diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py
index bb490d2a19c..69f804783b2 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ optimizations = [
 
    (('~fneg', ('fneg', a)), a),
    (('ineg', ('ineg', a)), a),
-   (('fabs', ('fabs', a)), ('fabs', a)),
    (('fabs', ('fneg', a)), ('fabs', a)),
    (('fabs', ('u2f', a)), ('u2f', a)),
    (('iabs', ('iabs', a)), ('iabs', a)),