diff --git a/flang/lib/Lower/ConvertVariable.cpp b/flang/lib/Lower/ConvertVariable.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Lower/ConvertVariable.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Lower/ConvertVariable.cpp
@@ -1060,9 +1060,6 @@
       mlir::Value lb = builder.createConvert(
           loc, idxTy, genScalarValue(converter, loc, expr, symMap, stmtCtx));
       result.emplace_back(lb);
-    } else if (!spec->lbound().isColon()) {
-      // Implicit lower bound is 1 (Fortran 2018 section 8.5.8.3 point 3.)
-      result.emplace_back(builder.createIntegerConstant(loc, idxTy, 1));
     }
   }
   assert(result.empty() || result.size() == box.dynamicBound().size());