diff --git a/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml b/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
index 520c82545..8ec740d60 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
@@ -166,10 +166,6 @@ portable-atomic = ["dep:portable-atomic"]
 ### Internal Debugging Features ###
 ###################################
 
-# Panic when running into an out-of-memory error (for debugging purposes).
-#
-# Only affects the d3d12 and vulkan backends.
-oom_panic = []
 # Panic when running into a device lost error (for debugging purposes).
 # Only affects the d3d12 and vulkan backends.
 device_lost_panic = []
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/auxil/dxgi/result.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/auxil/dxgi/result.rs
index 61e3c6acf..23e1e0bea 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/auxil/dxgi/result.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/auxil/dxgi/result.rs
@@ -1,32 +1,28 @@
-use windows::Win32::{Foundation, Graphics::Dxgi};
-
-pub(crate) trait HResult<O> {
-    fn into_device_result(self, description: &str) -> Result<O, crate::DeviceError>;
-}
-impl<T> HResult<T> for windows::core::Result<T> {
-    fn into_device_result(self, description: &str) -> Result<T, crate::DeviceError> {
-        #![allow(unreachable_code)]
-
-        self.map_err(|err| {
-            log::error!("{} failed: {}", description, err);
-
-            match err.code() {
-                Foundation::E_OUTOFMEMORY => {
-                    #[cfg(feature = "oom_panic")]
-                    panic!("{description} failed: Out of memory");
-                    crate::DeviceError::OutOfMemory
-                }
-                Dxgi::DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_RESET | Dxgi::DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED => {
-                    #[cfg(feature = "device_lost_panic")]
-                    panic!("{description} failed: Device lost ({err})");
-                    crate::DeviceError::Lost
-                }
-                _ => {
-                    #[cfg(feature = "internal_error_panic")]
-                    panic!("{description} failed: {err}");
-                    crate::DeviceError::Unexpected
-                }
-            }
-        })
-    }
-}
+use windows::Win32::{Foundation, Graphics::Dxgi};
+
+pub(crate) trait HResult<O> {
+    fn into_device_result(self, description: &str) -> Result<O, crate::DeviceError>;
+}
+impl<T> HResult<T> for windows::core::Result<T> {
+    fn into_device_result(self, description: &str) -> Result<T, crate::DeviceError> {
+        #![allow(unreachable_code)]
+
+        self.map_err(|err| {
+            log::error!("{} failed: {}", description, err);
+
+            match err.code() {
+                Foundation::E_OUTOFMEMORY => crate::DeviceError::OutOfMemory,
+                Dxgi::DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_RESET | Dxgi::DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED => {
+                    #[cfg(feature = "device_lost_panic")]
+                    panic!("{description} failed: Device lost ({err})");
+                    crate::DeviceError::Lost
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    #[cfg(feature = "internal_error_panic")]
+                    panic!("{description} failed: {err}");
+                    crate::DeviceError::Unexpected
+                }
+            }
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/mod.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/mod.rs
index 4ba4a6c3d..f499b455e 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/mod.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/mod.rs
@@ -1470,13 +1470,8 @@ fn get_unexpected_err(_err: vk::Result) -> crate::DeviceError {
     crate::DeviceError::Unexpected
 }
 
-/// Returns [`crate::DeviceError::OutOfMemory`] or panics if the `oom_panic`
-/// feature flag is enabled.
+/// Returns [`crate::DeviceError::OutOfMemory`].
 fn get_oom_err(_err: vk::Result) -> crate::DeviceError {
-    #[cfg(feature = "oom_panic")]
-    panic!("Out of memory ({_err:?})");
-
-    #[allow(unreachable_code)]
     crate::DeviceError::OutOfMemory
 }