diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/Passes.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/Passes.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/Passes.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/Passes.td
@@ -949,9 +949,6 @@
            "Perform full unrolling when converting vector transfers to SCF">,
     Option<"targetRank", "target-rank", "unsigned", /*default=*/"1",
            "Target vector rank to which transfer ops should be lowered">,
-    Option<"lowerPermutationMaps", "lower-permutation-maps", "bool",
-           /*default=*/"false", "Replace permutation maps with vector "
-           "transposes/broadcasts before lowering transfer ops">,
     Option<"lowerTensors", "lower-tensors", "bool", /*default=*/"false",
            "Lower transfer ops that operate on tensors">
   ];
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/VectorToSCF/VectorToSCF.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/VectorToSCF/VectorToSCF.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/VectorToSCF/VectorToSCF.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/VectorToSCF/VectorToSCF.h
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@
     targetRank = r;
     return *this;
   }
-  ///
-  bool lowerPermutationMaps = false;
-  VectorTransferToSCFOptions &enableLowerPermutationMaps(bool l = true) {
-    lowerPermutationMaps = l;
-    return *this;
-  }
   /// Allows vector transfers that operated on tensors to be lowered (this is an
   /// uncommon alternative).
   bool lowerTensors = false;
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToSCF/VectorToSCF.cpp b/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToSCF/VectorToSCF.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToSCF/VectorToSCF.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToSCF/VectorToSCF.cpp
@@ -1290,7 +1290,6 @@
   ConvertVectorToSCFPass(const VectorTransferToSCFOptions &options) {
     this->fullUnroll = options.unroll;
     this->targetRank = options.targetRank;
-    this->lowerPermutationMaps = options.lowerPermutationMaps;
     this->lowerTensors = options.lowerTensors;
   }
 
@@ -1298,17 +1297,14 @@
     VectorTransferToSCFOptions options;
     options.unroll = fullUnroll;
     options.targetRank = targetRank;
-    options.lowerPermutationMaps = lowerPermutationMaps;
     options.lowerTensors = lowerTensors;
 
     // Lower permutation maps first.
-    if (lowerPermutationMaps) {
-      RewritePatternSet lowerTransferPatterns(&getContext());
-      mlir::vector::populateVectorTransferPermutationMapLoweringPatterns(
-          lowerTransferPatterns);
-      (void)applyPatternsAndFoldGreedily(getOperation(),
-                                         std::move(lowerTransferPatterns));
-    }
+    RewritePatternSet lowerTransferPatterns(&getContext());
+    mlir::vector::populateVectorTransferPermutationMapLoweringPatterns(
+        lowerTransferPatterns);
+    (void)applyPatternsAndFoldGreedily(getOperation(),
+                                       std::move(lowerTransferPatterns));
 
     RewritePatternSet patterns(&getContext());
     populateVectorToSCFConversionPatterns(patterns, options);
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Vector/TransformOps/VectorTransformOps.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Vector/TransformOps/VectorTransformOps.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Vector/TransformOps/VectorTransformOps.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Vector/TransformOps/VectorTransformOps.cpp
@@ -87,9 +87,8 @@
         .setVectorTransferSplit(vectorTransferSplit);
 
     VectorTransferToSCFOptions vectorTransferToSCFOptions =
-        VectorTransferToSCFOptions()
-            .enableFullUnroll(getUnrollVectorTransfers())
-            .enableLowerPermutationMaps();
+        VectorTransferToSCFOptions().enableFullUnroll(
+            getUnrollVectorTransfers());
 
     int maxTransferRank = 1;
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/Conversion/VectorToSCF/vector-to-scf-mask-and-permutation-map.mlir b/mlir/test/Conversion/VectorToSCF/vector-to-scf-mask-and-permutation-map.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Conversion/VectorToSCF/vector-to-scf-mask-and-permutation-map.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Conversion/VectorToSCF/vector-to-scf-mask-and-permutation-map.mlir
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="builtin.module(func.func(convert-vector-to-scf{lower-permutation-maps=true}))" -split-input-file | FileCheck %s
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="builtin.module(func.func(convert-vector-to-scf))" -split-input-file | FileCheck %s
 
 // Ensure that the permutation map is lowered (by inserting a transpose op)
 // before lowering the vector.transfer_read.
diff --git a/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/Vector/CPU/test-transfer-read-1d.mlir b/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/Vector/CPU/test-transfer-read-1d.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/Vector/CPU/test-transfer-read-1d.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/Vector/CPU/test-transfer-read-1d.mlir
@@ -3,21 +3,11 @@
 // RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | \
 // RUN: FileCheck %s
 
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="builtin.module(func.func(convert-vector-to-scf{lower-permutation-maps=true},lower-affine,convert-scf-to-cf),convert-vector-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts)" | \
-// RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e entry -entry-point-result=void  \
-// RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | \
-// RUN: FileCheck %s
-
 // RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="builtin.module(func.func(convert-vector-to-scf{full-unroll=true},lower-affine,convert-scf-to-cf),convert-vector-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts)" | \
 // RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e entry -entry-point-result=void  \
 // RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | \
 // RUN: FileCheck %s
 
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="builtin.module(func.func(convert-vector-to-scf{full-unroll=true lower-permutation-maps=true},lower-affine,convert-scf-to-cf),convert-vector-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts)" | \
-// RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e entry -entry-point-result=void  \
-// RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | \
-// RUN: FileCheck %s
-
 // Test for special cases of 1D vector transfer ops.
 
 memref.global "private" @gv : memref<5x6xf32> =
diff --git a/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/Vector/CPU/test-transfer-read-2d.mlir b/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/Vector/CPU/test-transfer-read-2d.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/Vector/CPU/test-transfer-read-2d.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/Vector/CPU/test-transfer-read-2d.mlir
@@ -3,21 +3,11 @@
 // RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | \
 // RUN: FileCheck %s
 
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="builtin.module(func.func(convert-vector-to-scf{lower-permutation-maps=true},lower-affine,convert-scf-to-cf),convert-vector-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts)" | \
-// RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e entry -entry-point-result=void  \
-// RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | \
-// RUN: FileCheck %s
-
 // RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="builtin.module(func.func(convert-vector-to-scf{full-unroll=true},lower-affine,convert-scf-to-cf),convert-vector-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts)" | \
 // RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e entry -entry-point-result=void  \
 // RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | \
 // RUN: FileCheck %s
 
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="builtin.module(func.func(convert-vector-to-scf{full-unroll=true lower-permutation-maps=true},lower-affine,convert-scf-to-cf),convert-vector-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts)" | \
-// RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e entry -entry-point-result=void  \
-// RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | \
-// RUN: FileCheck %s
-
 memref.global "private" @gv : memref<3x4xf32> = dense<[[0. , 1. , 2. , 3. ],
                                                        [10., 11., 12., 13.],
                                                        [20., 21., 22., 23.]]>
diff --git a/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/Vector/CPU/test-transfer-read-3d.mlir b/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/Vector/CPU/test-transfer-read-3d.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/Vector/CPU/test-transfer-read-3d.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Integration/Dialect/Vector/CPU/test-transfer-read-3d.mlir
@@ -3,21 +3,11 @@
 // RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | \
 // RUN: FileCheck %s
 
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="builtin.module(func.func(convert-vector-to-scf{lower-permutation-maps=true},lower-affine,convert-scf-to-cf),convert-vector-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts)" | \
-// RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e entry -entry-point-result=void  \
-// RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | \
-// RUN: FileCheck %s
-
 // RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="builtin.module(func.func(convert-vector-to-scf{full-unroll=true},lower-affine,convert-scf-to-cf),convert-vector-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts)" | \
 // RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e entry -entry-point-result=void  \
 // RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | \
 // RUN: FileCheck %s
 
-// RUN: mlir-opt %s -pass-pipeline="builtin.module(func.func(convert-vector-to-scf{full-unroll=true lower-permutation-maps=true},lower-affine,convert-scf-to-cf),convert-vector-to-llvm,convert-memref-to-llvm,convert-func-to-llvm,reconcile-unrealized-casts)" | \
-// RUN: mlir-cpu-runner -e entry -entry-point-result=void  \
-// RUN:   -shared-libs=%mlir_lib_dir/libmlir_c_runner_utils%shlibext | \
-// RUN: FileCheck %s
-
 func.func @transfer_read_3d(%A : memref<?x?x?x?xf32>,
                        %o: index, %a: index, %b: index, %c: index) {
   %fm42 = arith.constant -42.0: f32