diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/device/resource.rs b/wgpu-core/src/device/resource.rs
index 9f0cbf33f..18fdf5708 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/device/resource.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/device/resource.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ use arrayvec::ArrayVec;
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
-use thiserror::Error;
 use wgt::{
     math::align_to, DeviceLostReason, TextureFormat, TextureSampleType, TextureViewDimension,
 };
@@ -187,14 +186,6 @@ impl Drop for Device {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Error)]
-pub enum CreateDeviceError {
-    #[error("Not enough memory left to create device")]
-    OutOfMemory,
-    #[error("Failed to create internal buffer for initializing textures")]
-    FailedToCreateZeroBuffer(#[from] DeviceError),
-}
-
 impl Device {
     pub(crate) fn raw(&self) -> &dyn hal::DynDevice {
         self.raw.as_ref()