diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
index b8f1dbeac4c..539dc2a5502 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
@@ -297,8 +297,6 @@ ir3_finalize_nir(struct ir3_compiler *compiler, nir_shader *s)
 
    OPT_V(s, nir_lower_tex, &tex_options);
    OPT_V(s, nir_lower_load_const_to_scalar);
-   if (compiler->gen < 5)
-      OPT_V(s, ir3_nir_lower_tg4_to_tex);
 
    ir3_optimize_loop(compiler, s);
 
diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.h b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.h
index 11649263be5..0ad5f09766c 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 bool ir3_nir_apply_trig_workarounds(nir_shader *shader);
 bool ir3_nir_lower_imul(nir_shader *shader);
-bool ir3_nir_lower_tg4_to_tex(nir_shader *shader);
 bool ir3_nir_lower_io_offsets(nir_shader *shader);
 bool ir3_nir_lower_load_barycentric_at_sample(nir_shader *shader);
 bool ir3_nir_lower_load_barycentric_at_offset(nir_shader *shader);
diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir_lower_tg4_to_tex.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir_lower_tg4_to_tex.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e3f3173299c..00000000000
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir_lower_tg4_to_tex.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright © 2017 Ilia Mirkin
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
- * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
- * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
- * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
- * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
- * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
- * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
- * Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
- * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
- * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
- * IN THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-#include "compiler/nir/nir_builder.h"
-#include "ir3_nir.h"
-
-/* A4XX has a broken GATHER4 operation. It performs the texture swizzle on the
- * gather results, rather than before. As a result, it must be emulated with
- * direct texture calls.
- */
-
-static nir_ssa_def *
-ir3_nir_lower_tg4_to_tex_instr(nir_builder *b, nir_instr *instr, void *data)
-{
-   nir_tex_instr *tg4 = nir_instr_as_tex(instr);
-   static const int offsets[3][2] = {{0, 1}, {1, 1}, {1, 0}};
-
-   nir_ssa_def *results[4];
-   int offset_index = nir_tex_instr_src_index(tg4, nir_tex_src_offset);
-   for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-      int num_srcs = tg4->num_srcs + 1 /* lod */;
-      if (offset_index < 0 && i < 3)
-         num_srcs++;
-
-      nir_tex_instr *tex = nir_tex_instr_create(b->shader, num_srcs);
-      tex->op = nir_texop_txl;
-      tex->sampler_dim = tg4->sampler_dim;
-      tex->coord_components = tg4->coord_components;
-      tex->is_array = tg4->is_array;
-      tex->is_shadow = tg4->is_shadow;
-      tex->is_new_style_shadow = tg4->is_new_style_shadow;
-      tex->texture_index = tg4->texture_index;
-      tex->sampler_index = tg4->sampler_index;
-      tex->dest_type = tg4->dest_type;
-
-      for (int j = 0; j < tg4->num_srcs; j++) {
-         nir_src_copy(&tex->src[j].src, &tg4->src[j].src);
-         tex->src[j].src_type = tg4->src[j].src_type;
-      }
-      if (i != 3) {
-         nir_ssa_def *offset = nir_vec2(b, nir_imm_int(b, offsets[i][0]),
-                                        nir_imm_int(b, offsets[i][1]));
-         if (offset_index < 0) {
-            tex->src[tg4->num_srcs].src = nir_src_for_ssa(offset);
-            tex->src[tg4->num_srcs].src_type = nir_tex_src_offset;
-         } else {
-            assert(nir_tex_instr_src_size(tex, offset_index) == 2);
-            nir_ssa_def *orig =
-               nir_ssa_for_src(b, tex->src[offset_index].src, 2);
-            tex->src[offset_index].src =
-               nir_src_for_ssa(nir_iadd(b, orig, offset));
-         }
-      }
-      tex->src[num_srcs - 1].src = nir_src_for_ssa(nir_imm_float(b, 0));
-      tex->src[num_srcs - 1].src_type = nir_tex_src_lod;
-
-      nir_ssa_dest_init(&tex->instr, &tex->dest, nir_tex_instr_dest_size(tex),
-                        32, NULL);
-      nir_builder_instr_insert(b, &tex->instr);
-
-      results[i] = nir_channel(b, &tex->dest.ssa, tg4->component);
-   }
-
-   return nir_vec(b, results, 4);
-}
-
-static bool
-ir3_nir_lower_tg4_to_tex_filter(const nir_instr *instr, const void *data)
-{
-   return (instr->type == nir_instr_type_tex &&
-           nir_instr_as_tex(instr)->op == nir_texop_tg4);
-}
-
-bool
-ir3_nir_lower_tg4_to_tex(nir_shader *shader)
-{
-   return nir_shader_lower_instructions(shader, ir3_nir_lower_tg4_to_tex_filter,
-                                        ir3_nir_lower_tg4_to_tex_instr, NULL);
-}
diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/meson.build b/src/freedreno/ir3/meson.build
index 23ac8323ddb..54d13f50db0 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/meson.build
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/meson.build
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ libfreedreno_ir3_files = files(
   'ir3_nir_lower_io_offsets.c',
   'ir3_nir_lower_tess.c',
   'ir3_nir_lower_tex_prefetch.c',
-  'ir3_nir_lower_tg4_to_tex.c',
   'ir3_nir_lower_wide_load_store.c',
   'ir3_nir_move_varying_inputs.c',
   'ir3_postsched.c',