools/impeller.gni
+++ b/impeller/tools/impeller.gni
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ declare_args() {
   impeller_enable_opengles = is_mac || is_linux || is_win || is_android
 
   # Whether the Vulkan backend is enabled.
-  impeller_enable_vulkan = is_linux || is_android
+  impeller_enable_vulkan = is_android
 
   # Whether to use a prebuilt impellerc.
   # If this is the empty string, impellerc will be built.
diff --git a/tools/gn b/tools/gn
index f76ba5f19c486..09cfe690b0231 100755
--- a/tools/gn
+++ b/tools/gn
@@ -434,10 +434,10 @@ def to_gn_args(args):
     gn_args['skia_use_metal'] = True
     gn_args['shell_enable_metal'] = True
 
-  # Enable Vulkan on all platforms except for iOS. This is just
+  # Enable Vulkan on all platforms except for iOS and Linux. This is just
   # to save on mobile binary size, as there's no reason the Vulkan embedder
   # features can't work on these platforms.
-  if args.target_os not in ['ios']:
+  if args.target_os not in ['ios', 'linux']:
     gn_args['skia_use_vulkan'] = True
     gn_args['skia_use_vma'] = False
     gn_args['shell_enable_vulkan'] = True