diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/check.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/check.go
index 4a10606..af123d8 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/check.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/check.go
@@ -85,19 +85,6 @@
 			if b.Aux == nil {
 				f.Fatalf("retjmp block %s has nil Aux field", b)
 			}
-		case BlockDead:
-			if len(b.Succs) != 0 {
-				f.Fatalf("dead block %s has successors", b)
-			}
-			if len(b.Preds) != 0 {
-				f.Fatalf("dead block %s has predecessors", b)
-			}
-			if len(b.Values) != 0 {
-				f.Fatalf("dead block %s has values", b)
-			}
-			if b.Control != nil {
-				f.Fatalf("dead block %s has a control value", b)
-			}
 		case BlockPlain:
 			if len(b.Succs) != 1 {
 				f.Fatalf("plain block %s len(Succs)==%d, want 1", b, len(b.Succs))
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/gen/genericOps.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/gen/genericOps.go
index 88ae8b1..8ea04c4 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/gen/genericOps.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/gen/genericOps.go
@@ -438,9 +438,8 @@
 	{name: "RetJmp"}, // no successors, jumps to b.Aux.(*gc.Sym)
 	{name: "Exit"},   // no successors, control value generates a panic
 
-	// transient block states used for dead code removal
+	// transient block state used for dead code removal
 	{name: "First"}, // 2 successors, always takes the first one (second is dead)
-	{name: "Dead"},  // no successors; determined to be dead but not yet removed
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/opGen.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/opGen.go
index 9ab9be7..2795d97 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/opGen.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/opGen.go
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 	BlockRetJmp
 	BlockExit
 	BlockFirst
-	BlockDead
 )
 
 var blockString = [...]string{
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@
 	BlockRetJmp: "RetJmp",
 	BlockExit:   "Exit",
 	BlockFirst:  "First",
-	BlockDead:   "Dead",
 }
 
 func (k BlockKind) String() string { return blockString[k] }
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/rewrite.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/rewrite.go
index f8a6d27..c127e85 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/rewrite.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/rewrite.go
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 	for {
 		change := false
 		for _, b := range f.Blocks {
-			if b.Kind == BlockDead {
-				continue
-			}
 			if b.Control != nil && b.Control.Op == OpCopy {
 				for b.Control.Op == OpCopy {
 					b.SetControl(b.Control.Args[0])