diff --git a/tensorflow/core/api_def/base_api/api_def_VarHandleOp.pbtxt b/tensorflow/core/api_def/base_api/api_def_VarHandleOp.pbtxt
index 39606a07184..29ffcdaad6b 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/api_def/base_api/api_def_VarHandleOp.pbtxt
+++ b/tensorflow/core/api_def/base_api/api_def_VarHandleOp.pbtxt
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ END
   attr {
     name: "allowed_devices"
     description: <<END
-The allowed devices containing the resource variable. Set when the output
-ResourceHandle represents a per-replica/partitioned resource variable.
+DEPRECATED. The allowed devices containing the resource variable. Set when the
+output ResourceHandle represents a per-replica/partitioned resource variable.
 END
   }
   summary: "Creates a handle to a Variable resource."
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/execute.cc b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/execute.cc
index 40b737c8ccf..a94c882b3b3 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/execute.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/execute.cc
@@ -432,13 +432,12 @@ Status GetOrCreateKernelAndDevice(
         // looking it up in ResourceMgr, which is slow). So we just get
         // resource_dtypes_and_shapes for all DT_RESOURCE inputs. If
         // resource_dtypes_and_shapes is not empty, take the first element.
-        TensorHandle::ResourceHandleInfo resource_handle_info;
-        TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(input->GetResourceHandleInfo(&resource_handle_info));
-        std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>* resource_dtypes_and_shapes =
-            &resource_handle_info.dtypes_and_shapes;
-        if (!resource_dtypes_and_shapes->empty()) {
+        std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape> resource_dtypes_and_shapes;
+        TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(input->GetResourceHandleDtypesAndShapes(
+            &resource_dtypes_and_shapes));
+        if (!resource_dtypes_and_shapes.empty()) {
           const DtypeAndPartialTensorShape& dtype_and_shape =
-              resource_dtypes_and_shapes->at(0);
+              resource_dtypes_and_shapes.at(0);
           input_resource_variable_dtypes_and_shapes[i] = dtype_and_shape;
 
           // Add _Arg index, dtype and shape to "cache_key".
@@ -695,13 +694,8 @@ Status StoreResourceDtypesAndShapes(const eager::Operation& remote_op,
     TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(attr_slice.Find("dtype", &dtype));
     const AttrValue* shape;
     TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(attr_slice.Find("shape", &shape));
-    TensorHandle::ResourceHandleInfo resource_handle_info = {
-        {DtypeAndPartialTensorShape{dtype->type(), shape->shape()}}, {}};
-    // "allowed_devices" is set only when the output represents a
-    // per-replica/partitioned resource variable.
-    TryGetNodeAttr(attr_slice, "allowed_devices",
-                   &resource_handle_info.allowed_devices);
-    retvals[0]->SetResourceHandleInfo(std::move(resource_handle_info));
+    retvals[0]->SetResourceHandleDtypeAndShape(
+        {DtypeAndPartialTensorShape{dtype->type(), shape->shape()}});
   }
   return Status::OK();
 }
@@ -985,18 +979,6 @@ Status MaybeUpdateOpDevice(EagerOperation* op) {
       // is a resource we must pin it to prevent different device selection.
       // TODO(iga): null device can mean "unspecified" or "CPU". Clean this up.
       if (resource_device != op_device || op->Device() == kVariantDeviceNull) {
-        std::vector<string> allowed_devices;
-        TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(
-            tensor_handle->GetResourceAllowedDevices(&allowed_devices));
-        if (!allowed_devices.empty()) {
-          // TODO(b/145922293): Support allowed_devices specified in wildcard
-          // patterns.
-          if (std::find(allowed_devices.begin(), allowed_devices.end(),
-                        op->DeviceName()) != allowed_devices.end()) {
-            TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(ctx.FindDeviceFromName(op->DeviceName().c_str(),
-                                                      &resource_device));
-          }
-        }
         DVLOG(1) << (resource_device != op_device ? "Changing " : "Setting ")
                  << "device of operation " << op->Name() << " to "
                  << resource_device->name() << " because input #" << i
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/tensor_handle.cc b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/tensor_handle.cc
index ef3e7a3cd28..0cd55959924 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/tensor_handle.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/tensor_handle.cc
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ Status TensorHandle::PackedTensorHandleData::ExtractPackedHandle(
   return Status::OK();
 }
 
-void TensorHandle::SetResourceHandleInfo(
-    ResourceHandleInfo&& resource_handle_info) {
-  resource_handle_info_ = std::move(resource_handle_info);
+void TensorHandle::SetResourceHandleDtypeAndShape(
+    std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape> dtypes_and_shapes) {
+  handle_dtypes_and_shapes_ = std::move(dtypes_and_shapes);
 }
 
-Status TensorHandle::GetResourceHandleInfoImpl(
-    std::function<void()> set_resource_info) {
+Status TensorHandle::GetResourceHandleDtypesAndShapes(
+    std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>* result) {
   if (dtype != DT_RESOURCE) {
     return errors::InvalidArgument(
         "TensorHandle::GetResourceDtypeAndShape should be called on tensor "
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Status TensorHandle::GetResourceHandleInfoImpl(
   }
 
   if (Type() != LOCAL) {
-    set_resource_info();
+    *result = handle_dtypes_and_shapes_;
     return Status::OK();
   }
 
@@ -170,32 +170,10 @@ Status TensorHandle::GetResourceHandleInfoImpl(
   auto& data = absl::get<LocalTensorHandleData>(data_);
   TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(data.WaitReady("TensorHandle::GetResourceHandleInfo"));
 
-  set_resource_info();
+  *result = handle_dtypes_and_shapes_;
   return Status::OK();
 }
 
-Status TensorHandle::GetResourceHandleInfo(ResourceHandleInfo* result) {
-  auto get_resource_info = [result, this]() {
-    *result = resource_handle_info_;
-  };
-  return GetResourceHandleInfoImpl(get_resource_info);
-}
-
-Status TensorHandle::GetResourceHandleDtypesAndShapes(
-    std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>* result) {
-  auto get_resource_info = [result, this]() {
-    *result = resource_handle_info_.dtypes_and_shapes;
-  };
-  return GetResourceHandleInfoImpl(get_resource_info);
-}
-
-Status TensorHandle::GetResourceAllowedDevices(std::vector<string>* result) {
-  auto get_resource_info = [result, this]() {
-    *result = resource_handle_info_.allowed_devices;
-  };
-  return GetResourceHandleInfoImpl(get_resource_info);
-}
-
 int TensorHandle::NumPackedHandles() const {
   if (Type() != PACKED) {
     return 0;
@@ -270,9 +248,8 @@ TensorHandle::TensorHandle(tensorflow::Tensor&& t, Device* d, Device* op_device,
       resource_remote_device_incarnation_(
           GetRemoteDeviceIncarnation(resource_device_)),
       ctx_(ctx),
-      resource_handle_info_(
-          {t.flat<class ResourceHandle>()(0).dtypes_and_shapes(),
-           t.flat<class ResourceHandle>()(0).allowed_devices()}),
+      handle_dtypes_and_shapes_(
+          t.flat<class ResourceHandle>()(0).dtypes_and_shapes()),
       data_(absl::in_place_type<LocalTensorHandleData>, std::move(t)) {
   DVLOG(3) << "Creating Local TensorHandle: " << this
            << " device: " << VariantDeviceDebugString(device_)
@@ -327,10 +304,10 @@ Status TensorHandle::CreatePackedHandle(std::vector<TensorHandle*>&& handles,
     return errors::InvalidArgument("Handles should not be empty.");
   }
 
-  ResourceHandleInfo resource_handle_info;
+  std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape> dtypes_and_shapes;
   if (dtype == DT_RESOURCE) {
     TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(
-        handles.at(0)->GetResourceHandleInfo(&resource_handle_info));
+        handles.at(0)->GetResourceHandleDtypesAndShapes(&dtypes_and_shapes));
   }
   std::vector<string> devices;
   for (auto* handle : handles) {
@@ -348,7 +325,8 @@ Status TensorHandle::CreatePackedHandle(std::vector<TensorHandle*>&& handles,
                                                       &composite_device));
   *packed_handle =
       new TensorHandle(std::move(handles), composite_device, dtype, shape, ctx);
-  (*packed_handle)->SetResourceHandleInfo(std::move(resource_handle_info));
+  (*packed_handle)
+      ->SetResourceHandleDtypeAndShape(std::move(dtypes_and_shapes));
   return Status::OK();
 }
 
@@ -898,8 +876,7 @@ Status TensorHandle::SetTensor(tensorflow::Tensor&& t, const Device* d) {
 
     if (t.dtype() == DT_RESOURCE && t.NumElements() > 0) {
       auto& resource_handle = t.flat<class ResourceHandle>()(0);
-      resource_handle_info_ = {resource_handle.dtypes_and_shapes(),
-                               resource_handle.allowed_devices()};
+      handle_dtypes_and_shapes_ = resource_handle.dtypes_and_shapes();
     }
     auto& data = absl::get<LocalTensorHandleData>(data_);
     return data.SetTensor(std::move(t));
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/tensor_handle.h b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/tensor_handle.h
index 6ac48bdac26..8ef482cd82c 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/tensor_handle.h
+++ b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/tensor_handle.h
@@ -226,19 +226,13 @@ class TensorHandle : public ImmediateExecutionTensorHandle,
 
   string DebugString() const;
 
-  struct ResourceHandleInfo {
-    std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape> dtypes_and_shapes;
-    std::vector<string> allowed_devices;
-  };
-
-  void SetResourceHandleInfo(ResourceHandleInfo&& resource_handle_info);
+  void SetResourceHandleDtypeAndShape(
+      std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape> dtypes_and_shapes);
 
   // If this TensorHandle is 1) a local tensor, and 2) a resource handle,
-  // return data types, shapes and allowed devices of the underlying resource.
-  Status GetResourceHandleInfo(ResourceHandleInfo* result);
+  // return data types and shapes of the underlying resource.
   Status GetResourceHandleDtypesAndShapes(
       std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>* result);
-  Status GetResourceAllowedDevices(std::vector<string>* result);
 
   // Returns the number of packed handles. 0 if the handle type is not PACKED.
   int NumPackedHandles() const;
@@ -261,8 +255,6 @@ class TensorHandle : public ImmediateExecutionTensorHandle,
   // with a ready version of the tensor handle data.
   bool IsReady() const;
 
-  Status GetResourceHandleInfoImpl(std::function<void()> set_resource_info);
-
   VariantDevice const device_;
 
   // Device in which the op producing this tensor was executed. Equals to
@@ -308,9 +300,9 @@ class TensorHandle : public ImmediateExecutionTensorHandle,
   Status is_poisoned_;
 
   // If this TensorHandle 1) is a local tensor, and 2) is a resource handle or
-  // refers to a remote resource handle, we store data types, shapes and allowed
-  // devices for the underlying resource.
-  ResourceHandleInfo resource_handle_info_;
+  // refers to a remote resource handle, we store data types and shapes for
+  // the underlying resource.
+  std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape> handle_dtypes_and_shapes_;
 
   // A handle data which refers to multiple TensorHandles of the same dtype and
   // shape.
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/tensor_handle_test.cc b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/tensor_handle_test.cc
index 28092c0a604..40cec3fcc49 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/tensor_handle_test.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/common_runtime/eager/tensor_handle_test.cc
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ TEST_F(PackedTensorHandleTest, PackedHandle) {
   Device* d0 = ListDevices().at(0);
   TensorHandle* h0 =
       TensorHandle::CreateLocalHandle(std::move(t0), d0, d0, d0, context());
-  h0->SetResourceHandleInfo({{dtype_and_shape}, {}});
+  h0->SetResourceHandleDtypeAndShape({dtype_and_shape});
   handles.push_back(h0);
   Tensor t1(dtype, shape);
   Device* d1 = ListDevices().at(1);
   TensorHandle* h1 =
       TensorHandle::CreateLocalHandle(std::move(t1), d1, d1, d1, context());
-  h1->SetResourceHandleInfo({{dtype_and_shape}, {}});
+  h1->SetResourceHandleDtypeAndShape({dtype_and_shape});
   handles.push_back(h1);
 
   // Create 2 remote TensorHandles (not ready).
@@ -185,13 +185,12 @@ TEST_F(PackedTensorHandleTest, PackedHandle) {
   TensorShape packed_shape;
   TF_ASSERT_OK(packed_handle->Shape(&packed_shape));
   EXPECT_EQ(packed_shape, shape);
-  TensorHandle::ResourceHandleInfo resource_handle_info;
-  TF_ASSERT_OK(packed_handle->GetResourceHandleInfo(&resource_handle_info));
-  EXPECT_EQ(resource_handle_info.dtypes_and_shapes.size(), 1);
-  EXPECT_EQ(resource_handle_info.dtypes_and_shapes.at(0).dtype, DT_FLOAT);
-  EXPECT_EQ(
-      resource_handle_info.dtypes_and_shapes.at(0).shape.IsIdenticalTo({2, 2}),
-      true);
+  std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape> dtypes_and_shapes;
+  TF_ASSERT_OK(
+      packed_handle->GetResourceHandleDtypesAndShapes(&dtypes_and_shapes));
+  EXPECT_EQ(dtypes_and_shapes.size(), 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(dtypes_and_shapes.at(0).dtype, DT_FLOAT);
+  EXPECT_EQ(dtypes_and_shapes.at(0).shape.IsIdenticalTo({2, 2}), true);
 
   CompositeDevice* device = reinterpret_cast<CompositeDevice*>(
       absl::get<Device*>(packed_handle->device()));
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/distributed_runtime/eager/remote_mgr.cc b/tensorflow/core/distributed_runtime/eager/remote_mgr.cc
index 94a4f199337..9003f2b3f17 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/distributed_runtime/eager/remote_mgr.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/distributed_runtime/eager/remote_mgr.cc
@@ -167,24 +167,22 @@ Status RemoteMgr::DeserializeRemoteTensorHandle(const RemoteTensorHandle& in,
         parent_->FindDeviceFromName(device_name.c_str(), &device));
     *out = TensorHandle::CreateLazyRemoteHandle(in.op_id(), in.output_num(),
                                                 in.dtype(), device, parent_);
-    TensorHandle::ResourceHandleInfo resource_handle_info;
-    std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>* dtypes_and_shapes =
-        &resource_handle_info.dtypes_and_shapes;
+    std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape> dtypes_and_shapes;
     if (!GetMirroredResourceShape(RemoteTensorHandleInternal(in),
-                                  dtypes_and_shapes)
+                                  &dtypes_and_shapes)
              .ok()) {
       for (const auto& dtype_and_shape_proto :
            in.resource_dtypes_and_shapes()) {
-        dtypes_and_shapes->push_back(DtypeAndPartialTensorShape{
+        dtypes_and_shapes.push_back(DtypeAndPartialTensorShape{
             dtype_and_shape_proto.dtype(),
             TensorShape(dtype_and_shape_proto.shape())});
       }
       mutex_lock l(mirrored_resource_shape_mu_);
       mirrored_resource_shape_map_.emplace(
           RemoteTensorHandleInternal(in.op_id(), in.output_num()),
-          *dtypes_and_shapes);
+          dtypes_and_shapes);
     }
-    (*out)->SetResourceHandleInfo(std::move(resource_handle_info));
+    (*out)->SetResourceHandleDtypeAndShape(std::move(dtypes_and_shapes));
   }
 
   return Status::OK();
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_handle.cc b/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_handle.cc
index 2db5cfa301c..e7f4c2afc90 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_handle.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_handle.cc
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ void ResourceHandle::AsProto(ResourceHandleProto* proto) const {
     dtype_and_shape->set_dtype(dtype_and_shape_pair.dtype);
     dtype_and_shape_pair.shape.AsProto(dtype_and_shape->mutable_shape());
   }
-  for (const string& device : allowed_devices_) {
-    *proto->add_allowed_devices() = device;
-  }
 }
 
 void ResourceHandle::FromProto(const ResourceHandleProto& proto) {
@@ -56,9 +53,6 @@ void ResourceHandle::FromProto(const ResourceHandleProto& proto) {
     dtypes_and_shapes.push_back(DtypeAndPartialTensorShape{dtype, shape});
   }
   dtypes_and_shapes_ = std::move(dtypes_and_shapes);
-  for (const string& device : proto.allowed_devices()) {
-    allowed_devices_.push_back(device);
-  }
 }
 
 string ResourceHandle::SerializeAsString() const {
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_handle.h b/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_handle.h
index 88c9f9da190..9acb94b6e79 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_handle.h
+++ b/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_handle.h
@@ -39,14 +39,8 @@ class ResourceHandle {
 
   // Unique name for the device containing the resource.
   const std::string& device() const { return device_; }
-  // Names of the devices containing the resource.
-  const std::vector<string>& allowed_devices() const {
-    return allowed_devices_;
-  }
+
   void set_device(const std::string& device) { device_ = device; }
-  void set_allowed_devices(const std::vector<string>& devices) {
-    allowed_devices_ = devices;
-  }
 
   // Container in which this resource is placed.
   const std::string& container() const { return container_; }
@@ -93,12 +87,7 @@ class ResourceHandle {
       "cd2c89b7-88b7-44c8-ad83-06c2a9158347";
 
  public:
-  // The default device containing the resource, where the ResourceHandle is
-  // initially created.
   std::string device_;
-  // A set of devices containing the resource. If empty, the resource only
-  // exists on device_. Can be represented in wildcard patterns.
-  std::vector<string> allowed_devices_;
   std::string container_;
   std::string name_;
   uint64 hash_code_ = 0;
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_handle.proto b/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_handle.proto
index eb0d1631c2f..5a41750475d 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_handle.proto
+++ b/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_handle.proto
@@ -41,7 +41,5 @@ message ResourceHandleProto {
   // Data types and shapes for the underlying resource.
   repeated DtypeAndShape dtypes_and_shapes = 6;
 
-  // A set of devices containing the resource. If empty, the resource only
-  // exists on `device`.
-  repeated string allowed_devices = 7;
+  reserved 7;
 }
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_mgr.cc b/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_mgr.cc
index fd524b05bb9..e6ecfbb9190 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_mgr.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_mgr.cc
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ static std::atomic<int64> current_id_;
 ResourceHandle MakeResourceHandle(
     const string& container, const string& name, const DeviceBase& device,
     const TypeIndex& type_index,
-    const std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>& dtypes_and_shapes,
-    const std::vector<string>& allowed_devices) {
+    const std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>& dtypes_and_shapes) {
   ResourceHandle result;
   result.set_device(device.name());
   result.set_container(container);
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ ResourceHandle MakeResourceHandle(
   result.set_hash_code(type_index.hash_code());
   result.set_maybe_type_name(type_index.name());
   result.set_dtypes_and_shapes(dtypes_and_shapes);
-  result.set_allowed_devices(allowed_devices);
   return result;
 }
 
@@ -67,39 +65,12 @@ Status MakeResourceHandleToOutput(OpKernelContext* context, int output_index,
 namespace internal {
 
 Status ValidateDevice(OpKernelContext* ctx, const ResourceHandle& p) {
-  const string& current_device_name = ctx->device()->attributes().name();
-  if (current_device_name == p.device()) {
-    return Status::OK();
-  }
-  DeviceNameUtils::ParsedName parsed_current_device_name;
-  if (!DeviceNameUtils::ParseFullName(current_device_name,
-                                      &parsed_current_device_name)) {
+  if (ctx->device()->attributes().name() != p.device()) {
     return errors::InvalidArgument(
-        "Cannot parse device name in OpKernelContext: ", current_device_name);
+        "Trying to access resource ", p.name(), " located in device ",
+        p.device(), " from device ", ctx->device()->attributes().name());
   }
-
-  for (const string& device : p.allowed_devices()) {
-    DeviceNameUtils::ParsedName parsed;
-    if (!DeviceNameUtils::ParseFullName(device, &parsed)) {
-      return errors::InvalidArgument("Cannot parse allowed device name: ",
-                                     device);
-    }
-    if (DeviceNameUtils::IsCompleteSpecification(parsed,
-                                                 parsed_current_device_name)) {
-      return Status::OK();
-    }
-  }
-  string error_message = strings::StrCat("Trying to access resource ", p.name(),
-                                         " located in device ", p.device(),
-                                         " from device ", current_device_name);
-  if (!p.allowed_devices().empty()) {
-    absl::StrAppend(&error_message, " (allowed devices: ");
-    for (const string& device : p.allowed_devices()) {
-      absl::StrAppend(&error_message, device, ", ");
-    }
-    absl::StrAppend(&error_message, ") ");
-  }
-  return errors::InvalidArgument(error_message);
+  return Status::OK();
 }
 
 }  // end namespace internal
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_mgr.h b/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_mgr.h
index 3a9b97c7831..b0e4eace16e 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_mgr.h
+++ b/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_mgr.h
@@ -291,31 +291,27 @@ class ResourceMgr {
 ResourceHandle MakeResourceHandle(
     const string& container, const string& name, const DeviceBase& device,
     const TypeIndex& type_index,
-    const std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>& dtypes_and_shapes = {},
-    const std::vector<string>& allowed_devices = {}) TF_MUST_USE_RESULT;
+    const std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>& dtypes_and_shapes = {})
+    TF_MUST_USE_RESULT;
 
 template <typename T>
 ResourceHandle MakeResourceHandle(
     OpKernelContext* ctx, const string& container, const string& name,
-    const std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>& dtypes_and_shapes = {},
-    const std::vector<string>& allowed_devices = {}) {
-  return MakeResourceHandle(container.empty()
-                                ? ctx->resource_manager()->default_container()
-                                : container,
-                            name, *ctx->device(), MakeTypeIndex<T>(),
-                            dtypes_and_shapes, allowed_devices);
+    const std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>& dtypes_and_shapes = {}) {
+  return MakeResourceHandle(
+      container.empty() ? ctx->resource_manager()->default_container()
+                        : container,
+      name, *ctx->device(), MakeTypeIndex<T>(), dtypes_and_shapes);
 }
 
 template <typename T>
 ResourceHandle MakeResourceHandle(
     OpKernelConstruction* ctx, const string& container, const string& name,
-    const std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>& dtypes_and_shapes = {},
-    const std::vector<string>& allowed_devices = {}) {
-  return MakeResourceHandle(container.empty()
-                                ? ctx->resource_manager()->default_container()
-                                : container,
-                            name, *ctx->device(), MakeTypeIndex<T>(),
-                            dtypes_and_shapes, allowed_devices);
+    const std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>& dtypes_and_shapes = {}) {
+  return MakeResourceHandle(
+      container.empty() ? ctx->resource_manager()->default_container()
+                        : container,
+      name, *ctx->device(), MakeTypeIndex<T>(), dtypes_and_shapes);
 }
 
 Status MakeResourceHandleToOutput(OpKernelContext* context, int output_index,
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_mgr_test.cc b/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_mgr_test.cc
index a48024123a6..f524ff77c11 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_mgr_test.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/framework/resource_mgr_test.cc
@@ -352,51 +352,4 @@ TEST(ResourceHandleTest, DeleteUsingResourceHandle) {
   EXPECT_NE(LookupResource<StubResource>(&ctx, p, &lookup_r).ok(), true);
 }
 
-TEST(ResourceHandleTest, AllowedDevices) {
-  const std::vector<string> device_names = {
-      "/job:worker/replica:0/task:0/device:CPU:0",
-      "/job:worker/replica:0/task:0/device:CPU:2",
-      "/job:worker/replica:1/task:3/device:CPU:5"};
-  std::vector<StubDevice> devices;
-  for (const string& name : device_names) {
-    devices.emplace_back(name);
-  }
-
-  std::vector<OpKernelContext::Params> params(device_names.size());
-  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<ResourceMgr>> resource_mgrs;
-  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<OpKernelContext>> ctxs;
-  for (int i = 0; i < device_names.size(); ++i) {
-    resource_mgrs.emplace_back(
-        absl::make_unique<ResourceMgr>(/* default_container= */ ""));
-    params[i].resource_manager = resource_mgrs[i].get();
-    params[i].device = &(devices[i]);
-    ctxs.emplace_back(
-        absl::make_unique<OpKernelContext>(&(params[i]), /* num_outputs= */ 0));
-  }
-
-  const string partially_specified_name =
-      "/job:worker/replica:0/task:0/device:CPU:*";
-  const string& fully_specified_name = device_names.at(2);
-  const std::vector<string> allowed_devices = {partially_specified_name,
-                                               fully_specified_name};
-  // Create a ResourceHandle on device 0.
-  ResourceHandle p = MakeResourceHandle<StubResource>(
-      ctxs[0].get(), "container", "name",
-      /* dtypes_and_shapes= */ {}, allowed_devices);
-
-  std::vector<StubResource*> resources;
-  for (const auto& ctx : ctxs) {
-    StubResource* r = new StubResource;
-    TF_EXPECT_OK(CreateResource(ctx.get(), p, r));
-    resources.push_back(r);
-  }
-
-  for (int i = 0; i < ctxs.size(); ++i) {
-    core::RefCountPtr<StubResource> lookup_r;
-    TF_EXPECT_OK(LookupResource<StubResource>(ctxs[i].get(), p, &lookup_r));
-    EXPECT_EQ(lookup_r.get(), resources[i]);
-    TF_EXPECT_OK(DeleteResource(ctxs[i].get(), p));
-  }
-}
-
 }  // end namespace tensorflow
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/kernels/resource_variable_ops.cc b/tensorflow/core/kernels/resource_variable_ops.cc
index 0fc1d53749f..b9c883c7e2f 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/kernels/resource_variable_ops.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/kernels/resource_variable_ops.cc
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ VarHandleOp::VarHandleOp(OpKernelConstruction* context) : OpKernel(context) {
   OP_REQUIRES_OK(context, context->GetAttr("dtype", &dtype_and_shape_.dtype));
   PartialTensorShape shape;
   OP_REQUIRES_OK(context, context->GetAttr("shape", &dtype_and_shape_.shape));
-  OP_REQUIRES_OK(context,
-                 context->GetAttr("allowed_devices", &allowed_devices_));
 
   is_anonymous_ = name_ == ResourceHandle::ANONYMOUS_NAME;
 
@@ -234,8 +232,7 @@ VarHandleOp::VarHandleOp(OpKernelConstruction* context) : OpKernel(context) {
                                                    &resource_, attr));
     resource_.scalar<ResourceHandle>()() = MakeResourceHandle<Var>(
         context, container_, name_,
-        std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>{dtype_and_shape_},
-        allowed_devices_);
+        std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>{dtype_and_shape_});
   }
 }
 
@@ -248,8 +245,7 @@ void VarHandleOp::Compute(OpKernelContext* ctx) {
         ctx, ctx->allocate_temp(DT_RESOURCE, TensorShape({}), &handle, attr));
     handle.scalar<ResourceHandle>()() = MakeResourceHandle<Var>(
         ctx, container_, name_,
-        std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>{dtype_and_shape_},
-        allowed_devices_);
+        std::vector<DtypeAndPartialTensorShape>{dtype_and_shape_});
     ctx->set_output(0, handle);
   } else {
     ctx->set_output(0, resource_);
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/kernels/resource_variable_ops.h b/tensorflow/core/kernels/resource_variable_ops.h
index 5935fa91d21..1bb70b537c1 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/kernels/resource_variable_ops.h
+++ b/tensorflow/core/kernels/resource_variable_ops.h
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ class VarHandleOp : public OpKernel {
   Tensor resource_;
 
   DtypeAndPartialTensorShape dtype_and_shape_;
-
-  // A set of devices containing the resource variable. Set when the output
-  // ResourceHandle represents a per-replica/partitioned resource variable.
-  std::vector<string> allowed_devices_;
 };
 
 class ReadVariableOp : public OpKernel {
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/resource_variable_ops_test.py b/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/resource_variable_ops_test.py
index b45e9dfb2bc..fb172fbcb10 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/resource_variable_ops_test.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/resource_variable_ops_test.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ from tensorflow.core.framework import tensor_pb2
 from tensorflow.python.eager import backprop
 from tensorflow.python.eager import context
 from tensorflow.python.eager import def_function
-from tensorflow.python.framework import config
 from tensorflow.python.framework import constant_op
 from tensorflow.python.framework import cpp_shape_inference_pb2
 from tensorflow.python.framework import dtypes
@@ -1513,41 +1512,5 @@ class ResourceVariableOpsTest(test_util.TensorFlowTestCase,
     self.assertAllEqual(expected, result)
 
 
-class PerReplicaResourceHandleTest(test_util.TensorFlowTestCase):
-
-  def setUp(self):
-    super(PerReplicaResourceHandleTest, self).setUp()
-    cpus = config.list_physical_devices("CPU")
-    # Set 2 virtual CPUs
-    config.set_logical_device_configuration(cpus[0], [
-        context.LogicalDeviceConfiguration(),
-        context.LogicalDeviceConfiguration(),
-    ])
-
-  @test_util.disable_tfrt("Multiple device support. b/154956430")
-  def testAllowedDevices(self):
-    device0 = "/job:localhost/replica:0/task:0/device:CPU:0"
-    device1 = "/job:localhost/replica:0/task:0/device:CPU:1"
-    value0 = 1
-    value1 = 2
-    with context.eager_mode():
-      handle = resource_variable_ops.var_handle_op(
-          dtype=dtypes.int32, shape=[], allowed_devices=[device0, device1])
-      with ops.device(device0):
-        assign0 = resource_variable_ops.assign_variable_op(handle, value0)
-      with ops.device(device1):
-        assign1 = resource_variable_ops.assign_variable_op(handle, value1)
-      with ops.control_dependencies([assign0, assign1]):
-        with ops.device(device0):
-          read0 = resource_variable_ops.read_variable_op(
-              handle, dtype=dtypes.int32)
-        with ops.device(device1):
-          read1 = resource_variable_ops.read_variable_op(
-              handle, dtype=dtypes.int32)
-
-      self.assertAllEqual(value0, read0)
-      self.assertAllEqual(value1, read1)
-
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   test.main()