diff --git a/tensorflow/python/ops/array_grad.py b/tensorflow/python/ops/array_grad.py
index 1f027d3fe9f..2c1bd445e54 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/ops/array_grad.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/ops/array_grad.py
@@ -701,11 +701,6 @@ def _SqueezeGrad(op, grad):
 def _TransposeGrad(op, grad):
   """Returns unshuffle(grad)."""
   p = op.inputs[1]
-  if not context.executing_eagerly():
-    p_static = pywrap_tensorflow.TF_TryEvaluateConstant_wrapper(
-        p.graph._c_graph, p._as_tf_output())  # pylint: disable=protected-access
-    if p_static is not None:
-      p = constant_op.constant(p_static, dtype=p.dtype)
   return [array_ops.transpose(grad, array_ops.invert_permutation(p)), None]