diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/vulkan/gstvkformat.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/vulkan/gstvkformat.c
index 2d59489ef0..b0ba1d5488 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/vulkan/gstvkformat.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/vulkan/gstvkformat.c
@@ -438,15 +438,15 @@ const static struct {
   VkFormat vkfrmt;
   VkFormat vkfrmts[GST_VIDEO_MAX_PLANES];
 } vk_formats_map[] = {
-  /* RGB                                                     transfer sRGB */
-  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA,  VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SRGB,       { VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, } },
-  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBx,  VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SRGB,       { VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, } },
-  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGRA,  VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SRGB,       { VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM, } },
-  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGRx,  VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SRGB,       { VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM, } },
-  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ARGB,  VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED,           { VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, } },
-  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_xRGB,  VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED,           { VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, } },
-  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ABGR,  VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED,           { VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, } },
-  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_xBGR,  VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED,           { VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, } },
+  /* RGB                   unsigned normalized format         sRGB nonlinear encoding */
+  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA,  VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,      { VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SRGB, } },
+  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBx,  VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,      { VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SRGB, } },
+  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGRA,  VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM,      { VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SRGB, } },
+  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGRx,  VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM,      { VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SRGB, } },
+  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ARGB,  VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,      { VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED, } },
+  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_xRGB,  VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,      { VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED, } },
+  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ABGR,  VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,      { VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED, } },
+  { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_xBGR,  VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,      { VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED, } },
   { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGB,   VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_UNORM,        { VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED, } },
   { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGR,   VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_UNORM,        { VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED, } },
   { GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGB16, VK_FORMAT_R5G6B5_UNORM_PACK16, { VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED, } },
@@ -494,12 +494,7 @@ gst_vulkan_format_from_video_info (GstVideoInfo * v_info, guint plane)
       continue;
 
     if (GST_VIDEO_INFO_IS_RGB (v_info)) {
-      if (GST_VIDEO_INFO_COLORIMETRY (v_info).transfer ==
-          GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_SRGB) {
-        return vk_formats_map[i].vkfrmt;
-      } else {
-        return vk_formats_map[i].vkfrmts[0];
-      }
+      return vk_formats_map[i].vkfrmt;
     } else if (GST_VIDEO_INFO_IS_YUV (v_info) &&
         GST_VIDEO_INFO_N_PLANES (v_info) > plane) {
       return vk_formats_map[i].vkfrmts[plane];
@@ -655,33 +650,26 @@ gst_vulkan_format_from_video_info_2 (GstVulkanPhysicalDevice * physical_device,
     }
 
     if (GST_VIDEO_INFO_IS_RGB (info)) {
-      if ((GST_VIDEO_INFO_COLORIMETRY (info).transfer ==
-              GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_SRGB
-              || GST_VIDEO_INFO_COLORIMETRY (info).transfer ==
-              GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_UNKNOWN)) {
-        usage = _get_usage (feats_primary);
-        if ((requested_usage & usage) == requested_usage) {
-          if (fmts)
-            fmts[0] = vk_formats_map[i].vkfrmt;
-          if (n_imgs)
-            *n_imgs = 1;
-          if (usage_ret)
-            *usage_ret = usage;
-          return TRUE;
-        }
+      usage = _get_usage (feats_primary);
+      if ((requested_usage & usage) == requested_usage) {
+        if (fmts)
+          fmts[0] = vk_formats_map[i].vkfrmt;
+        if (n_imgs)
+          *n_imgs = 1;
+        if (usage_ret)
+          *usage_ret = usage;
+        return TRUE;
       }
 
-      if (GST_VIDEO_INFO_COLORIMETRY (info).transfer != GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_SRGB) {
-        usage = _get_usage (feats_secondary);
-        if ((requested_usage & usage) == requested_usage) {
-          if (fmts)
-            fmts[0] = vk_formats_map[i].vkfrmts[0];
-          if (n_imgs)
-            *n_imgs = 1;
-          if (usage_ret)
-            *usage_ret = usage;
-          return TRUE;
-        }
+      usage = _get_usage (feats_secondary);
+      if ((requested_usage & usage) == requested_usage) {
+        if (fmts)
+          fmts[0] = vk_formats_map[i].vkfrmts[0];
+        if (n_imgs)
+          *n_imgs = 1;
+        if (usage_ret)
+          *usage_ret = usage;
+        return TRUE;
       }
       return FALSE;
     } else {
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/check/libs/vkformat.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/check/libs/vkformat.c
index dd36fdb015..f57ffa8bfc 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/check/libs/vkformat.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/check/libs/vkformat.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_format_from_video_info_2)
   fail_unless (gst_vulkan_format_from_video_info_2 (phy_dev, &vinfo,
           VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR, TRUE, 0, vk_fmts, &n_imgs, &supported_usage));
 
-  fail_unless (n_imgs == 1 && vk_fmts[0] == VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SRGB);
+  fail_unless (n_imgs == 1 && vk_fmts[0] == VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM);
 
   fail_unless (gst_video_info_set_format (&vinfo, GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA, 620,
           480));