diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/interfaces/lib/template.d.ts b/packages/@glimmer/interfaces/lib/template.d.ts
index f052ad2283..d443ec6ed3 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/interfaces/lib/template.d.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/interfaces/lib/template.d.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export interface LayoutWithContext {
   readonly owner: Owner | null;
   readonly scope: (() => unknown[]) | undefined | null;
   readonly isStrictMode: boolean;
-  readonly asPartial: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface BlockWithContext {
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ export interface TemplateOk {
 
   // internal casts, these are lazily created and cached
   asLayout(): CompilableProgram;
-  asPartial(): CompilableProgram;
   asWrappedLayout(): CompilableProgram;
 }
 
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ export interface NamedBlocks {
 }
 
 export interface ContainingMetadata {
-  asPartial: boolean;
   evalSymbols: Option<string[]>;
   upvars: Option<string[]>;
   scopeValues: unknown[] | null;
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/encoder.ts b/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/encoder.ts
index 42ad1231a6..ec27d96d11 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/encoder.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/encoder.ts
@@ -99,13 +99,9 @@ export function encodeOp(
           freeVar
         ];
 
-        if (meta.asPartial === true) {
-          encoder.push(constants, Op.ResolveMaybeLocal, name);
-        } else {
-          let then = op[2];
+        let andThen = op[2];
 
-          then(name, meta.moduleName);
-        }
+        andThen(name, meta.moduleName);
 
         break;
 
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/helpers/shared.ts b/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/helpers/shared.ts
index 54a25d0ad0..435bdbfbb8 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/helpers/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/helpers/shared.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ export function meta(layout: LayoutWithContext): ContainingMetadata {
   let [, symbols, , upvars] = layout.block;
 
   return {
-    asPartial: layout.asPartial || false,
     evalSymbols: evalSymbols(layout),
     upvars: upvars,
     scopeValues: layout.scope?.() ?? null,
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/helpers/stdlib.ts b/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/helpers/stdlib.ts
index 2be1892a0d..a0a298b04e 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/helpers/stdlib.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/helpers/stdlib.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ export function compileStd(context: CompileTimeCompilationContext): StdLib {
 }
 
 const STDLIB_META = {
-  asPartial: false,
   evalSymbols: null,
   upvars: null,
   moduleName: 'stdlib',
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/template.ts b/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/template.ts
index 1ff52b47f6..ac74df0119 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/template.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/template.ts
@@ -104,10 +104,9 @@ class TemplateImpl implements TemplateWithIdAndReferrer {
   readonly result = 'ok';
 
   private layout: Option<CompilableProgram> = null;
-  private partial: Option<CompilableProgram> = null;
   private wrappedLayout: Option<CompilableProgram> = null;
 
-  constructor(private parsedLayout: Omit<LayoutWithContext, 'asPartial'>) {}
+  constructor(private parsedLayout: LayoutWithContext) {}
 
   get moduleName() {
     return this.parsedLayout.moduleName;
@@ -128,30 +127,13 @@ class TemplateImpl implements TemplateWithIdAndReferrer {
 
   asLayout(): CompilableProgram {
     if (this.layout) return this.layout;
-    return (this.layout = compilable(
-      assign({}, this.parsedLayout, {
-        asPartial: false,
-      }),
-      this.moduleName
-    ));
-  }
-
-  asPartial(): CompilableProgram {
-    if (this.partial) return this.partial;
-    return (this.partial = compilable(
-      assign({}, this.parsedLayout, {
-        asPartial: true,
-      }),
-      this.moduleName
-    ));
+    return (this.layout = compilable(assign({}, this.parsedLayout), this.moduleName));
   }
 
   asWrappedLayout(): CompilableProgram {
     if (this.wrappedLayout) return this.wrappedLayout;
     return (this.wrappedLayout = new WrappedBuilder(
-      assign({}, this.parsedLayout, {
-        asPartial: false,
-      }),
+      assign({}, this.parsedLayout),
       this.moduleName
     ));
   }