diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/jni/config.cpp b/src/android/app/src/main/jni/config.cpp
index ee927af24..48fb35f6c 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/jni/config.cpp
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/jni/config.cpp
@@ -117,10 +117,6 @@ void Config::ReadValues() {
     Settings::values.graphics_api =
         static_cast<Settings::GraphicsAPI>(sdl2_config->GetInteger("Renderer", "graphics_api", 2));
     Settings::values.renderer_debug = sdl2_config->GetBoolean("Renderer", "renderer_debug", false);
-    Settings::values.async_command_recording =
-        sdl2_config->GetBoolean("Renderer", "async_command_recording", true) &&
-        !Settings::values
-             .renderer_debug; ///< Enabling debug renderer force disables async recording
     Settings::values.async_shader_compilation =
         sdl2_config->GetBoolean("Renderer", "async_shader_compilation", true);
     Settings::values.spirv_shader_gen =
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/configuration/config.cpp b/src/citra_qt/configuration/config.cpp
index 1b643a5c4..379ba37ac 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/configuration/config.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/configuration/config.cpp
@@ -604,7 +604,6 @@ void Config::ReadRendererValues() {
     qt_config->beginGroup(QStringLiteral("Renderer"));
 
     ReadGlobalSetting(Settings::values.physical_device);
-    ReadGlobalSetting(Settings::values.async_command_recording);
     ReadGlobalSetting(Settings::values.async_shader_compilation);
     ReadGlobalSetting(Settings::values.spirv_shader_gen);
     ReadGlobalSetting(Settings::values.graphics_api);
@@ -1090,7 +1089,6 @@ void Config::SaveRendererValues() {
 
     WriteGlobalSetting(Settings::values.graphics_api);
     WriteGlobalSetting(Settings::values.physical_device);
-    WriteGlobalSetting(Settings::values.async_command_recording);
     WriteGlobalSetting(Settings::values.async_shader_compilation);
     WriteGlobalSetting(Settings::values.spirv_shader_gen);
     WriteGlobalSetting(Settings::values.use_hw_renderer);
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.cpp b/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.cpp
index 9d48f5eee..44f3ebd38 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ void ConfigureGraphics::SetConfiguration() {
         static_cast<int>(Settings::values.graphics_api.GetValue()));
     ui->physical_device_combo->setCurrentIndex(
         static_cast<int>(Settings::values.physical_device.GetValue()));
-    ui->toggle_async_recording->setChecked(Settings::values.async_command_recording.GetValue());
     ui->spirv_shader_gen->setChecked(Settings::values.spirv_shader_gen.GetValue());
     ui->toggle_async_shaders->setChecked(Settings::values.async_shader_compilation.GetValue());
 
@@ -113,8 +112,6 @@ void ConfigureGraphics::ApplyConfiguration() {
                                              ui->graphics_api_combo);
     ConfigurationShared::ApplyPerGameSetting(&Settings::values.physical_device,
                                              ui->physical_device_combo);
-    ConfigurationShared::ApplyPerGameSetting(&Settings::values.async_command_recording,
-                                             ui->toggle_async_recording, async_command_recording);
     ConfigurationShared::ApplyPerGameSetting(&Settings::values.async_shader_compilation,
                                              ui->toggle_async_shaders, async_shader_compilation);
     ConfigurationShared::ApplyPerGameSetting(&Settings::values.spirv_shader_gen,
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.h b/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.h
index 6530f1779..3853eb16d 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.h
+++ b/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ private:
     ConfigurationShared::CheckState shaders_accurate_mul;
     ConfigurationShared::CheckState use_disk_shader_cache;
     ConfigurationShared::CheckState use_vsync_new;
-    ConfigurationShared::CheckState async_command_recording;
     ConfigurationShared::CheckState async_shader_compilation;
     ConfigurationShared::CheckState spirv_shader_gen;
     std::unique_ptr<Ui::ConfigureGraphics> ui;
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.ui b/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.ui
index 78055787e..c1b99d027 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.ui
+++ b/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.ui
@@ -169,13 +169,6 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item>
-       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="toggle_async_shaders">
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>Async Shader Compilation</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
@@ -186,12 +179,9 @@
      </property>
      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
       <item>
-       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="toggle_async_recording">
-        <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Offloads command buffer recording and fragment shader generation to a worker thread. Can improve performance especially on weaker systems. Disable if you notice better performance. If unsure leave it enabled,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
-        </property>
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="toggle_async_shaders">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Async Command Recording</string>
+         <string>Async Shader Compilation</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
diff --git a/src/common/settings.cpp b/src/common/settings.cpp
index c0ffa3cae..9aa4c4813 100644
--- a/src/common/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/common/settings.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ void LogSettings() {
     log_setting("Core_UseCpuJit", values.use_cpu_jit.GetValue());
     log_setting("Core_CPUClockPercentage", values.cpu_clock_percentage.GetValue());
     log_setting("Renderer_GraphicsAPI", GetAPIName(values.graphics_api.GetValue()));
-    log_setting("Renderer_AsyncRecording", values.async_command_recording.GetValue());
     log_setting("Renderer_AsyncShaders", values.async_shader_compilation.GetValue());
     log_setting("Renderer_SpirvShaderGen", values.spirv_shader_gen.GetValue());
     log_setting("Renderer_Debug", values.renderer_debug.GetValue());
diff --git a/src/common/settings.h b/src/common/settings.h
index 7540974ea..0974af5ba 100644
--- a/src/common/settings.h
+++ b/src/common/settings.h
@@ -452,7 +452,6 @@ struct Values {
     Setting<bool> dump_command_buffers{false, "dump_command_buffers"};
     SwitchableSetting<bool> spirv_shader_gen{true, "spirv_shader_gen"};
     SwitchableSetting<bool> async_shader_compilation{false, "async_shader_compilation"};
-    SwitchableSetting<bool> async_command_recording{true, "async_command_recording"};
     SwitchableSetting<bool> use_hw_renderer{true, "use_hw_renderer"};
     SwitchableSetting<bool> use_hw_shader{true, "use_hw_shader"};
     SwitchableSetting<bool> separable_shader{false, "use_separable_shader"};
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.cpp
index 43da26cb4..4e22b08df 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ void Scheduler::CommandChunk::ExecuteAll(vk::CommandBuffer cmdbuf) {
 Scheduler::Scheduler(const Instance& instance, RenderpassCache& renderpass_cache)
     : instance{instance}, renderpass_cache{renderpass_cache}, master_semaphore{instance},
       command_pool{instance, master_semaphore}, use_worker_thread{
-                                                    Settings::values.async_command_recording} {
+                                                    !Settings::values.renderer_debug} {
     AllocateWorkerCommandBuffers();
     if (use_worker_thread) {
         AcquireNewChunk();