diff --git a/data/shaders/deferredshadows/shadow.frag b/data/shaders/deferredshadows/shadow.frag
deleted file mode 100644
index c1ff92b2..00000000
--- a/data/shaders/deferredshadows/shadow.frag
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#version 450
-
-#extension GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects : enable
-#extension GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack : enable
-
-layout(location = 0) out float fragmentdepth;
-
-void main() 
-{	
-	fragmentdepth = gl_FragCoord.z;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/shaders/deferredshadows/shadow.frag.spv b/data/shaders/deferredshadows/shadow.frag.spv
deleted file mode 100644
index b5fdaaef..00000000
Binary files a/data/shaders/deferredshadows/shadow.frag.spv and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/examples/deferredshadows/deferredshadows.cpp b/examples/deferredshadows/deferredshadows.cpp
index aa9801a6..9bc27c25 100644
--- a/examples/deferredshadows/deferredshadows.cpp
+++ b/examples/deferredshadows/deferredshadows.cpp
@@ -962,10 +962,9 @@ public:
 		// Shadow mapping pipeline
 		// The shadow mapping pipeline uses geometry shader instancing (invocations layout modifier) to output 
 		// shadow maps for multiple lights sources into the different shadow map layers in one single render pass
-		std::array<VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo, 3> shadowStages;
+		std::array<VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo, 2> shadowStages;
 		shadowStages[0] = loadShader(getAssetPath() + "shaders/deferredshadows/shadow.vert.spv", VK_SHADER_STAGE_VERTEX_BIT);
-		shadowStages[1] = loadShader(getAssetPath() + "shaders/deferredshadows/shadow.frag.spv", VK_SHADER_STAGE_FRAGMENT_BIT);
-		shadowStages[2] = loadShader(getAssetPath() + "shaders/deferredshadows/shadow.geom.spv", VK_SHADER_STAGE_GEOMETRY_BIT);
+		shadowStages[1] = loadShader(getAssetPath() + "shaders/deferredshadows/shadow.geom.spv", VK_SHADER_STAGE_GEOMETRY_BIT);
 
 		pipelineCreateInfo.pStages = shadowStages.data();
 		pipelineCreateInfo.stageCount = static_cast<uint32_t>(shadowStages.size());