diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/lclmorph.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/lclmorph.cpp
index 90750945082aea..c5ba4f69521994 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/lclmorph.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/lclmorph.cpp
@@ -1829,7 +1829,6 @@ class LocalAddressVisitor final : public GenTreeVisitor<LocalAddressVisitor>
             else
             {
                 node->ChangeOper(GT_LCL_VAR);
-                node->gtFlags &= (GTF_NODE_MASK | GTF_DONT_CSE); // TODO-ASG-Cleanup: delete this zero-diff quirk.
             }
             node->AsLclVar()->SetLclNum(fieldLclNum);
             node->gtType = fieldType;