diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py
index 983467f66f4..37b6ff4937c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py
@@ -1927,7 +1927,6 @@ optimizations.extend([
    (('ffract(nnan)', 'a(is_integral)'), 0.0),
    (('ffract', ('ffract', a)), ('ffract', a)),
    (('fabs', 'a(is_not_negative)'), ('fcanonicalize', a)),
-   (('iabs', 'a(is_not_negative)'), a),
    (('fsat', 'a(is_not_positive)'), 0.0),
 
    (('fmin(nnan,nsz)', 'a(is_not_negative)', 1.0), ('fsat', a), '!options->lower_fsat'),