diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_optimizer_types.h b/Include/internal/pycore_optimizer_types.h
index c1928ec9ebdac3b..a722652cc8163aa 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_optimizer_types.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_optimizer_types.h
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ typedef union {
 
 typedef struct _Py_UOpsAbstractFrame {
     bool globals_watched;
-    bool builtins_checked;
     // The version number of the globals dicts, once checked. 0 if unchecked.
     uint32_t globals_checked_version;
     // Max stacklen
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py
index e84ea680c781b2d..207422cc670330d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py
@@ -5106,35 +5106,6 @@ def f(n):
         # A different function enters the same executor with other builtins.
         self.assertEqual(f_copied(8), [42] * 8)
 
-    def test_builtins_guard_emitted_once_per_frame(self):
-        # A frame's builtins cannot change once the frame is pushed, so
-        # repeated builtin loads in one frame share a single guard, just as
-        # they already share a single _GUARD_GLOBALS_VERSION.
-
-        def warmup(n):
-            x = 0
-            for _ in range(n):
-                x += len("ab")
-            return x
-
-        def one_frame(n):
-            x = 0
-            for _ in range(n):
-                x += len("ab") + abs(-1) + ord("c")
-            return x
-
-        # The optimizer context is reused for every compilation, so compile an
-        # unrelated trace first: state that is not reset per frame leaks here.
-        warmup(TIER2_THRESHOLD)
-        self.assertIsNotNone(get_first_executor(warmup))
-
-        _, ex = self._run_with_optimizer(one_frame, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
-        self.assertIsNotNone(ex)
-        uop_names = get_opnames(ex)
-        self.assertNotIn("_LOAD_GLOBAL_BUILTINS", uop_names)  # all folded
-        self.assertEqual(uop_names.count("_GUARD_BUILTINS_IS_CANONICAL"), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(uop_names.count("_GUARD_GLOBALS_VERSION"), 1)
-
     def test_reference_tracking_across_call_doesnt_crash(self):
 
         def f1():
diff --git a/Python/optimizer_bytecodes.c b/Python/optimizer_bytecodes.c
index a8ad6b38d01307e..5e2c4148a4e1ac3 100644
--- a/Python/optimizer_bytecodes.c
+++ b/Python/optimizer_bytecodes.c
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#include <stdint.h>
-
 #include "Python.h"
 #include "pycore_long.h"
 #include "pycore_opcode_utils.h"
@@ -2534,8 +2532,9 @@ dummy_func(void) {
                 uop_buffer_remaining_space(&ctx->out_buffer) >= 2)
             {
                 cnst = convert_global_to_const(this_instr, builtins);
-                if (cnst != NULL && !ctx->frame->builtins_checked) {
-                    ctx->frame->builtins_checked = true;
+                if (cnst != NULL) {
+                    /* convert_global_to_const already chose the right
+                     * _LOAD_CONST_INLINE[_BORROW] opcode; reuse it. */
                     ADD_OP(_GUARD_BUILTINS_IS_CANONICAL, 0, 0);
                     ADD_OP(this_instr->opcode, 0, (uintptr_t)cnst);
                 }
diff --git a/Python/optimizer_cases.c.h b/Python/optimizer_cases.c.h
index 14e84e94caae944..c0268efa1291095 100644
--- a/Python/optimizer_cases.c.h
+++ b/Python/optimizer_cases.c.h
@@ -2314,8 +2314,7 @@
                     uop_buffer_remaining_space(&ctx->out_buffer) >= 2)
                 {
                     cnst = convert_global_to_const(this_instr, builtins);
-                    if (cnst != NULL && !ctx->frame->builtins_checked) {
-                        ctx->frame->builtins_checked = true;
+                    if (cnst != NULL) {
                         ADD_OP(_GUARD_BUILTINS_IS_CANONICAL, 0, 0);
                         ADD_OP(this_instr->opcode, 0, (uintptr_t)cnst);
                     }
diff --git a/Python/optimizer_symbols.c b/Python/optimizer_symbols.c
index 7495c95efccafd0..79f81482d247e37 100644
--- a/Python/optimizer_symbols.c
+++ b/Python/optimizer_symbols.c
@@ -1378,7 +1378,6 @@ _Py_uop_frame_new(
     frame->stack_pointer = frame->stack;
     frame->globals_checked_version = 0;
     frame->globals_watched = false;
-    frame->builtins_checked = false;
     frame->func = NULL;
     frame->caller = false;
     frame->is_c_recursion_checked = false;