diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenACC/IR/OpenACC.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenACC/IR/OpenACC.cpp
index 56f3228d3a652..66584dc708b8c 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenACC/IR/OpenACC.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenACC/IR/OpenACC.cpp
@@ -2910,32 +2910,6 @@ checkDeclareOperands(Op &op, const mlir::ValueRange &operands,
     assert(dataClauseOptional.has_value() &&
            "declare operands can only be data entry operations which must have "
            "dataClause");
-
-    // If varPtr has no defining op - there is nothing to check further.
-    if (!var.getDefiningOp())
-      continue;
-
-    // Check that the varPtr has a declare attribute.
-    auto declareAttribute{
-        var.getDefiningOp()->getAttr(mlir::acc::getDeclareAttrName())};
-    if (!declareAttribute)
-      return op.emitError(
-          "expect declare attribute on variable in declare operation");
-
-    auto declAttr = mlir::cast<mlir::acc::DeclareAttr>(declareAttribute);
-    if (declAttr.getDataClause().getValue() != dataClauseOptional.value())
-      return op.emitError(
-          "expect matching declare attribute on variable in declare operation");
-
-    // If the variable is marked with implicit attribute, the matching declare
-    // data action must also be marked implicit. The reverse is not checked
-    // since implicit data action may be inserted to do actions like updating
-    // device copy, in which case the variable is not necessarily implicitly
-    // declare'd.
-    if (declAttr.getImplicit() &&
-        declAttr.getImplicit() != acc::getImplicitFlag(operand.getDefiningOp()))
-      return op.emitError(
-          "implicitness must match between declare op and flag on variable");
   }
 
   return success();