diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestTypeDefs.td b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestTypeDefs.td
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestTypeDefs.td
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Dialect/Test/TestTypeDefs.td
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 
 def SimpleTypeA : Test_Type<"SimpleA"> {
   let mnemonic = "smpla";
-
-  let printer = [{ $_printer << "smpla"; }];
-  let parser = [{ return get($_ctxt); }];
 }
 
 // A more complex parameterized type.
diff --git a/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/TypeDefGen.cpp b/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/TypeDefGen.cpp
--- a/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/TypeDefGen.cpp
+++ b/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/TypeDefGen.cpp
@@ -537,12 +537,21 @@
   os << "static ::mlir::Type generatedTypeParser(::mlir::MLIRContext* "
         "ctxt, "
         "::mlir::DialectAsmParser& parser, ::llvm::StringRef mnemonic) {\n";
-  for (const TypeDef &type : types)
-    if (type.getMnemonic())
+  for (const TypeDef &type : types) {
+    if (type.getMnemonic()) {
       os << formatv("  if (mnemonic == {0}::{1}::getMnemonic()) return "
-                    "{0}::{1}::parse(ctxt, parser);\n",
+                    "{0}::{1}::",
                     type.getDialect().getCppNamespace(),
                     type.getCppClassName());
+
+      // If the type has no parameters and no parser code, just invoke a normal
+      // `get`.
+      if (type.getNumParameters() == 0 && !type.getParserCode())
+        os << "get(ctxt);\n";
+      else
+        os << "parse(ctxt, parser);\n";
+    }
+  }
   os << "  return ::mlir::Type();\n";
   os << "}\n\n";
 
@@ -551,17 +560,26 @@
   os << "static ::mlir::LogicalResult generatedTypePrinter(::mlir::Type "
         "type, "
         "::mlir::DialectAsmPrinter& printer) {\n"
-     << "  ::mlir::LogicalResult found = ::mlir::success();\n"
-     << "  ::llvm::TypeSwitch<::mlir::Type>(type)\n";
-  for (const TypeDef &type : types)
-    if (type.getMnemonic())
-      os << formatv("    .Case<{0}::{1}>([&](::mlir::Type t) {{ "
-                    "t.dyn_cast<{0}::{1}>().print(printer); })\n",
-                    type.getDialect().getCppNamespace(),
-                    type.getCppClassName());
-  os << "    .Default([&found](::mlir::Type) { found = ::mlir::failure(); "
-        "});\n"
-     << "  return found;\n"
+     << "  return ::llvm::TypeSwitch<::mlir::Type, "
+        "::mlir::LogicalResult>(type)\n";
+  for (const TypeDef &type : types) {
+    if (Optional<StringRef> mnemonic = type.getMnemonic()) {
+      StringRef cppNamespace = type.getDialect().getCppNamespace();
+      StringRef cppClassName = type.getCppClassName();
+      os << formatv("    .Case<{0}::{1}>([&]({0}::{1} t) {{\n      ",
+                    cppNamespace, cppClassName);
+
+      // If the type has no parameters and no printer code, just print the
+      // mnemonic.
+      if (type.getNumParameters() == 0 && !type.getParserCode())
+        os << formatv("printer << {0}::{1}::getMnemonic();", cppNamespace,
+                      cppClassName);
+      else
+        os << "t.print(printer);";
+      os << "\n      return ::mlir::success();\n    })\n";
+    }
+  }
+  os << "    .Default([](::mlir::Type) { return ::mlir::failure(); });\n"
      << "}\n\n";
 }