diff --git a/backends/cadence/aot/remove_ops.py b/backends/cadence/aot/remove_ops.py
index 98102a415e5..f7419ff25dc 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/aot/remove_ops.py
+++ b/backends/cadence/aot/remove_ops.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 class RemoveCloneOpsTransformImported(ExportPass):
     def call(self, graph_module: torch.fx.GraphModule) -> PassResult:
         finalize_passes: List[PassType] = [
-            RemoveCloneOpsTransform(),
+            RemoveCloneOpsTransform(eliminate_quant_dequant_pairs=False),
         ]
         result = PassManager(passes=finalize_passes)(graph_module)
         dead_code_elimination_pass(result.graph_module)
@@ -356,20 +356,6 @@ def call(self, graph_module: torch.fx.GraphModule) -> PassResult:
         return result
 
 
-@register_cadence_pass(CadencePassAttribute(opt_level=1))
-class RemoveCloneOpPass(RemoveOrReplacePassInterface):
-    # If the op is a clone op, return the input and eliminate the op
-    @property
-    def targets(self) -> list[EdgeOpOverload]:
-        return [exir_ops.edge.aten.clone.default]
-
-    def maybe_remove_or_replace(self, node: Node) -> bool:
-        input_node = node.args[0]
-        assert isinstance(input_node, Node)
-        node.replace_all_uses_with(input_node)
-        return True
-
-
 @register_cadence_pass(CadencePassAttribute(opt_level=1))
 class RemoveContiguousOpPass(RemoveOrReplacePassInterface):
     """
@@ -925,7 +911,6 @@ def maybe_remove_or_replace(self, node: Node) -> bool:
 
 class CommonRemovePasses:
     passes: List[Type[ExportPass]] = [
-        RemoveCloneOpPass,
         RemoveAliasCopyOpPass,
         RemoveNopExpandOpPass,
         RemoveNopSliceOrViewOpPass,
@@ -934,13 +919,13 @@ class CommonRemovePasses:
         RemovePermutesAroundElementwiseOps,
         RemoveSqueezeViewBeforeElementwiseOps,
         RemoveCatFromSliceCopyPass,
+        RemoveCloneOpsTransformImported,
     ]
 
 
 class CadenceRemoveNops:
     passes: List[Type[ExportPass]] = CommonRemovePasses.passes + [
         SimplifySliceOpPass,
-        RemoveCloneOpsTransformImported,
         RemoveNopRequantizeOpPass,
         RemoveZeroSizedConstantPadNd,
         RemoveContiguousOpPass,