diff --git a/internal/shader/expr.go b/internal/shader/expr.go
index 2941fb0d4..286e856a5 100644
--- a/internal/shader/expr.go
+++ b/internal/shader/expr.go
@@ -1150,11 +1150,6 @@ func (cs *compileState) parseExpr(block *block, fname string, expr ast.Expr, mar
 		x := exprs[0]
 		t := ts[0]
 
-		if (t.IsFloatVector() || t.IsIntVector()) && idx.Const == nil {
-			cs.addError(e.Pos(), fmt.Sprintf("index must be a constant for the type %s", t.String()))
-			return nil, nil, nil, false
-		}
-
 		var typ shaderir.Type
 		switch t.Main {
 		case shaderir.Vec2, shaderir.Vec3, shaderir.Vec4:
diff --git a/internal/shader/syntax_test.go b/internal/shader/syntax_test.go
index 16bd0885b..b865bfb8c 100644
--- a/internal/shader/syntax_test.go
+++ b/internal/shader/syntax_test.go
@@ -4363,67 +4363,3 @@ func Foo() int {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestSyntaxIndex(t *testing.T) {
-	// Issue #3011
-	if _, err := compileToIR([]byte(`package main
-
-func Foo() float {
-	var a int
-	var b vec4
-	return b[a]
-}
-`)); err == nil {
-		t.Error("compileToIR must return an error but did not")
-	}
-	if _, err := compileToIR([]byte(`package main
-
-func Foo() int {
-	var a int
-	var b ivec4
-	return b[a]
-}
-`)); err == nil {
-		t.Error("compileToIR must return an error but did not")
-	}
-	if _, err := compileToIR([]byte(`package main
-
-func Foo() float {
-	var a int
-	var b mat4
-	return b[a][0]
-}
-`)); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-	if _, err := compileToIR([]byte(`package main
-
-func Foo() float {
-	const a = 0
-	var b vec4
-	return b[a]
-}
-`)); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-	if _, err := compileToIR([]byte(`package main
-
-func Foo() int {
-	const a = 0
-	var b ivec4
-	return b[a]
-}
-`)); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-	if _, err := compileToIR([]byte(`package main
-
-func Foo() float {
-	const a = 0
-	var b mat4
-	return b[a][0]
-}
-`)); err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-}