diff --git a/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/GreedyPatternRewriteDriver.cpp b/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/GreedyPatternRewriteDriver.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/GreedyPatternRewriteDriver.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/GreedyPatternRewriteDriver.cpp
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@
   // before the root is changed.
   void notifyRootReplaced(Operation *op, ValueRange replacement) override;
 
-  /// PatternRewriter hook for erasing a dead operation.
-  void eraseOp(Operation *op) override;
-
   /// PatternRewriter hook for notifying match failure reasons.
   LogicalResult
   notifyMatchFailure(Location loc,
@@ -394,6 +391,11 @@
 }
 
 void GreedyPatternRewriteDriver::notifyOperationRemoved(Operation *op) {
+  LLVM_DEBUG({
+    logger.startLine() << "** Erase   : '" << op->getName() << "'(" << op
+                       << ")\n";
+  });
+
   addOperandsToWorklist(op->getOperands());
   op->walk([this](Operation *operation) {
     removeFromWorklist(operation);
@@ -412,14 +414,6 @@
       addToWorklist(user);
 }
 
-void GreedyPatternRewriteDriver::eraseOp(Operation *op) {
-  LLVM_DEBUG({
-    logger.startLine() << "** Erase   : '" << op->getName() << "'(" << op
-                       << ")\n";
-  });
-  PatternRewriter::eraseOp(op);
-}
-
 LogicalResult GreedyPatternRewriteDriver::notifyMatchFailure(
     Location loc, function_ref<void(Diagnostic &)> reasonCallback) {
   LLVM_DEBUG({