diff --git a/src/intel/compiler/elk/elk_nir.c b/src/intel/compiler/elk/elk_nir.c
index 94e10452543..05b27dbdf0d 100644
--- a/src/intel/compiler/elk/elk_nir.c
+++ b/src/intel/compiler/elk/elk_nir.c
@@ -1529,7 +1529,6 @@ elk_postprocess_nir(nir_shader *nir, const struct elk_compiler *compiler,
     */
    NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_convert_to_lcssa, true, true);
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_divergence_analysis);
-   OPT(nir_opt_remove_phis);
 
    OPT(nir_convert_from_ssa, true);