diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgInterfaces.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgInterfaces.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgInterfaces.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgInterfaces.td
@@ -983,26 +983,6 @@
         return detail::canOpOperandsBeDroppedImpl($_op, droppedOperands);
       }]
     >,
-    InterfaceMethod<
-      /*desc=*/[{
-        Return the range of position in the result of the affine map
-        computed by getLoopsToShapesMap() which correspond to the
-        AffineExprs used to access the outputs of the operation.
-      }],
-      /*retTy=*/"std::pair<int64_t, int64_t>",
-      /*methodName=*/"getResultsPositionInLoopsToShapeMap",
-      /*args=*/(ins),
-      /*methodBody=*/"",
-      /*defaultImplementation=*/[{
-        int64_t inputRankSum = 0;
-        int64_t outputRankSum = 0;
-        for(OpOperand *input : getInputOperands())
-          inputRankSum += getRank(input);
-        for(OpOperand *output : getOutputOperands())
-          outputRankSum += getRank(output);
-        return {inputRankSum, inputRankSum + outputRankSum};
-      }]
-    >,
     InterfaceMethod<
       /*desc=*/[{
         Like `getShape`, but only returns statically-known information, without
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgInterfaces.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgInterfaces.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgInterfaces.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/LinalgInterfaces.cpp
@@ -575,7 +575,13 @@
 
   // Find the position in the above map that represents the shape of the
   // result:dim being inferred.
-  auto resultShapesSubMapPos = getResultsPositionInLoopsToShapeMap();
+  int64_t inputRankSum = 0;
+  int64_t outputRankSum = 0;
+  for (OpOperand *input : getInputOperands()) inputRankSum += getRank(input);
+  for (OpOperand *output : getOutputOperands())
+    outputRankSum += getRank(output);
+  std::pair<int64_t, int64_t> resultShapesSubMapPos(
+      inputRankSum, inputRankSum + outputRankSum);
 
   /// From loopsToShapesMap extract the submap that represents the shape of the
   /// (resultIdx, dim) needed.