diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h
@@ -639,28 +639,6 @@
     return parseAttribute(result, Type(), attrName, attrs);
   }
 
-  /// Parse an optional attribute.
-  virtual OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(Attribute &result,
-                                                     Type type,
-                                                     StringRef attrName,
-                                                     NamedAttrList &attrs) = 0;
-  template <typename AttrT>
-  OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(AttrT &result, StringRef attrName,
-                                             NamedAttrList &attrs) {
-    return parseOptionalAttribute(result, Type(), attrName, attrs);
-  }
-
-  /// Specialized variants of `parseOptionalAttribute` that remove potential
-  /// ambiguities in syntax.
-  virtual OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(ArrayAttr &result,
-                                                     Type type,
-                                                     StringRef attrName,
-                                                     NamedAttrList &attrs) = 0;
-  virtual OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(StringAttr &result,
-                                                     Type type,
-                                                     StringRef attrName,
-                                                     NamedAttrList &attrs) = 0;
-
   /// Parse an arbitrary attribute of a given type and return it in result. This
   /// also adds the attribute to the specified attribute list with the specified
   /// name.
@@ -683,6 +661,40 @@
     return success();
   }
 
+  /// Parse an arbitrary optional attribute of a given type and return it in
+  /// result.
+  virtual OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(Attribute &result,
+                                                     Type type = {}) = 0;
+
+  /// Parse an optional array attribute and return it in result.
+  virtual OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(ArrayAttr &result,
+                                                     Type type = {}) = 0;
+
+  /// Parse an optional string attribute and return it in result.
+  virtual OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(StringAttr &result,
+                                                     Type type = {}) = 0;
+
+  /// Parse an optional attribute of a specific type and add it to the list with
+  /// the specified name.
+  template <typename AttrType>
+  OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(AttrType &result,
+                                             StringRef attrName,
+                                             NamedAttrList &attrs) {
+    return parseOptionalAttribute(result, Type(), attrName, attrs);
+  }
+
+  /// Parse an optional attribute of a specific type and add it to the list with
+  /// the specified name.
+  template <typename AttrType>
+  OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(AttrType &result, Type type,
+                                             StringRef attrName,
+                                             NamedAttrList &attrs) {
+    OptionalParseResult parseResult = parseOptionalAttribute(result, type);
+    if (parseResult.hasValue() && succeeded(*parseResult))
+      attrs.append(attrName, result);
+    return parseResult;
+  }
+
   /// Parse a named dictionary into 'result' if it is present.
   virtual ParseResult parseOptionalAttrDict(NamedAttrList &result) = 0;
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Parser/AsmParserImpl.h b/mlir/lib/Parser/AsmParserImpl.h
--- a/mlir/lib/Parser/AsmParserImpl.h
+++ b/mlir/lib/Parser/AsmParserImpl.h
@@ -343,31 +343,17 @@
     return success(static_cast<bool>(result));
   }
 
-  /// Parse an optional attribute.
-  template <typename AttrT>
-  OptionalParseResult
-  parseOptionalAttributeAndAddToList(AttrT &result, Type type,
-                                     StringRef attrName, NamedAttrList &attrs) {
-    OptionalParseResult parseResult =
-        parser.parseOptionalAttribute(result, type);
-    if (parseResult.hasValue() && succeeded(*parseResult))
-      attrs.push_back(parser.builder.getNamedAttr(attrName, result));
-    return parseResult;
-  }
-  OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(Attribute &result, Type type,
-                                             StringRef attrName,
-                                             NamedAttrList &attrs) override {
-    return parseOptionalAttributeAndAddToList(result, type, attrName, attrs);
-  }
-  OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(ArrayAttr &result, Type type,
-                                             StringRef attrName,
-                                             NamedAttrList &attrs) override {
-    return parseOptionalAttributeAndAddToList(result, type, attrName, attrs);
-  }
-  OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(StringAttr &result, Type type,
-                                             StringRef attrName,
-                                             NamedAttrList &attrs) override {
-    return parseOptionalAttributeAndAddToList(result, type, attrName, attrs);
+  OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(Attribute &result,
+                                             Type type) override {
+    return parser.parseOptionalAttribute(result, type);
+  }
+  OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(ArrayAttr &result,
+                                             Type type) override {
+    return parser.parseOptionalAttribute(result, type);
+  }
+  OptionalParseResult parseOptionalAttribute(StringAttr &result,
+                                             Type type) override {
+    return parser.parseOptionalAttribute(result, type);
   }
 
   /// Parse a named dictionary into 'result' if it is present.