diff --git a/compiler/rustc_query_impl/src/plumbing.rs b/compiler/rustc_query_impl/src/plumbing.rs
index 5ebeae35964..6d76d09f619 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_query_impl/src/plumbing.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_query_impl/src/plumbing.rs
@@ -83,17 +83,12 @@ fn start_query<R>(
         &self,
         token: QueryJobId<Self::DepKind>,
         diagnostics: Option<&Lock<ThinVec<Diagnostic>>>,
-        read_allowed: bool,
         compute: impl FnOnce() -> R,
     ) -> R {
         // The `TyCtxt` stored in TLS has the same global interner lifetime
         // as `self`, so we use `with_related_context` to relate the 'tcx lifetimes
         // when accessing the `ImplicitCtxt`.
         tls::with_related_context(**self, move |current_icx| {
-            let mut old_read_allowed = false;
-            if let Some(task_deps) = current_icx.task_deps {
-                old_read_allowed = std::mem::replace(&mut task_deps.lock().read_allowed, read_allowed);
-            }
             // Update the `ImplicitCtxt` to point to our new query job.
             let new_icx = ImplicitCtxt {
                 tcx: **self,
@@ -104,14 +99,9 @@ fn start_query<R>(
             };
 
             // Use the `ImplicitCtxt` while we execute the query.
-            let res = tls::enter_context(&new_icx, |_| {
+            tls::enter_context(&new_icx, |_| {
                 rustc_data_structures::stack::ensure_sufficient_stack(compute)
-            });
-
-            if let Some(task_deps) = new_icx.task_deps {
-                task_deps.lock().read_allowed = old_read_allowed;
-            }
-            res
+            })
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_query_system/src/query/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_query_system/src/query/mod.rs
index 265e0b80d7c..a2f7843baaa 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_query_system/src/query/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_query_system/src/query/mod.rs
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ fn start_query<R>(
         &self,
         token: QueryJobId<Self::DepKind>,
         diagnostics: Option<&Lock<ThinVec<Diagnostic>>>,
-        read_allowed: bool,
         compute: impl FnOnce() -> R,
     ) -> R;
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_query_system/src/query/plumbing.rs b/compiler/rustc_query_system/src/query/plumbing.rs
index fd22698e419..cd31c5b3f08 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_query_system/src/query/plumbing.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_query_system/src/query/plumbing.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 //! generate the actual methods on tcx which find and execute the provider,
 //! manage the caches, and so forth.
 
+use crate::dep_graph::DepKind;
 use crate::dep_graph::{DepContext, DepNode, DepNodeIndex, DepNodeParams, TaskDeps};
 use crate::query::caches::QueryCache;
 use crate::query::config::{QueryDescription, QueryVtable};
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@
     report_cycle, QueryInfo, QueryJob, QueryJobId, QueryJobInfo, QueryShardJobId,
 };
 use crate::query::{QueryContext, QueryMap, QuerySideEffects, QueryStackFrame};
-use crate::dep_graph::DepKind;
 use rustc_data_structures::fingerprint::Fingerprint;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::{FxHashMap, FxHasher};
 #[cfg(parallel_compiler)]
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ fn execute_job<CTX, K, V>(
     // Fast path for when incr. comp. is off.
     if !dep_graph.is_fully_enabled() {
         let prof_timer = tcx.dep_context().profiler().query_provider();
-        let result = tcx.start_query(job_id, None, true, || query.compute(*tcx.dep_context(), key));
+        let result = tcx.start_query(job_id, None, || query.compute(*tcx.dep_context(), key));
         let dep_node_index = dep_graph.next_virtual_depnode_index();
         prof_timer.finish_with_query_invocation_id(dep_node_index.into());
         return (result, dep_node_index);
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ fn execute_job<CTX, K, V>(
 
         // The diagnostics for this query will be promoted to the current session during
         // `try_mark_green()`, so we can ignore them here.
-        if let Some(ret) = tcx.start_query(job_id, None, false, || {
+        if let Some(ret) = tcx.start_query(job_id, None, || {
             try_load_from_disk_and_cache_in_memory(tcx, &key, &dep_node, query)
         }) {
             return ret;
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ fn execute_job<CTX, K, V>(
     let prof_timer = tcx.dep_context().profiler().query_provider();
     let diagnostics = Lock::new(ThinVec::new());
 
-    let (result, dep_node_index) = tcx.start_query(job_id, Some(&diagnostics), true, || {
+    let (result, dep_node_index) = tcx.start_query(job_id, Some(&diagnostics), || {
         if query.anon {
             return dep_graph.with_anon_task(*tcx.dep_context(), query.dep_kind, || {
                 query.compute(*tcx.dep_context(), key)