diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OpDefinition.h
@@ -143,8 +143,14 @@
   /// Remove the attribute with the specified name if it exists. Return the
   /// attribute that was erased, or nullptr if there was no attribute with such
   /// name.
-  Attribute removeAttr(Identifier name) { return state->removeAttr(name); }
-  Attribute removeAttr(StringRef name) {
+  LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED(
+      Attribute removeAttr(Identifier name),
+      "Use Operation::removeAttr() instead (replace '.' with '->').") {
+    return state->removeAttr(name);
+  }
+  LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED(
+      Attribute removeAttr(StringRef name),
+      "Use Operation::removeAttr() instead (replace '.' with '->').") {
     return state->removeAttr(Identifier::get(name, getContext()));
   }
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/SPIRVToLLVM/SPIRVToLLVM.cpp b/mlir/lib/Conversion/SPIRVToLLVM/SPIRVToLLVM.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/SPIRVToLLVM/SPIRVToLLVM.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/SPIRVToLLVM/SPIRVToLLVM.cpp
@@ -1547,8 +1547,8 @@
         if (failed(SymbolTable::replaceAllSymbolUses(op, name, spvModule)))
           op.emitError("unable to replace all symbol uses for ") << name;
         SymbolTable::setSymbolName(op, name);
-        op.removeAttr(kDescriptorSet);
-        op.removeAttr(kBinding);
+        op->removeAttr(kDescriptorSet);
+        op->removeAttr(kBinding);
       }
     });
   }
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@
 
   SmallVector<char, 16> nameBuf;
   for (int i = newType.getNumInputs(), e = oldType.getNumInputs(); i < e; i++)
-    removeAttr(getArgAttrName(i, nameBuf));
+    removeAttr->removeAttr(getArgAttrName(i, nameBuf));
 
   (*this)->setAttr(getTypeAttrName(), TypeAttr::get(newType));
 }
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CodegenStrategy.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CodegenStrategy.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CodegenStrategy.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CodegenStrategy.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,6 @@
 
   // Ensure we drop the marker in the end.
   func.walk([](LinalgOp op) {
-    op.removeAttr(LinalgTransforms::kLinalgTransformMarker);
+    op->removeAttr(LinalgTransforms::kLinalgTransformMarker);
   });
 }
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Tiling.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Tiling.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Tiling.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/Tiling.cpp
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
       funcOp, getLinalgTilingCanonicalizationPatterns(ctx));
   // Drop the marker.
   funcOp.walk([](LinalgOp op) {
-    op.removeAttr(LinalgTransforms::kLinalgTransformMarker);
+    op->removeAttr(LinalgTransforms::kLinalgTransformMarker);
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/Transforms/LowerABIAttributesPass.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/Transforms/LowerABIAttributesPass.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/Transforms/LowerABIAttributesPass.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/Transforms/LowerABIAttributesPass.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
   SmallVector<int32_t, 3> localSize(localSizeAttr.getValues<int32_t>());
   builder.create<spirv::ExecutionModeOp>(
       funcOp.getLoc(), funcOp, spirv::ExecutionMode::LocalSize, localSize);
-  funcOp.removeAttr(entryPointAttrName);
+  funcOp->removeAttr(entryPointAttrName);
   return success();
 }
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Transforms/TestConvVectorization.cpp b/mlir/test/lib/Transforms/TestConvVectorization.cpp
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Transforms/TestConvVectorization.cpp
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Transforms/TestConvVectorization.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 
   // Ensure we drop the marker in the end.
   module.walk([](linalg::LinalgOp op) {
-    op.removeAttr(linalg::LinalgTransforms::kLinalgTransformMarker);
+    op->removeAttr(linalg::LinalgTransforms::kLinalgTransformMarker);
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Transforms/TestLinalgTransforms.cpp b/mlir/test/lib/Transforms/TestLinalgTransforms.cpp
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Transforms/TestLinalgTransforms.cpp
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Transforms/TestLinalgTransforms.cpp
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 
   // Drop the marker.
   funcOp.walk([](LinalgOp op) {
-    op.removeAttr(LinalgTransforms::kLinalgTransformMarker);
+    op->removeAttr(LinalgTransforms::kLinalgTransformMarker);
   });
 }
 
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
 void TestLinalgTransforms::runOnFunction() {
   auto lambda = [&](void *) {
     getFunction().walk([](LinalgOp op) {
-      op.removeAttr(LinalgTransforms::kLinalgTransformMarker);
+      op->removeAttr(LinalgTransforms::kLinalgTransformMarker);
     });
   };
   std::unique_ptr<void, decltype(lambda)> cleanupGuard{(void *)1, lambda};