diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.h
@@ -122,15 +122,6 @@
     return success();
   }
 
-  // Deprecated.
-  MlirOptMainConfig &preloadDialectsInContext(bool preload) {
-    preloadDialectsInContextFlag = preload;
-    return *this;
-  }
-  bool shouldPreloadDialectsInContext() const {
-    return preloadDialectsInContextFlag;
-  }
-
   /// Show the registered dialects before trying to load the input file.
   MlirOptMainConfig &showDialects(bool show) {
     showDialectsFlag = show;
@@ -192,9 +183,6 @@
   /// The callback to populate the pass manager.
   std::function<LogicalResult(PassManager &)> passPipelineCallback;
 
-  /// Deprecated.
-  bool preloadDialectsInContextFlag = false;
-
   /// Show the registered dialects before trying to load the input file.
   bool showDialectsFlag = false;
 
@@ -231,12 +219,8 @@
 /// Implementation for tools like `mlir-opt`.
 /// - toolName is used for the header displayed by `--help`.
 /// - registry should contain all the dialects that can be parsed in the source.
-/// - preloadDialectsInContext will trigger the upfront loading of all
-///   dialects from the global registry in the MLIRContext. This option is
-///   deprecated and will be removed soon.
 LogicalResult MlirOptMain(int argc, char **argv, llvm::StringRef toolName,
-                          DialectRegistry &registry,
-                          bool preloadDialectsInContext = false);
+                          DialectRegistry &registry);
 
 /// Helper wrapper to return the result of MlirOptMain directly from main.
 ///
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.cpp b/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Tools/mlir-opt/MlirOptMain.cpp
@@ -366,8 +366,6 @@
     return failure();
 
   // Parse the input file.
-  if (config.shouldPreloadDialectsInContext())
-    context.loadAllAvailableDialects();
   context.allowUnregisteredDialects(config.shouldAllowUnregisteredDialects());
   if (config.shouldVerifyDiagnostics())
     context.printOpOnDiagnostic(false);
@@ -428,8 +426,7 @@
 }
 
 LogicalResult mlir::MlirOptMain(int argc, char **argv, llvm::StringRef toolName,
-                                DialectRegistry &registry,
-                                bool preloadDialectsInContext) {
+                                DialectRegistry &registry) {
   static cl::opt<std::string> inputFilename(
       cl::Positional, cl::desc("<input file>"), cl::init("-"));
 
@@ -457,7 +454,6 @@
   // Parse pass names in main to ensure static initialization completed.
   cl::ParseCommandLineOptions(argc, argv, helpHeader);
   MlirOptMainConfig config = MlirOptMainConfig::createFromCLOptions();
-  config.preloadDialectsInContext(preloadDialectsInContext);
 
   // When reading from stdin and the input is a tty, it is often a user mistake
   // and the process "appears to be stuck". Print a message to let the user know
diff --git a/mlir/tools/mlir-opt/mlir-opt.cpp b/mlir/tools/mlir-opt/mlir-opt.cpp
--- a/mlir/tools/mlir-opt/mlir-opt.cpp
+++ b/mlir/tools/mlir-opt/mlir-opt.cpp
@@ -261,6 +261,5 @@
   ::test::registerTestDynDialect(registry);
 #endif
   return mlir::asMainReturnCode(
-      mlir::MlirOptMain(argc, argv, "MLIR modular optimizer driver\n", registry,
-                        /*preloadDialectsInContext=*/false));
+      mlir::MlirOptMain(argc, argv, "MLIR modular optimizer driver\n", registry));
 }