diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/base/debug.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/base/debug.go
index ee42696ad27..b1dc9bc211d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/base/debug.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/base/debug.go
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ type DebugFlags struct {
 	SyncFrames            int    `help:"how many writer stack frames to include at sync points in unified export data"`
 	TypeAssert            int    `help:"print information about type assertion inlining"`
 	TypecheckInl          int    `help:"eager typechecking of inline function bodies" concurrent:"ok"`
-	Unified               int    `help:"enable unified IR construction"`
 	WB                    int    `help:"print information about write barriers"`
 	ABIWrap               int    `help:"print information about ABI wrapper generation"`
 	MayMoreStack          string `help:"call named function before all stack growth checks" concurrent:"ok"`
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/base/flag.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/base/flag.go
index eb3d34f0b1e..d6b5b90aaa2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/base/flag.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/base/flag.go
@@ -167,9 +167,6 @@ func ParseFlags() {
 	Debug.ConcurrentOk = true
 	Debug.InlFuncsWithClosures = 1
 	Debug.InlStaticInit = 1
-	if buildcfg.Experiment.Unified {
-		Debug.Unified = 1
-	}
 	Debug.SyncFrames = -1 // disable sync markers by default
 
 	Debug.Checkptr = -1 // so we can tell whether it is set explicitly
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/devirtualize/devirtualize.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/devirtualize/devirtualize.go
index 554e935c3e4..6c41d4efd8b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/devirtualize/devirtualize.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/devirtualize/devirtualize.go
@@ -57,58 +57,52 @@ func Call(call *ir.CallExpr) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if base.Debug.Unified != 0 {
-		// N.B., stencil.go converts shape-typed values to interface type
-		// using OEFACE instead of OCONVIFACE, so devirtualization fails
-		// above instead. That's why this code is specific to unified IR.
+	// If typ is a shape type, then it was a type argument originally
+	// and we'd need an indirect call through the dictionary anyway.
+	// We're unable to devirtualize this call.
+	if typ.IsShape() {
+		return
+	}
 
-		// If typ is a shape type, then it was a type argument originally
-		// and we'd need an indirect call through the dictionary anyway.
-		// We're unable to devirtualize this call.
-		if typ.IsShape() {
-			return
+	// If typ *has* a shape type, then it's an shaped, instantiated
+	// type like T[go.shape.int], and its methods (may) have an extra
+	// dictionary parameter. We could devirtualize this call if we
+	// could derive an appropriate dictionary argument.
+	//
+	// TODO(mdempsky): If typ has has a promoted non-generic method,
+	// then that method won't require a dictionary argument. We could
+	// still devirtualize those calls.
+	//
+	// TODO(mdempsky): We have the *runtime.itab in recv.TypeWord. It
+	// should be possible to compute the represented type's runtime
+	// dictionary from this (e.g., by adding a pointer from T[int]'s
+	// *runtime._type to .dict.T[int]; or by recognizing static
+	// references to go:itab.T[int],iface and constructing a direct
+	// reference to .dict.T[int]).
+	if typ.HasShape() {
+		if base.Flag.LowerM != 0 {
+			base.WarnfAt(call.Pos(), "cannot devirtualize %v: shaped receiver %v", call, typ)
 		}
+		return
+	}
 
-		// If typ *has* a shape type, then it's an shaped, instantiated
-		// type like T[go.shape.int], and its methods (may) have an extra
-		// dictionary parameter. We could devirtualize this call if we
-		// could derive an appropriate dictionary argument.
-		//
-		// TODO(mdempsky): If typ has has a promoted non-generic method,
-		// then that method won't require a dictionary argument. We could
-		// still devirtualize those calls.
-		//
-		// TODO(mdempsky): We have the *runtime.itab in recv.TypeWord. It
-		// should be possible to compute the represented type's runtime
-		// dictionary from this (e.g., by adding a pointer from T[int]'s
-		// *runtime._type to .dict.T[int]; or by recognizing static
-		// references to go:itab.T[int],iface and constructing a direct
-		// reference to .dict.T[int]).
-		if typ.HasShape() {
-			if base.Flag.LowerM != 0 {
-				base.WarnfAt(call.Pos(), "cannot devirtualize %v: shaped receiver %v", call, typ)
-			}
-			return
-		}
-
-		// Further, if sel.X's type has a shape type, then it's a shaped
-		// interface type. In this case, the (non-dynamic) TypeAssertExpr
-		// we construct below would attempt to create an itab
-		// corresponding to this shaped interface type; but the actual
-		// itab pointer in the interface value will correspond to the
-		// original (non-shaped) interface type instead. These are
-		// functionally equivalent, but they have distinct pointer
-		// identities, which leads to the type assertion failing.
-		//
-		// TODO(mdempsky): We know the type assertion here is safe, so we
-		// could instead set a flag so that walk skips the itab check. For
-		// now, punting is easy and safe.
-		if sel.X.Type().HasShape() {
-			if base.Flag.LowerM != 0 {
-				base.WarnfAt(call.Pos(), "cannot devirtualize %v: shaped interface %v", call, sel.X.Type())
-			}
-			return
+	// Further, if sel.X's type has a shape type, then it's a shaped
+	// interface type. In this case, the (non-dynamic) TypeAssertExpr
+	// we construct below would attempt to create an itab
+	// corresponding to this shaped interface type; but the actual
+	// itab pointer in the interface value will correspond to the
+	// original (non-shaped) interface type instead. These are
+	// functionally equivalent, but they have distinct pointer
+	// identities, which leads to the type assertion failing.
+	//
+	// TODO(mdempsky): We know the type assertion here is safe, so we
+	// could instead set a flag so that walk skips the itab check. For
+	// now, punting is easy and safe.
+	if sel.X.Type().HasShape() {
+		if base.Flag.LowerM != 0 {
+			base.WarnfAt(call.Pos(), "cannot devirtualize %v: shaped interface %v", call, sel.X.Type())
 		}
+		return
 	}
 
 	dt := ir.NewTypeAssertExpr(sel.Pos(), sel.X, nil)
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/importer/gcimporter_test.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/importer/gcimporter_test.go
index 387c7c03fe9..fec6737c1dc 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/importer/gcimporter_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/importer/gcimporter_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"cmd/compile/internal/types2"
 	"fmt"
 	"go/build"
-	"internal/goexperiment"
 	"internal/testenv"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ func TestImportTestdata(t *testing.T) {
 		"exports.go":  {"go/ast", "go/token"},
 		"generics.go": nil,
 	}
-	if goexperiment.Unified {
+	if true /* was goexperiment.Unified */ {
 		// TODO(mdempsky): Fix test below to flatten the transitive
 		// Package.Imports graph. Unified IR is more precise about
 		// recreating the package import graph.
@@ -343,8 +342,12 @@ func verifyInterfaceMethodRecvs(t *testing.T, named *types2.Named, level int) {
 	// The unified IR importer always sets interface method receiver
 	// parameters to point to the Interface type, rather than the Named.
 	// See #49906.
+	//
+	// TODO(mdempsky): This is only true for the types2 importer. For
+	// the go/types importer, we duplicate the Interface and rewrite its
+	// receiver methods to match historical behavior.
 	var want types2.Type = named
-	if goexperiment.Unified {
+	if true /* was goexperiment.Unified */ {
 		want = iface
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/inline/inl.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/inline/inl.go
index e3b2e44f61a..de25d451ebb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/inline/inl.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/inline/inl.go
@@ -645,15 +645,13 @@ func (v *hairyVisitor) doNode(n ir.Node) bool {
 		// minimize impact to the existing inlining heuristics (in
 		// particular, to avoid breaking the existing inlinability regress
 		// tests), we need to compensate for this here.
-		if base.Debug.Unified != 0 {
-			if init := n.Rhs[0].Init(); len(init) == 1 {
-				if _, ok := init[0].(*ir.AssignListStmt); ok {
-					// 4 for each value, because each temporary variable now
-					// appears 3 times (DCL, LHS, RHS), plus an extra DCL node.
-					//
-					// 1 for the extra "tmp1, tmp2 = f()" assignment statement.
-					v.budget += 4*int32(len(n.Lhs)) + 1
-				}
+		if init := n.Rhs[0].Init(); len(init) == 1 {
+			if _, ok := init[0].(*ir.AssignListStmt); ok {
+				// 4 for each value, because each temporary variable now
+				// appears 3 times (DCL, LHS, RHS), plus an extra DCL node.
+				//
+				// 1 for the extra "tmp1, tmp2 = f()" assignment statement.
+				v.budget += 4*int32(len(n.Lhs)) + 1
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -958,49 +956,6 @@ func mkinlcall(n *ir.CallExpr, fn *ir.Func, maxCost int32, inlCalls *[]*ir.Inlin
 		return n
 	}
 
-	// The non-unified frontend has issues with inlining and shape parameters.
-	if base.Debug.Unified == 0 {
-		// Don't inline a function fn that has no shape parameters, but is passed at
-		// least one shape arg. This means we must be inlining a non-generic function
-		// fn that was passed into a generic function, and can be called with a shape
-		// arg because it matches an appropriate type parameters. But fn may include
-		// an interface conversion (that may be applied to a shape arg) that was not
-		// apparent when we first created the instantiation of the generic function.
-		// We can't handle this if we actually do the inlining, since we want to know
-		// all interface conversions immediately after stenciling. So, we avoid
-		// inlining in this case, see issue #49309. (1)
-		//
-		// See discussion on go.dev/cl/406475 for more background.
-		if !fn.Type().Params().HasShape() {
-			for _, arg := range n.Args {
-				if arg.Type().HasShape() {
-					if logopt.Enabled() {
-						logopt.LogOpt(n.Pos(), "cannotInlineCall", "inline", ir.FuncName(ir.CurFunc),
-							fmt.Sprintf("inlining function %v has no-shape params with shape args", ir.FuncName(fn)))
-					}
-					return n
-				}
-			}
-		} else {
-			// Don't inline a function fn that has shape parameters, but is passed no shape arg.
-			// See comments (1) above, and issue #51909.
-			inlineable := len(n.Args) == 0 // Function has shape in type, with no arguments can always be inlined.
-			for _, arg := range n.Args {
-				if arg.Type().HasShape() {
-					inlineable = true
-					break
-				}
-			}
-			if !inlineable {
-				if logopt.Enabled() {
-					logopt.LogOpt(n.Pos(), "cannotInlineCall", "inline", ir.FuncName(ir.CurFunc),
-						fmt.Sprintf("inlining function %v has shape params with no-shape args", ir.FuncName(fn)))
-				}
-				return n
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	if base.Flag.Cfg.Instrumenting && types.IsRuntimePkg(fn.Sym().Pkg) {
 		// Runtime package must not be instrumented.
 		// Instrument skips runtime package. However, some runtime code can be
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/export.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/export.go
index 263cdc262bb..e1f289b56f8 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/export.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/export.go
@@ -10,19 +10,14 @@ import (
 	"io"
 
 	"cmd/compile/internal/base"
-	"cmd/compile/internal/typecheck"
 	"cmd/internal/bio"
 )
 
 func WriteExports(out *bio.Writer) {
 	var data bytes.Buffer
 
-	if base.Debug.Unified != 0 {
-		data.WriteByte('u')
-		writeUnifiedExport(&data)
-	} else {
-		typecheck.WriteExports(&data, true)
-	}
+	data.WriteByte('u')
+	writeUnifiedExport(&data)
 
 	// The linker also looks for the $$ marker - use char after $$ to distinguish format.
 	out.WriteString("\n$$B\n") // indicate binary export format
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/import.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/import.go
index 8b017ecfd59..b7008ac5e8b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/import.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/import.go
@@ -231,10 +231,6 @@ func readImportFile(path string, target *ir.Package, env *types2.Context, packag
 
 	switch c {
 	case 'u':
-		if !buildcfg.Experiment.Unified {
-			base.Fatalf("unexpected export data format")
-		}
-
 		// TODO(mdempsky): This seems a bit clunky.
 		data = strings.TrimSuffix(data, "\n$$\n")
 
@@ -244,20 +240,6 @@ func readImportFile(path string, target *ir.Package, env *types2.Context, packag
 		readPackage(newPkgReader(pr), pkg1, false)
 		pkg2 = importer.ReadPackage(env, packages, pr)
 
-	case 'i':
-		if buildcfg.Experiment.Unified {
-			base.Fatalf("unexpected export data format")
-		}
-
-		typecheck.ReadImports(pkg1, data)
-
-		if packages != nil {
-			pkg2, err = importer.ImportData(packages, data, path)
-			if err != nil {
-				return
-			}
-		}
-
 	default:
 		// Indexed format is distinguished by an 'i' byte,
 		// whereas previous export formats started with 'c', 'd', or 'v'.
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/noder.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/noder.go
index d0d95451ac0..1db9618d96d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/noder.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/noder.go
@@ -73,13 +73,7 @@ func LoadPackage(filenames []string) {
 	}
 	base.Timer.AddEvent(int64(lines), "lines")
 
-	if base.Debug.Unified != 0 {
-		unified(noders)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Use types2 to type-check and generate IR.
-	check2(noders)
+	unified(noders)
 }
 
 func (p *noder) errorAt(pos syntax.Pos, format string, args ...interface{}) {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/reader.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/reader.go
index bd15729171e..bdec467f90a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/reader.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/reader.go
@@ -3688,11 +3688,6 @@ func (r *reader) importedDef() bool {
 }
 
 func MakeWrappers(target *ir.Package) {
-	// Only unified IR emits its own wrappers.
-	if base.Debug.Unified == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
 	// always generate a wrapper for error.Error (#29304)
 	needWrapperTypes = append(needWrapperTypes, types.ErrorType)
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/helpers.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/helpers.go
index 99461cff52b..f2d69cd256e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/helpers.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/helpers.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func hasRType(n, rtype ir.Node, fieldName string) bool {
 	// gets confused by implicit conversions. Also, because
 	// package-scope statements can never be generic, so they'll never
 	// require dictionary lookups.
-	if base.Debug.Unified != 0 && ir.CurFunc.Nname.Sym().Name != "init" {
+	if ir.CurFunc.Nname.Sym().Name != "init" {
 		ir.Dump("CurFunc", ir.CurFunc)
 		base.FatalfAt(n.Pos(), "missing %s in %v: %+v", fieldName, ir.CurFunc, n)
 	}
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/reflect.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/reflect.go
index 088a8791757..6746ac90676 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/reflect.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/reflect.go
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"cmd/compile/internal/base"
 	"cmd/compile/internal/bitvec"
 	"cmd/compile/internal/compare"
-	"cmd/compile/internal/escape"
-	"cmd/compile/internal/inline"
 	"cmd/compile/internal/ir"
 	"cmd/compile/internal/objw"
 	"cmd/compile/internal/typebits"
@@ -1868,199 +1866,14 @@ func NeedEmit(typ *types.Type) bool {
 //
 // These wrappers are always fully stenciled.
 func methodWrapper(rcvr *types.Type, method *types.Field, forItab bool) *obj.LSym {
-	orig := rcvr
 	if forItab && !types.IsDirectIface(rcvr) {
 		rcvr = rcvr.PtrTo()
 	}
 
-	generic := false
-	// We don't need a dictionary if we are reaching a method (possibly via an
-	// embedded field) which is an interface method.
-	if !types.IsInterfaceMethod(method.Type) {
-		rcvr1 := deref(rcvr)
-		if len(rcvr1.RParams()) > 0 {
-			// If rcvr has rparams, remember method as generic, which
-			// means we need to add a dictionary to the wrapper.
-			generic = true
-			if rcvr.HasShape() {
-				base.Fatalf("method on type instantiated with shapes, rcvr:%+v", rcvr)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	newnam := ir.MethodSym(rcvr, method.Sym)
 	lsym := newnam.Linksym()
 
 	// Unified IR creates its own wrappers.
-	if base.Debug.Unified != 0 {
-		return lsym
-	}
-
-	if newnam.Siggen() {
-		return lsym
-	}
-	newnam.SetSiggen(true)
-
-	methodrcvr := method.Type.Recv().Type
-	// For generic methods, we need to generate the wrapper even if the receiver
-	// types are identical, because we want to add the dictionary.
-	if !generic && types.Identical(rcvr, methodrcvr) {
-		return lsym
-	}
-
-	if !NeedEmit(rcvr) || rcvr.IsPtr() && !NeedEmit(rcvr.Elem()) {
-		return lsym
-	}
-
-	base.Pos = base.AutogeneratedPos
-	typecheck.DeclContext = ir.PEXTERN
-
-	// TODO(austin): SelectorExpr may have created one or more
-	// ir.Names for these already with a nil Func field. We should
-	// consolidate these and always attach a Func to the Name.
-	fn := typecheck.DeclFunc(newnam, ir.NewField(base.Pos, typecheck.Lookup(".this"), rcvr),
-		typecheck.NewFuncParams(method.Type.Params(), true),
-		typecheck.NewFuncParams(method.Type.Results(), false))
-
-	fn.SetDupok(true)
-
-	nthis := ir.AsNode(fn.Type().Recv().Nname)
-
-	indirect := rcvr.IsPtr() && rcvr.Elem() == methodrcvr
-
-	// generate nil pointer check for better error
-	if indirect {
-		// generating wrapper from *T to T.
-		n := ir.NewIfStmt(base.Pos, nil, nil, nil)
-		n.Cond = ir.NewBinaryExpr(base.Pos, ir.OEQ, nthis, typecheck.NodNil())
-		call := ir.NewCallExpr(base.Pos, ir.OCALL, typecheck.LookupRuntime("panicwrap"), nil)
-		n.Body = []ir.Node{call}
-		fn.Body.Append(n)
-	}
-
-	dot := typecheck.AddImplicitDots(ir.NewSelectorExpr(base.Pos, ir.OXDOT, nthis, method.Sym))
-	// generate call
-	// It's not possible to use a tail call when dynamic linking on ppc64le. The
-	// bad scenario is when a local call is made to the wrapper: the wrapper will
-	// call the implementation, which might be in a different module and so set
-	// the TOC to the appropriate value for that module. But if it returns
-	// directly to the wrapper's caller, nothing will reset it to the correct
-	// value for that function.
-	var call *ir.CallExpr
-	if !base.Flag.Cfg.Instrumenting && rcvr.IsPtr() && methodrcvr.IsPtr() && method.Embedded != 0 && !types.IsInterfaceMethod(method.Type) && !(base.Ctxt.Arch.Name == "ppc64le" && base.Ctxt.Flag_dynlink) && !generic {
-		call = ir.NewCallExpr(base.Pos, ir.OCALL, dot, nil)
-		call.Args = ir.ParamNames(fn.Type())
-		call.IsDDD = fn.Type().IsVariadic()
-		fn.Body.Append(ir.NewTailCallStmt(base.Pos, call))
-	} else {
-		fn.SetWrapper(true) // ignore frame for panic+recover matching
-
-		if generic && dot.X != nthis {
-			// If there is embedding involved, then we should do the
-			// normal non-generic embedding wrapper below, which calls
-			// the wrapper for the real receiver type using dot as an
-			// argument. There is no need for generic processing (adding
-			// a dictionary) for this wrapper.
-			generic = false
-		}
-
-		if generic {
-			targs := deref(rcvr).RParams()
-			// The wrapper for an auto-generated pointer/non-pointer
-			// receiver method should share the same dictionary as the
-			// corresponding original (user-written) method.
-			baseOrig := orig
-			if baseOrig.IsPtr() && !methodrcvr.IsPtr() {
-				baseOrig = baseOrig.Elem()
-			} else if !baseOrig.IsPtr() && methodrcvr.IsPtr() {
-				baseOrig = types.NewPtr(baseOrig)
-			}
-			args := []ir.Node{getDictionary(ir.MethodSym(baseOrig, method.Sym), targs)}
-			if indirect {
-				args = append(args, ir.NewStarExpr(base.Pos, dot.X))
-			} else if methodrcvr.IsPtr() && methodrcvr.Elem() == dot.X.Type() {
-				// Case where method call is via a non-pointer
-				// embedded field with a pointer method.
-				args = append(args, typecheck.NodAddrAt(base.Pos, dot.X))
-			} else {
-				args = append(args, dot.X)
-			}
-			args = append(args, ir.ParamNames(fn.Type())...)
-
-			// Target method uses shaped names.
-			targs2 := make([]*types.Type, len(targs))
-			origRParams := deref(orig).OrigType().RParams()
-			for i, t := range targs {
-				targs2[i] = typecheck.Shapify(t, i, origRParams[i])
-			}
-			targs = targs2
-
-			sym := typecheck.MakeFuncInstSym(ir.MethodSym(methodrcvr, method.Sym), targs, false, true)
-			if sym.Def == nil {
-				// Currently we make sure that we have all the
-				// instantiations we need by generating them all in
-				// ../noder/stencil.go:instantiateMethods
-				// Extra instantiations because of an inlined function
-				// should have been exported, and so available via
-				// Resolve.
-				in := typecheck.Resolve(ir.NewIdent(src.NoXPos, sym))
-				if in.Op() == ir.ONONAME {
-					base.Fatalf("instantiation %s not found", sym.Name)
-				}
-				sym = in.Sym()
-			}
-			target := ir.AsNode(sym.Def)
-			call = ir.NewCallExpr(base.Pos, ir.OCALL, target, args)
-			// Fill-in the generic method node that was not filled in
-			// in instantiateMethod.
-			method.Nname = fn.Nname
-		} else {
-			call = ir.NewCallExpr(base.Pos, ir.OCALL, dot, nil)
-			call.Args = ir.ParamNames(fn.Type())
-		}
-		call.IsDDD = fn.Type().IsVariadic()
-		if method.Type.NumResults() > 0 {
-			ret := ir.NewReturnStmt(base.Pos, nil)
-			ret.Results = []ir.Node{call}
-			fn.Body.Append(ret)
-		} else {
-			fn.Body.Append(call)
-		}
-	}
-
-	typecheck.FinishFuncBody()
-	if base.Debug.DclStack != 0 {
-		types.CheckDclstack()
-	}
-
-	typecheck.Func(fn)
-	ir.CurFunc = fn
-	typecheck.Stmts(fn.Body)
-
-	if AfterGlobalEscapeAnalysis {
-		// Inlining the method may reveal closures, which require walking all function bodies
-		// to decide whether to capture free variables by value or by ref. So we only do inline
-		// if the method do not contain any closures, otherwise, the escape analysis may make
-		// dead variables resurrected, and causing liveness analysis confused, see issue #53702.
-		var canInline bool
-		switch x := call.X.(type) {
-		case *ir.Name:
-			canInline = len(x.Func.Closures) == 0
-		case *ir.SelectorExpr:
-			if x.Op() == ir.OMETHEXPR {
-				canInline = x.FuncName().Func != nil && len(x.FuncName().Func.Closures) == 0
-			}
-		}
-		if canInline {
-			// TODO(prattmic): plumb PGO.
-			inline.InlineCalls(fn, nil)
-		}
-		escape.Batch([]*ir.Func{fn}, false)
-	}
-
-	ir.CurFunc = nil
-	typecheck.Target.Decls = append(typecheck.Target.Decls, fn)
-
 	return lsym
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug_lines_test.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug_lines_test.go
index a9d33b6b0a6..268c4c41db6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug_lines_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug_lines_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"internal/buildcfg"
 	"internal/testenv"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ func TestDebugLinesPushback(t *testing.T) {
 
 	case "arm64", "amd64": // register ABI
 		fn := "(*List[go.shape.int_0]).PushBack"
-		if buildcfg.Experiment.Unified {
+		if true /* was buildcfg.Experiment.Unified */ {
 			// Unified mangles differently
 			fn = "(*List[go.shape.int]).PushBack"
 		}
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ func TestDebugLinesConvert(t *testing.T) {
 
 	case "arm64", "amd64": // register ABI
 		fn := "G[go.shape.int_0]"
-		if buildcfg.Experiment.Unified {
+		if true /* was buildcfg.Experiment.Unified */ {
 			// Unified mangles differently
 			fn = "G[go.shape.int]"
 		}
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/staticinit/sched.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/staticinit/sched.go
index bd1bf4114d3..3747656d587 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/staticinit/sched.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/staticinit/sched.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func (s *Schedule) StaticAssign(l *ir.Name, loff int64, r ir.Node, typ *types.Ty
 			return val.Op() == ir.ONIL
 		}
 
-		if base.Debug.Unified != 0 && val.Type().HasShape() {
+		if val.Type().HasShape() {
 			// See comment in cmd/compile/internal/walk/convert.go:walkConvInterface
 			return false
 		}
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/test/inl_test.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/test/inl_test.go
index e59104df531..eacbe62e687 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/test/inl_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/test/inl_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package test
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"internal/buildcfg"
 	"internal/goexperiment"
 	"internal/testenv"
 	"io"
@@ -235,7 +234,7 @@ func TestIntendedInlining(t *testing.T) {
 		// (*Bool).CompareAndSwap is just over budget on 32-bit systems (386, arm).
 		want["sync/atomic"] = append(want["sync/atomic"], "(*Bool).CompareAndSwap")
 	}
-	if buildcfg.Experiment.Unified {
+	if true /* was buildcfg.Experiment.Unified */ {
 		// Non-unified IR does not report "inlining call ..." for atomic.Pointer[T]'s methods.
 		// TODO(cuonglm): remove once non-unified IR frontend gone.
 		want["sync/atomic"] = append(want["sync/atomic"], "(*Pointer[go.shape.int]).CompareAndSwap")
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/crawler.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/crawler.go
index f14d8855642..a4a507dfeca 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/crawler.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/crawler.go
@@ -336,27 +336,6 @@ func (p *crawler) markInlBody(n *ir.Name) {
 			} else {
 				p.checkForFullyInst(t)
 			}
-			if base.Debug.Unified == 0 {
-				// If a method of un-exported type is promoted and accessible by
-				// embedding in an exported type, it makes that type reachable.
-				//
-				// Example:
-				//
-				//     type t struct {}
-				//     func (t) M() {}
-				//
-				//     func F() interface{} { return struct{ t }{} }
-				//
-				// We generate the wrapper for "struct{ t }".M, and inline call
-				// to "struct{ t }".M, which makes "t.M" reachable.
-				if t.IsStruct() {
-					for _, f := range t.FieldSlice() {
-						if f.Embedded != 0 {
-							p.markEmbed(f.Type)
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
 		}
 
 		switch n.Op() {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/subr.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/subr.go
index bfe27cb60d0..96ad6af42da 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/subr.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/subr.go
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ func Assignop1(src, dst *types.Type) (ir.Op, string) {
 			// don't have the methods for them.
 			return ir.OCONVIFACE, ""
 		}
-		if base.Debug.Unified != 0 && src.HasShape() {
+		if src.HasShape() {
 			// Unified IR uses OCONVIFACE for converting all derived types
 			// to interface type, not just type arguments themselves.
 			return ir.OCONVIFACE, ""
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/closure.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/closure.go
index 590c9a3ad46..42750c21256 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/closure.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/closure.go
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ func methodValueWrapper(dot *ir.SelectorExpr) *ir.Name {
 		base.Fatalf("methodValueWrapper: unexpected %v (%v)", dot, dot.Op())
 	}
 
-	t0 := dot.Type()
 	meth := dot.Sel
 	rcvrtype := dot.X.Type()
 	sym := ir.MethodSymSuffix(rcvrtype, meth, "-fm")
@@ -227,48 +226,6 @@ func methodValueWrapper(dot *ir.SelectorExpr) *ir.Name {
 	}
 	sym.SetUniq(true)
 
-	if base.Debug.Unified != 0 {
-		base.FatalfAt(dot.Pos(), "missing wrapper for %v", meth)
-	}
-
-	savecurfn := ir.CurFunc
-	saveLineNo := base.Pos
-	ir.CurFunc = nil
-
-	base.Pos = base.AutogeneratedPos
-
-	fn := typecheck.DeclFunc(sym, nil,
-		typecheck.NewFuncParams(t0.Params(), true),
-		typecheck.NewFuncParams(t0.Results(), false))
-	fn.SetDupok(true)
-	fn.SetWrapper(true)
-
-	// Declare and initialize variable holding receiver.
-	ptr := ir.NewHiddenParam(base.Pos, fn, typecheck.Lookup(".this"), rcvrtype)
-
-	call := ir.NewCallExpr(base.Pos, ir.OCALL, ir.NewSelectorExpr(base.Pos, ir.OXDOT, ptr, meth), nil)
-	call.Args = ir.ParamNames(fn.Type())
-	call.IsDDD = fn.Type().IsVariadic()
-
-	var body ir.Node = call
-	if t0.NumResults() != 0 {
-		ret := ir.NewReturnStmt(base.Pos, nil)
-		ret.Results = []ir.Node{call}
-		body = ret
-	}
-
-	fn.Body = []ir.Node{body}
-	typecheck.FinishFuncBody()
-
-	typecheck.Func(fn)
-	// Need to typecheck the body of the just-generated wrapper.
-	// typecheckslice() requires that Curfn is set when processing an ORETURN.
-	ir.CurFunc = fn
-	typecheck.Stmts(fn.Body)
-	sym.Def = fn.Nname
-	typecheck.Target.Decls = append(typecheck.Target.Decls, fn)
-	ir.CurFunc = savecurfn
-	base.Pos = saveLineNo
-
-	return fn.Nname
+	base.FatalfAt(dot.Pos(), "missing wrapper for %v", meth)
+	panic("unreachable")
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/convert.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/convert.go
index bf06ed6f467..629dd9af4fe 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/convert.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/convert.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func walkConvInterface(n *ir.ConvExpr, init *ir.Nodes) ir.Node {
 	toType := n.Type()
 	if !fromType.IsInterface() && !ir.IsBlank(ir.CurFunc.Nname) {
 		// skip unnamed functions (func _())
-		if base.Debug.Unified != 0 && fromType.HasShape() {
+		if fromType.HasShape() {
 			// Unified IR uses OCONVIFACE for converting all derived types
 			// to interface type. Avoid assertion failure in
 			// MarkTypeUsedInInterface, because we've marked used types
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/link_test.go b/src/cmd/link/link_test.go
index 7d0033f1d12..4dca2e20d61 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/link_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/link_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"debug/macho"
-	"internal/buildcfg"
 	"internal/platform"
 	"internal/testenv"
 	"os"
@@ -1094,7 +1093,7 @@ func TestUnlinkableObj(t *testing.T) {
 	testenv.MustHaveGoBuild(t)
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	if buildcfg.Experiment.Unified {
+	if true /* was buildcfg.Experiment.Unified */ {
 		t.Skip("TODO(mdempsky): Fix ICE when importing unlinkable objects for GOEXPERIMENT=unified")
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/go/importer/importer_test.go b/src/go/importer/importer_test.go
index 142efd30f46..e5c50f687ba 100644
--- a/src/go/importer/importer_test.go
+++ b/src/go/importer/importer_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package importer
 import (
 	"go/build"
 	"go/token"
-	"internal/buildcfg"
 	"internal/testenv"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ func TestForCompiler(t *testing.T) {
 		// support for it in unified IR. It's not clear that we actually
 		// need to support importing "math/big" as "math/bigger", for
 		// example. cmd/link no longer supports that.
-		if buildcfg.Experiment.Unified {
+		if true /* was buildcfg.Experiment.Unified */ {
 			t.Skip("not supported by GOEXPERIMENT=unified; see go.dev/cl/406319")
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/go/internal/gcimporter/gcimporter_test.go b/src/go/internal/gcimporter/gcimporter_test.go
index f2202ab4788..3270f3d6829 100644
--- a/src/go/internal/gcimporter/gcimporter_test.go
+++ b/src/go/internal/gcimporter/gcimporter_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package gcimporter_test
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"internal/goexperiment"
 	"internal/goroot"
 	"internal/testenv"
 	"os"
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ func TestImportTestdata(t *testing.T) {
 		"exports.go":  {"go/ast", "go/token"},
 		"generics.go": nil,
 	}
-	if goexperiment.Unified {
+	if true /* was goexperiment.Unified */ {
 		// TODO(mdempsky): Fix test below to flatten the transitive
 		// Package.Imports graph. Unified IR is more precise about
 		// recreating the package import graph.
@@ -168,17 +167,6 @@ func TestImportTypeparamTests(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	var skip map[string]string
-	if !goexperiment.Unified {
-		// The Go 1.18 frontend still fails several cases.
-		skip = map[string]string{
-			"equal.go":      "inconsistent embedded sorting", // TODO(rfindley): investigate this.
-			"nested.go":     "fails to compile",              // TODO(rfindley): investigate this.
-			"issue47631.go": "can not handle local type declarations",
-			"issue55101.go": "fails to compile",
-		}
-	}
-
 	for _, entry := range list {
 		if entry.IsDir() || !strings.HasSuffix(entry.Name(), ".go") {
 			// For now, only consider standalone go files.
@@ -186,10 +174,6 @@ func TestImportTypeparamTests(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		t.Run(entry.Name(), func(t *testing.T) {
-			if reason, ok := skip[entry.Name()]; ok {
-				t.Skip(reason)
-			}
-
 			filename := filepath.Join(rootDir, entry.Name())
 			src, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/src/internal/buildcfg/exp.go b/src/internal/buildcfg/exp.go
index 71f8f5648d4..513070c8af7 100644
--- a/src/internal/buildcfg/exp.go
+++ b/src/internal/buildcfg/exp.go
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ func ParseGOEXPERIMENT(goos, goarch, goexp string) (*ExperimentFlags, error) {
 	baseline := goexperiment.Flags{
 		RegabiWrappers:   regabiSupported,
 		RegabiArgs:       regabiSupported,
-		Unified:          true,
 		CoverageRedesign: true,
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/internal/goexperiment/exp_unified_off.go b/src/internal/goexperiment/exp_unified_off.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c16fd85624..00000000000
--- a/src/internal/goexperiment/exp_unified_off.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-// Code generated by mkconsts.go. DO NOT EDIT.
-
-//go:build !goexperiment.unified
-// +build !goexperiment.unified
-
-package goexperiment
-
-const Unified = false
-const UnifiedInt = 0
diff --git a/src/internal/goexperiment/exp_unified_on.go b/src/internal/goexperiment/exp_unified_on.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b17ba3e79b..00000000000
--- a/src/internal/goexperiment/exp_unified_on.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-// Code generated by mkconsts.go. DO NOT EDIT.
-
-//go:build goexperiment.unified
-// +build goexperiment.unified
-
-package goexperiment
-
-const Unified = true
-const UnifiedInt = 1
diff --git a/src/internal/goexperiment/flags.go b/src/internal/goexperiment/flags.go
index 02e744362c3..8292f97b719 100644
--- a/src/internal/goexperiment/flags.go
+++ b/src/internal/goexperiment/flags.go
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ type Flags struct {
 	StaticLockRanking bool
 	BoringCrypto      bool
 
-	// Unified enables the compiler's unified IR construction
-	// experiment.
-	Unified bool
-
 	// Regabi is split into several sub-experiments that can be
 	// enabled individually. Not all combinations work.
 	// The "regabi" GOEXPERIMENT is an alias for all "working"
diff --git a/test/escape_iface_nounified.go b/test/escape_iface_nounified.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d267bcd185..00000000000
--- a/test/escape_iface_nounified.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-// errorcheck -0 -m -l
-//go:build !goexperiment.unified
-// +build !goexperiment.unified
-
-// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-package escape
-
-var sink interface{}
-
-func dotTypeEscape2() { // #13805, #15796
-	{
-		i := 0
-		j := 0
-		var ok bool
-		var x interface{} = i // ERROR "i does not escape"
-		var y interface{} = j // ERROR "j does not escape"
-
-		sink = x.(int) // ERROR "x.\(int\) escapes to heap"
-		// BAD: should be "y.\(int\) escapes to heap" too
-		sink, *(&ok) = y.(int)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/test/escape_iface_unified.go b/test/escape_iface_unified.go
index 80222dae5fe..80dc80ca7ba 100644
--- a/test/escape_iface_unified.go
+++ b/test/escape_iface_unified.go
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 // errorcheck -0 -m -l
-//go:build goexperiment.unified
-// +build goexperiment.unified
 
 // Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue46903.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue46903.go
index 28cb43df3ba..3a0b6049fd5 100644
--- a/test/fixedbugs/issue46903.go
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue46903.go
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 // run
-//go:build goexperiment.unified && cgo
-
-// TODO(mdempsky): Enable test unconditionally. This test should pass
-// for non-unified mode too.
+//go:build cgo
 
 // Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue53439.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue53439.go
index dc444b889a1..f366a44183f 100644
--- a/test/fixedbugs/issue53439.go
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue53439.go
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // compile
-//go:build goexperiment.unified
 
 // Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
diff --git a/test/inline_nounified.go b/test/inline_nounified.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a9fc100716..00000000000
--- a/test/inline_nounified.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// errorcheckwithauto -0 -m -d=inlfuncswithclosures=1
-//go:build !goexperiment.unified
-// +build !goexperiment.unified
-
-// Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-package foo
-
-func r(z int) int {
-	foo := func(x int) int { // ERROR "can inline r.func1" "func literal does not escape"
-		return x + z
-	}
-	bar := func(x int) int { // ERROR "func literal does not escape" "can inline r.func2"
-		return x + func(y int) int { // ERROR "can inline r.func2.1" "can inline r.func3"
-			return 2*y + x*z
-		}(x) // ERROR "inlining call to r.func2.1"
-	}
-	return foo(42) + bar(42) // ERROR "inlining call to r.func1" "inlining call to r.func2" "inlining call to r.func3"
-}
diff --git a/test/inline_unified.go b/test/inline_unified.go
index 5dc43ab070c..dad11827d79 100644
--- a/test/inline_unified.go
+++ b/test/inline_unified.go
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 // errorcheckwithauto -0 -m -d=inlfuncswithclosures=1
-//go:build goexperiment.unified
-// +build goexperiment.unified
 
 // Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
diff --git a/test/run.go b/test/run.go
index 9a18f136721..8eff84d92de 100644
--- a/test/run.go
+++ b/test/run.go
@@ -76,15 +76,6 @@ var env = func() (res envVars) {
 	return
 }()
 
-var unifiedEnabled = func() bool {
-	for _, tag := range build.Default.ToolTags {
-		if tag == "goexperiment.unified" {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}()
-
 // defaultAllCodeGen returns the default value of the -all_codegen
 // flag. By default, we prefer to be fast (returning false), except on
 // the linux-amd64 builder that's already very fast, so we get more
@@ -374,10 +365,6 @@ func (t *test) initExpectFail() {
 		failureSets = append(failureSets, types2Failures32Bit)
 	}
 
-	if !unifiedEnabled {
-		failureSets = append(failureSets, go118Failures)
-	}
-
 	filename := strings.Replace(t.goFileName(), "\\", "/", -1) // goFileName() uses \ on Windows
 
 	for _, set := range failureSets {
@@ -2037,21 +2024,6 @@ var types2Failures32Bit = setOf(
 	"fixedbugs/issue23305.go", // large untyped int passed to println (32-bit)
 )
 
-var go118Failures = setOf(
-	"fixedbugs/issue54343.go",  // 1.18 compiler assigns receiver parameter to global variable
-	"fixedbugs/issue56280.go",  // 1.18 compiler doesn't support inlining generic functions
-	"typeparam/nested.go",      // 1.18 compiler doesn't support function-local types with generics
-	"typeparam/issue47631.go",  // 1.18 can not handle local type declarations
-	"typeparam/issue51521.go",  // 1.18 compiler produces bad panic message and link error
-	"typeparam/issue54456.go",  // 1.18 compiler fails to distinguish local generic types
-	"typeparam/issue54497.go",  // 1.18 compiler is more conservative about inlining due to repeated issues
-	"typeparam/issue55101.go",  // 1.18 compiler ICEs writing export data
-	"typeparam/mdempsky/16.go", // 1.18 compiler uses interface shape type in failed type assertions
-	"typeparam/mdempsky/17.go", // 1.18 compiler mishandles implicit conversions from range loops
-	"typeparam/mdempsky/18.go", // 1.18 compiler mishandles implicit conversions in select statements
-	"typeparam/mdempsky/20.go", // 1.18 compiler crashes on method expressions promoted to derived types
-)
-
 // In all of these cases, the 1.17 compiler reports reasonable errors, but either the
 // 1.17 or 1.18 compiler report extra errors, so we can't match correctly on both. We
 // now set the patterns to match correctly on all the 1.18 errors.