diff --git a/flang/include/flang/Semantics/semantics.h b/flang/include/flang/Semantics/semantics.h
--- a/flang/include/flang/Semantics/semantics.h
+++ b/flang/include/flang/Semantics/semantics.h
@@ -144,14 +144,6 @@
     return *this;
   }
 
-  bool anyDefinedIntrinsicOperator() const {
-    return anyDefinedIntrinsicOperator_;
-  }
-  SemanticsContext &set_anyDefinedIntrinsicOperator(bool yes = true) {
-    anyDefinedIntrinsicOperator_ = yes;
-    return *this;
-  }
-
   const DeclTypeSpec &MakeNumericType(TypeCategory, int kind = 0);
   const DeclTypeSpec &MakeLogicalType(int kind = 0);
 
@@ -286,7 +278,6 @@
   const Scope *ppcBuiltinsScope_{nullptr}; // module __ppc_intrinsics
   std::list<parser::Program> modFileParseTrees_;
   std::unique_ptr<CommonBlockMap> commonBlockMap_;
-  bool anyDefinedIntrinsicOperator_{false};
 };
 
 class Semantics {
diff --git a/flang/lib/Semantics/expression.cpp b/flang/lib/Semantics/expression.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Semantics/expression.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Semantics/expression.cpp
@@ -3584,7 +3584,7 @@
     if (expr.typedExpr) {
       return expr.typedExpr->v;
     }
-    if (!wasIterativelyAnalyzing && !context_.anyDefinedIntrinsicOperator()) {
+    if (!wasIterativelyAnalyzing) {
       iterativelyAnalyzingSubexpressions_ = true;
       result = IterativelyAnalyzeSubexpressions(expr);
     }
diff --git a/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp b/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp
@@ -3269,11 +3269,6 @@
   if (auto *symbol{FindInScope(GenericSpecInfo{x}.symbolName())}) {
     SetGenericSymbol(*symbol);
   }
-  if (const auto *opr{std::get_if<parser::DefinedOperator>(&x.u)}; opr &&
-      std::holds_alternative<parser::DefinedOperator::IntrinsicOperator>(
-          opr->u)) {
-    context().set_anyDefinedIntrinsicOperator(true);
-  }
   return false;
 }