diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVInsertVSETVLI.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVInsertVSETVLI.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVInsertVSETVLI.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVInsertVSETVLI.cpp
@@ -815,19 +815,6 @@
   return RISCV::X0 == MI.getOperand(0).getReg();
 }
 
-static MachineInstr *elideCopies(MachineInstr *MI,
-                                 const MachineRegisterInfo *MRI) {
-  while (true) {
-    if (!MI->isFullCopy())
-      return MI;
-    if (!Register::isVirtualRegister(MI->getOperand(1).getReg()))
-      return nullptr;
-    MI = MRI->getVRegDef(MI->getOperand(1).getReg());
-    if (!MI)
-      return nullptr;
-  }
-}
-
 static VSETVLIInfo computeInfoForInstr(const MachineInstr &MI, uint64_t TSFlags,
                                        const MachineRegisterInfo *MRI) {
   VSETVLIInfo InstrInfo;
@@ -863,13 +850,10 @@
     // If the tied operand is an IMPLICIT_DEF we can keep TailAgnostic.
     const MachineOperand &UseMO = MI.getOperand(UseOpIdx);
     MachineInstr *UseMI = MRI->getVRegDef(UseMO.getReg());
-    if (UseMI) {
-      UseMI = elideCopies(UseMI, MRI);
-      if (UseMI && UseMI->isImplicitDef()) {
-        TailAgnostic = true;
-        if (UsesMaskPolicy)
-          MaskAgnostic = true;
-      }
+    if (UseMI && UseMI->isImplicitDef()) {
+      TailAgnostic = true;
+      if (UsesMaskPolicy)
+        MaskAgnostic = true;
     }
     // Some pseudo instructions force a tail agnostic policy despite having a
     // tied def.