diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/ir/tfl_ops.cc b/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/ir/tfl_ops.cc
index e1d89cd2807..9e8cf6c4ce8 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/ir/tfl_ops.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/ir/tfl_ops.cc
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ OpFoldResult ReshapeOp::fold(ArrayRef<Attribute> operands) {
 
 void ReshapeOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                             MLIRContext *context) {
-  results.push_back(llvm::make_unique<RemoveAdjacentReshape>(context));
+  results.insert<RemoveAdjacentReshape>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ struct DropFakeQuant : public RewritePattern {
 
 void FakeQuantOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                               MLIRContext *context) {
-  results.push_back(llvm::make_unique<DropFakeQuant>(context));
+  results.insert<DropFakeQuant>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/legalize_tf.cc b/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/legalize_tf.cc
index faf80f3acb8..0c8176e96f6 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/legalize_tf.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/legalize_tf.cc
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ void LegalizeTF::runOnFunction() {
 
   // Add the generated patterns to the list.
   populateWithGenerated(ctx, &patterns);
-  RewriteListBuilder<ConvertTFConcatOp, ConvertTFConcatV2Op, ConvertTFMatMulOp,
-                     ConvertTFPackOp, ConvertTFSplitOp, ConvertTFSplitVOp,
-                     ConvertTFUnpackOp>::build(patterns, ctx);
+  patterns.insert<ConvertTFConcatOp, ConvertTFConcatV2Op, ConvertTFMatMulOp,
+                  ConvertTFPackOp, ConvertTFSplitOp, ConvertTFSplitVOp,
+                  ConvertTFUnpackOp>(ctx);
   applyPatternsGreedily(func, std::move(patterns));
 }
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/optimize.cc b/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/optimize.cc
index da910be0e6e..d93c01a806c 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/optimize.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/optimize.cc
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ void Optimize::runOnFunction() {
   auto func = getFunction();
   // Add the generated patterns to the list.
   TFL::populateWithGenerated(ctx, &patterns);
-  RewriteListBuilder<FuseFullyConnectedAndAdd, FuseFullyConnectedAndRelu,
-                     PadStridedSliceDims>::build(patterns, ctx);
+  patterns.insert<FuseFullyConnectedAndAdd, FuseFullyConnectedAndRelu,
+                  PadStridedSliceDims>(ctx);
 
   applyPatternsGreedily(func, std::move(patterns));
 }
diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/prepare_tf.cc b/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/prepare_tf.cc
index 166b732f936..252381d072e 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/prepare_tf.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/prepare_tf.cc
@@ -381,8 +381,7 @@ void PrepareTFPass::runOnFunction() {
   // parameters from the TF Quant ops, thus this pattern should run with the
   // first `applyPatternsGreedily` method, which would otherwise removes the
   // TF FakeQuant ops by the constant folding.
-  patterns.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<InsertTFLQuantOpsAfterTFFakeQuantOp>(&getContext()));
+  patterns.insert<InsertTFLQuantOpsAfterTFFakeQuantOp>(&getContext());
   TFL::populateWithGenerated(&getContext(), &patterns);
   // TODO(karimnosseir): Split to separate pass probably after
   // deciding on long term plan for this optimization.
@@ -394,9 +393,8 @@ void PrepareTFPass::runOnFunction() {
   // Load the generated pattern again, so new quantization pass-through
   // will be applied.
   TFL::populateWithGenerated(&getContext(), &patterns);
-  patterns.push_back(llvm::make_unique<ConvertTFConv2D>(&getContext()));
-  patterns.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<ConvertTFDepthwiseConv2dNative>(&getContext()));
+  patterns.insert<ConvertTFConv2D, ConvertTFDepthwiseConv2dNative>(
+      &getContext());
   applyPatternsGreedily(func, std::move(patterns));
 }
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/quantize.cc b/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/quantize.cc
index 91bb26a976b..78abdd476ed 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/quantize.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/quantize.cc
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ void QuantizePass::runOnFunction() {
   auto func = getFunction();
   auto* ctx = func.getContext();
   TFL::populateWithGenerated(ctx, &patterns);
-  mlir::RewriteListBuilder<mlir::TFL::GenericFullQuantizationPattern<
-      mlir::TFL::QuantizeOp, mlir::TFL::DequantizeOp>>::build(patterns, ctx);
+  patterns.insert<mlir::TFL::GenericFullQuantizationPattern<
+      mlir::TFL::QuantizeOp, mlir::TFL::DequantizeOp>>(ctx);
   applyPatternsGreedily(func, std::move(patterns));
 }
 }  // namespace
diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/tensorflow/ir/tf_ops.cc b/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/tensorflow/ir/tf_ops.cc
index 1d6abe6c848..83de56bc0a4 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/tensorflow/ir/tf_ops.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/tensorflow/ir/tf_ops.cc
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ namespace {
 
 void AddOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                         MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<AddToAddV2>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<AddToAddV2>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void AddOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
 
 void AddV2Op::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                           MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<AddV2OfNegLeft, AddV2OfNegRight>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<AddV2OfNegLeft, AddV2OfNegRight>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ struct AssertWithTrue : public OpRewritePattern<AssertOp> {
 
 void AssertOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                            MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<AssertWithTrue>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<AssertWithTrue>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void AssertOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
 
 void BitcastOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                             MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<BitcastSameType, BitcastNested>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<BitcastSameType, BitcastNested>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static LogicalResult Verify(BroadcastToOp op) {
 
 void CastOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                          MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<CastSameType>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<CastSameType>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void CastOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
 
 void ConjOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                          MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<ConjNested>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<ConjNested>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ void ConstOp::build(Builder *builder, OperationState *result, Type type,
 
 void DivOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                         MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<DivWithSqrtDivisor>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<DivWithSqrtDivisor>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ static LogicalResult Verify(IfOp op) {
 
 void InvertOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                            MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<InvertNested>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<InvertNested>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ OpFoldResult LeakyReluOp::fold(ArrayRef<Attribute> operands) {
 
 void LogOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                         MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<LogOfSoftmax>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<LogOfSoftmax>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -458,10 +458,9 @@ void LogOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
 
 void LogicalNotOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(
     OwningRewritePatternList &results, MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<LogicalNotNested, LogicalNotOfEqual, LogicalNotOfNotEqual,
-                     LogicalNotOfGreater, LogicalNotOfGreaterEqual,
-                     LogicalNotOfLess, LogicalNotOfLessEqual>::build(results,
-                                                                     context);
+  results.insert<LogicalNotNested, LogicalNotOfEqual, LogicalNotOfNotEqual,
+                 LogicalNotOfGreater, LogicalNotOfGreaterEqual,
+                 LogicalNotOfLess, LogicalNotOfLessEqual>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -470,7 +469,7 @@ void LogicalNotOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(
 
 void NegOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                         MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<NegNested>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<NegNested>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -479,7 +478,7 @@ void NegOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
 
 void ReciprocalOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(
     OwningRewritePatternList &results, MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<ReciprocalNested>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<ReciprocalNested>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -538,7 +537,7 @@ void RankOp::build(Builder *builder, OperationState *result, Value *input) {
 
 void RealDivOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                             MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<RealDivWithSqrtDivisor>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<RealDivWithSqrtDivisor>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -698,7 +697,7 @@ static LogicalResult Verify(SoftmaxOp op) {
 
 void SquareOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                            MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<SquareOfSub>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<SquareOfSub>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -707,7 +706,7 @@ void SquareOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
 
 void SubOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                         MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<SubOfNeg>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<SubOfNeg>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -778,7 +777,7 @@ void TransposeOp::build(Builder *builder, OperationState *result, Value *x,
 
 void TruncateDivOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(
     OwningRewritePatternList &results, MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<TruncateDivWithSqrtDivisor>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<TruncateDivWithSqrtDivisor>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -867,7 +866,7 @@ static LogicalResult Verify(WhileOp op) {
 
 void XdivyOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                           MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<XdivyWithSqrtDivisor>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<XdivyWithSqrtDivisor>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/xla/transforms/legalize_to_standard.cc b/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/xla/transforms/legalize_to_standard.cc
index 623121d0c72..b62bb7ef4ec 100644
--- a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/xla/transforms/legalize_to_standard.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/xla/transforms/legalize_to_standard.cc
@@ -133,10 +133,8 @@ void LegalizeToStandard::runOnFunction() {
   auto func = getFunction();
 
   mlir::XLA::populateWithGenerated(func.getContext(), &patterns);
-  patterns.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<mlir::XLA::CompareFConvert>(&getContext()));
-  patterns.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<mlir::XLA::CompareIConvert>(&getContext()));
+  patterns.insert<mlir::XLA::CompareFConvert, mlir::XLA::CompareIConvert>(
+      &getContext());
   applyPatternsGreedily(func, std::move(patterns));
 }
 
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/ControlFlowToCFG/ConvertControlFlowToCFG.h b/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/ControlFlowToCFG/ConvertControlFlowToCFG.h
index e8ab2732d31..78e4356607f 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/ControlFlowToCFG/ConvertControlFlowToCFG.h
+++ b/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/ControlFlowToCFG/ConvertControlFlowToCFG.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class MLIRContext;
 class RewritePattern;
 
 // Owning list of rewriting patterns.
-using OwningRewritePatternList = std::vector<std::unique_ptr<RewritePattern>>;
+class OwningRewritePatternList;
 
 /// Collect a set of patterns to lower from loop.for, loop.if, and
 /// loop.terminator to CFG operations within the Standard dialect, in particular
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/ConvertStandardToLLVMPass.h b/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/ConvertStandardToLLVMPass.h
index 361294a729e..941e382905f 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/ConvertStandardToLLVMPass.h
+++ b/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/ConvertStandardToLLVMPass.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class RewritePattern;
 class Type;
 
 // Owning list of rewriting patterns.
-using OwningRewritePatternList = std::vector<std::unique_ptr<RewritePattern>>;
+class OwningRewritePatternList;
 
 /// Type for a callback constructing the owning list of patterns for the
 /// conversion to the LLVMIR dialect.  The callback is expected to append
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OperationSupport.h b/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OperationSupport.h
index c76f1d620af..204da29b39a 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OperationSupport.h
+++ b/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/IR/OperationSupport.h
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@ class Value;
 /// either OpTy or OperandAdaptor<OpTy> seamlessly.
 template <typename OpTy> using OperandAdaptor = typename OpTy::OperandAdaptor;
 
-/// This is a vector that owns the patterns inside of it.
-using OwningPatternList = std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Pattern>>;
-using OwningRewritePatternList = std::vector<std::unique_ptr<RewritePattern>>;
+class OwningRewritePatternList;
 
 enum class OperationProperty {
   /// This bit is set for an operation if it is a commutative operation: that
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/IR/PatternMatch.h b/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/IR/PatternMatch.h
index d739a804438..e3897b1d63a 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/IR/PatternMatch.h
+++ b/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/IR/PatternMatch.h
@@ -394,8 +394,39 @@ private:
 // Pattern-driven rewriters
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-/// This is a vector that owns the patterns inside of it.
-using OwningRewritePatternList = std::vector<std::unique_ptr<RewritePattern>>;
+class OwningRewritePatternList {
+  using PatternListT = std::vector<std::unique_ptr<RewritePattern>>;
+
+public:
+  PatternListT::iterator begin() { return patterns.begin(); }
+  PatternListT::iterator end() { return patterns.end(); }
+  PatternListT::const_iterator begin() const { return patterns.begin(); }
+  PatternListT::const_iterator end() const { return patterns.end(); }
+
+  //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+  // Pattern Insertion
+  //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+  void insert(RewritePattern *pattern) { patterns.emplace_back(pattern); }
+
+  /// Add an instance of each of the pattern types 'Ts' to the pattern list with
+  /// the given arguments.
+  // Note: ConstructorArg is necessary here to separate the two variadic lists.
+  template <typename... Ts, typename ConstructorArg,
+            typename... ConstructorArgs>
+  void insert(ConstructorArg &&arg, ConstructorArgs &&... args) {
+    // The following expands a call to emplace_back for each of the pattern
+    // types 'Ts'. This magic is necessary due to a limitation in the places
+    // that a parameter pack can be expanded in c++11.
+    // FIXME: In c++17 this can be simplified by using 'fold expressions'.
+    using dummy = int[];
+    (void)dummy{
+        0, (patterns.emplace_back(llvm::make_unique<Ts>(arg, args...)), 0)...};
+  }
+
+private:
+  PatternListT patterns;
+};
 
 /// This class manages optimization and execution of a group of rewrite
 /// patterns, providing an API for finding and applying, the best match against
@@ -404,7 +435,7 @@ using OwningRewritePatternList = std::vector<std::unique_ptr<RewritePattern>>;
 class RewritePatternMatcher {
 public:
   /// Create a RewritePatternMatcher with the specified set of patterns.
-  explicit RewritePatternMatcher(OwningRewritePatternList &&patterns);
+  explicit RewritePatternMatcher(OwningRewritePatternList &patterns);
 
   /// Try to match the given operation to a pattern and rewrite it. Return
   /// true if any pattern matches.
@@ -416,7 +447,7 @@ private:
 
   /// The group of patterns that are matched for optimization through this
   /// matcher.
-  OwningRewritePatternList patterns;
+  std::vector<RewritePattern *> patterns;
 };
 
 /// Rewrite the regions of the specified operation, which must be isolated from
@@ -427,29 +458,6 @@ private:
 ///
 bool applyPatternsGreedily(Operation *op, OwningRewritePatternList &&patterns);
 
-/// Helper class to create a list of rewrite patterns given a list of their
-/// types and a list of attributes perfect-forwarded to each of the conversion
-/// constructors.
-template <typename Arg, typename... Args> struct RewriteListBuilder {
-  template <typename... ConstructorArgs>
-  static void build(OwningRewritePatternList &patterns,
-                    ConstructorArgs &&... constructorArgs) {
-    RewriteListBuilder<Args...>::build(
-        patterns, std::forward<ConstructorArgs>(constructorArgs)...);
-    RewriteListBuilder<Arg>::build(
-        patterns, std::forward<ConstructorArgs>(constructorArgs)...);
-  }
-};
-
-// Template specialization to stop recursion.
-template <typename Arg> struct RewriteListBuilder<Arg> {
-  template <typename... ConstructorArgs>
-  static void build(OwningRewritePatternList &patterns,
-                    ConstructorArgs &&... constructorArgs) {
-    patterns.emplace_back(llvm::make_unique<Arg>(
-        std::forward<ConstructorArgs>(constructorArgs)...));
-  }
-};
 } // end namespace mlir
 
 #endif // MLIR_PATTERN_MATCH_H
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/LowerAffine.h b/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/LowerAffine.h
index 9ad3f66def5..5fae4763bf7 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/LowerAffine.h
+++ b/third_party/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/LowerAffine.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class RewritePattern;
 class Value;
 
 // Owning list of rewriting patterns.
-using OwningRewritePatternList = std::vector<std::unique_ptr<RewritePattern>>;
+class OwningRewritePatternList;
 
 /// Emit code that computes the given affine expression using standard
 /// arithmetic operations applied to the provided dimension and symbol values.
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/AffineOps/AffineOps.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/AffineOps/AffineOps.cpp
index 9a026231ab2..767c2e344d9 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/AffineOps/AffineOps.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/AffineOps/AffineOps.cpp
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ struct SimplifyAffineApply : public OpRewritePattern<AffineApplyOp> {
 
 void AffineApplyOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(
     OwningRewritePatternList &results, MLIRContext *context) {
-  results.push_back(llvm::make_unique<SimplifyAffineApply>(context));
+  results.insert<SimplifyAffineApply>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -912,8 +912,7 @@ LogicalResult AffineDmaStartOp::verify() {
 void AffineDmaStartOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(
     OwningRewritePatternList &results, MLIRContext *context) {
   /// dma_start(memrefcast) -> dma_start
-  results.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context));
+  results.insert<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -989,8 +988,7 @@ LogicalResult AffineDmaWaitOp::verify() {
 void AffineDmaWaitOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(
     OwningRewritePatternList &results, MLIRContext *context) {
   /// dma_wait(memrefcast) -> dma_wait
-  results.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context));
+  results.insert<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -1333,7 +1331,7 @@ struct AffineForLoopBoundFolder : public OpRewritePattern<AffineForOp> {
 
 void AffineForOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                               MLIRContext *context) {
-  results.push_back(llvm::make_unique<AffineForLoopBoundFolder>(context));
+  results.insert<AffineForLoopBoundFolder>(context);
 }
 
 AffineBound AffineForOp::getLowerBound() {
@@ -1659,8 +1657,7 @@ LogicalResult AffineLoadOp::verify() {
 void AffineLoadOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(
     OwningRewritePatternList &results, MLIRContext *context) {
   /// load(memrefcast) -> load
-  results.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context));
+  results.insert<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -1752,8 +1749,7 @@ LogicalResult AffineStoreOp::verify() {
 void AffineStoreOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(
     OwningRewritePatternList &results, MLIRContext *context) {
   /// load(memrefcast) -> load
-  results.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context));
+  results.insert<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context);
 }
 
 #define GET_OP_CLASSES
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/ControlFlowToCFG/ConvertControlFlowToCFG.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/ControlFlowToCFG/ConvertControlFlowToCFG.cpp
index c37decf69e6..034aa22f922 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/ControlFlowToCFG/ConvertControlFlowToCFG.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/ControlFlowToCFG/ConvertControlFlowToCFG.cpp
@@ -258,8 +258,7 @@ IfLowering::matchAndRewrite(IfOp ifOp, PatternRewriter &rewriter) const {
 
 void mlir::populateLoopToStdConversionPatterns(
     OwningRewritePatternList &patterns, MLIRContext *ctx) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<ForLowering, IfLowering, TerminatorLowering>::build(
-      patterns, ctx);
+  patterns.insert<ForLowering, IfLowering, TerminatorLowering>(ctx);
 }
 
 void ControlFlowToCFGPass::runOnFunction() {
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToSPIRV/GPUToSPIRV.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToSPIRV/GPUToSPIRV.cpp
index 4eadb874908..58f01fc6689 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToSPIRV/GPUToSPIRV.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToSPIRV/GPUToSPIRV.cpp
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ void GPUToSPIRVPass::runOnModule() {
   SPIRVTypeConverter typeConverter(context);
   SPIRVEntryFnTypeConverter entryFnConverter(context);
   OwningRewritePatternList patterns;
-  RewriteListBuilder<KernelFnConversion>::build(
-      patterns, context, typeConverter, entryFnConverter);
+  patterns.insert<KernelFnConversion>(context, typeConverter, entryFnConverter);
   populateStandardToSPIRVPatterns(context, patterns);
 
   ConversionTarget target(*context);
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/ConvertStandardToLLVM.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/ConvertStandardToLLVM.cpp
index af8812c8cf4..09ddcd1e475 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/ConvertStandardToLLVM.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/ConvertStandardToLLVM.cpp
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ void mlir::LLVM::ensureDistinctSuccessors(ModuleOp m) {
 void mlir::populateStdToLLVMConversionPatterns(
     LLVMTypeConverter &converter, OwningRewritePatternList &patterns) {
   // FIXME: this should be tablegen'ed
-  RewriteListBuilder<
+  patterns.insert<
       AddFOpLowering, AddIOpLowering, AndOpLowering, AllocOpLowering,
       BranchOpLowering, CallIndirectOpLowering, CallOpLowering, CmpIOpLowering,
       CondBranchOpLowering, ConstLLVMOpLowering, DeallocOpLowering,
@@ -1032,8 +1032,7 @@ void mlir::populateStdToLLVMConversionPatterns(
       MemRefCastOpLowering, MulFOpLowering, MulIOpLowering, OrOpLowering,
       RemISOpLowering, RemIUOpLowering, RemFOpLowering, ReturnOpLowering,
       SelectOpLowering, SIToFPLowering, StoreOpLowering, SubFOpLowering,
-      SubIOpLowering, XOrOpLowering>::build(patterns, *converter.getDialect(),
-                                            converter);
+      SubIOpLowering, XOrOpLowering>(*converter.getDialect(), converter);
 }
 
 // Convert types using the stored LLVM IR module.
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToSPIRV/ConvertStandardToSPIRV.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToSPIRV/ConvertStandardToSPIRV.cpp
index d32d8668046..067f2aeda06 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToSPIRV/ConvertStandardToSPIRV.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToSPIRV/ConvertStandardToSPIRV.cpp
@@ -201,6 +201,6 @@ void populateStandardToSPIRVPatterns(MLIRContext *context,
                                      OwningRewritePatternList &patterns) {
   populateWithGenerated(context, &patterns);
   // Add the return op conversion.
-  RewriteListBuilder<ReturnToSPIRVConversion>::build(patterns, context);
+  patterns.insert<ReturnToSPIRVConversion>(context);
 }
 } // namespace mlir
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/FxpMathOps/Transforms/LowerUniformRealMath.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/FxpMathOps/Transforms/LowerUniformRealMath.cpp
index dafc8e711f5..d2f3881710c 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/FxpMathOps/Transforms/LowerUniformRealMath.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/FxpMathOps/Transforms/LowerUniformRealMath.cpp
@@ -368,8 +368,7 @@ void LowerUniformRealMathPass::runOnFunction() {
   auto fn = getFunction();
   OwningRewritePatternList patterns;
   auto *context = &getContext();
-  patterns.push_back(llvm::make_unique<UniformRealAddEwPattern>(context));
-  patterns.push_back(llvm::make_unique<UniformRealMulEwPattern>(context));
+  patterns.insert<UniformRealAddEwPattern, UniformRealMulEwPattern>(context);
   applyPatternsGreedily(fn, std::move(patterns));
 }
 
@@ -389,7 +388,7 @@ void LowerUniformCastsPass::runOnFunction() {
   auto fn = getFunction();
   OwningRewritePatternList patterns;
   auto *context = &getContext();
-  patterns.push_back(llvm::make_unique<UniformDequantizePattern>(context));
+  patterns.insert<UniformDequantizePattern>(context);
   applyPatternsGreedily(fn, std::move(patterns));
 }
 
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
index bda5979939c..2fbaa49f56e 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ class PropagateConstantBounds : public OpRewritePattern<LaunchOp> {
 
 void LaunchOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                            MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<PropagateConstantBounds>::build(results, context);
+  results.insert<PropagateConstantBounds>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/IR/QuantOps.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/IR/QuantOps.cpp
index e237e8b6eb2..3bd49d43adc 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/IR/QuantOps.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/IR/QuantOps.cpp
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ public:
 
 void StorageCastOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(
     OwningRewritePatternList &patterns, MLIRContext *context) {
-  patterns.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<RemoveRedundantStorageCastsRewrite>(context));
+  patterns.insert<RemoveRedundantStorageCastsRewrite>(context);
 }
 
 QuantizationDialect::QuantizationDialect(MLIRContext *context)
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/Transforms/ConvertConst.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/Transforms/ConvertConst.cpp
index 8469fa2ea70..2276fbd21c9 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/Transforms/ConvertConst.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/Transforms/ConvertConst.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void ConvertConstPass::runOnFunction() {
   OwningRewritePatternList patterns;
   auto func = getFunction();
   auto *context = &getContext();
-  patterns.push_back(llvm::make_unique<QuantizedConstRewrite>(context));
+  patterns.insert<QuantizedConstRewrite>(context);
   applyPatternsGreedily(func, std::move(patterns));
 }
 
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/Transforms/ConvertSimQuant.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/Transforms/ConvertSimQuant.cpp
index 32d8c8a81c1..8f5d1b33c64 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/Transforms/ConvertSimQuant.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/Transforms/ConvertSimQuant.cpp
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ void ConvertSimulatedQuantPass::runOnFunction() {
   OwningRewritePatternList patterns;
   auto func = getFunction();
   auto *context = &getContext();
-  patterns.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<ConstFakeQuantRewrite>(context, &hadFailure));
+  patterns.insert<ConstFakeQuantRewrite>(context, &hadFailure);
   applyPatternsGreedily(func, std::move(patterns));
   if (hadFailure)
     signalPassFailure();
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/IR/PatternMatch.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/IR/PatternMatch.cpp
index 5010b845c78..94fa7ab43f7 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/IR/PatternMatch.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/IR/PatternMatch.cpp
@@ -149,12 +149,13 @@ void PatternRewriter::updatedRootInPlace(
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 RewritePatternMatcher::RewritePatternMatcher(
-    OwningRewritePatternList &&patterns)
-    : patterns(std::move(patterns)) {
+    OwningRewritePatternList &patterns) {
+  for (auto &pattern : patterns)
+    this->patterns.push_back(pattern.get());
+
   // Sort the patterns by benefit to simplify the matching logic.
   std::stable_sort(this->patterns.begin(), this->patterns.end(),
-                   [](const std::unique_ptr<RewritePattern> &l,
-                      const std::unique_ptr<RewritePattern> &r) {
+                   [](RewritePattern *l, RewritePattern *r) {
                      return r->getBenefit() < l->getBenefit();
                    });
 }
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ RewritePatternMatcher::RewritePatternMatcher(
 /// Try to match the given operation to a pattern and rewrite it.
 bool RewritePatternMatcher::matchAndRewrite(Operation *op,
                                             PatternRewriter &rewriter) {
-  for (auto &pattern : patterns) {
+  for (auto *pattern : patterns) {
     // Ignore patterns that are for the wrong root or are impossible to match.
     if (pattern->getRootKind() != op->getName() ||
         pattern->getBenefit().isImpossibleToMatch())
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Linalg/Transforms/LowerToLLVMDialect.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Linalg/Transforms/LowerToLLVMDialect.cpp
index 6b62a8e1340..7c2ea5945f4 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Linalg/Transforms/LowerToLLVMDialect.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Linalg/Transforms/LowerToLLVMDialect.cpp
@@ -678,12 +678,11 @@ static void
 populateLinalgToLLVMConversionPatterns(LinalgTypeConverter &converter,
                                        OwningRewritePatternList &patterns,
                                        MLIRContext *ctx) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<BufferAllocOpConversion, BufferDeallocOpConversion,
-                     BufferSizeOpConversion, DimOpConversion,
-                     LinalgOpConversion<DotOp>, LinalgOpConversion<MatmulOp>,
-                     LoadOpConversion, RangeOpConversion, SliceOpConversion,
-                     StoreOpConversion, ViewOpConversion>::build(patterns, ctx,
-                                                                 converter);
+  patterns.insert<BufferAllocOpConversion, BufferDeallocOpConversion,
+                  BufferSizeOpConversion, DimOpConversion,
+                  LinalgOpConversion<DotOp>, LinalgOpConversion<MatmulOp>,
+                  LoadOpConversion, RangeOpConversion, SliceOpConversion,
+                  StoreOpConversion, ViewOpConversion>(ctx, converter);
 }
 
 namespace {
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Quantizer/Transforms/RemoveInstrumentationPass.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Quantizer/Transforms/RemoveInstrumentationPass.cpp
index 6b376db8516..3de89137c3c 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Quantizer/Transforms/RemoveInstrumentationPass.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Quantizer/Transforms/RemoveInstrumentationPass.cpp
@@ -60,12 +60,9 @@ void RemoveInstrumentationPass::runOnFunction() {
   OwningRewritePatternList patterns;
   auto func = getFunction();
   auto *context = &getContext();
-  patterns.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<RemoveIdentityOpRewrite<StatisticsOp>>(context));
-  patterns.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<RemoveIdentityOpRewrite<StatisticsRefOp>>(context));
-  patterns.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<RemoveIdentityOpRewrite<CoupledRefOp>>(context));
+  patterns.insert<RemoveIdentityOpRewrite<StatisticsOp>,
+                  RemoveIdentityOpRewrite<StatisticsRefOp>,
+                  RemoveIdentityOpRewrite<CoupledRefOp>>(context);
   applyPatternsGreedily(func, std::move(patterns));
 }
 
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/StandardOps/Ops.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/StandardOps/Ops.cpp
index df99f00c110..9ecd99a5169 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/StandardOps/Ops.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/StandardOps/Ops.cpp
@@ -365,8 +365,7 @@ struct SimplifyDeadAlloc : public OpRewritePattern<AllocOp> {
 
 void AllocOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                           MLIRContext *context) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<SimplifyAllocConst, SimplifyDeadAlloc>::build(results,
-                                                                   context);
+  results.insert<SimplifyAllocConst, SimplifyDeadAlloc>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -544,8 +543,7 @@ static LogicalResult verify(CallIndirectOp op) {
 
 void CallIndirectOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(
     OwningRewritePatternList &results, MLIRContext *context) {
-  results.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<SimplifyIndirectCallWithKnownCallee>(context));
+  results.insert<SimplifyIndirectCallWithKnownCallee>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -1015,7 +1013,7 @@ static void print(OpAsmPrinter *p, CondBranchOp op) {
 
 void CondBranchOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(
     OwningRewritePatternList &results, MLIRContext *context) {
-  results.push_back(llvm::make_unique<SimplifyConstCondBranchPred>(context));
+  results.insert<SimplifyConstCondBranchPred>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -1231,9 +1229,8 @@ static LogicalResult verify(DeallocOp op) {
 void DeallocOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                             MLIRContext *context) {
   /// dealloc(memrefcast) -> dealloc
-  results.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context));
-  results.push_back(llvm::make_unique<SimplifyDeadDealloc>(context));
+  results.insert<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context);
+  results.insert<SimplifyDeadDealloc>(context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -1497,8 +1494,7 @@ LogicalResult DmaStartOp::verify() {
 void DmaStartOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                              MLIRContext *context) {
   /// dma_start(memrefcast) -> dma_start
-  results.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context));
+  results.insert<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context);
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1561,8 +1557,7 @@ ParseResult DmaWaitOp::parse(OpAsmParser *parser, OperationState *result) {
 void DmaWaitOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                             MLIRContext *context) {
   /// dma_wait(memrefcast) -> dma_wait
-  results.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context));
+  results.insert<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -1695,8 +1690,7 @@ static LogicalResult verify(LoadOp op) {
 void LoadOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                          MLIRContext *context) {
   /// load(memrefcast) -> load
-  results.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context));
+  results.insert<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -2007,8 +2001,7 @@ static LogicalResult verify(StoreOp op) {
 void StoreOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(OwningRewritePatternList &results,
                                           MLIRContext *context) {
   /// store(memrefcast) -> store
-  results.push_back(
-      llvm::make_unique<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context));
+  results.insert<MemRefCastFolder>(getOperationName(), context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/DialectConversion.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/DialectConversion.cpp
index 50c636f708e..6f264b0af35 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/DialectConversion.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/DialectConversion.cpp
@@ -1243,8 +1243,7 @@ struct FuncOpSignatureConversion : public ConversionPattern {
 void mlir::populateFuncOpTypeConversionPattern(
     OwningRewritePatternList &patterns, MLIRContext *ctx,
     TypeConverter &converter) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<FuncOpSignatureConversion>::build(patterns, ctx,
-                                                       converter);
+  patterns.insert<FuncOpSignatureConversion>(ctx, converter);
 }
 
 /// This function converts the type signature of the given block, by invoking
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/LowerAffine.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/LowerAffine.cpp
index f35f963b8ae..1c558efd8e4 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/LowerAffine.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/LowerAffine.cpp
@@ -507,10 +507,11 @@ public:
 
 void mlir::populateAffineToStdConversionPatterns(
     OwningRewritePatternList &patterns, MLIRContext *ctx) {
-  RewriteListBuilder<AffineApplyLowering, AffineDmaStartLowering,
-                     AffineDmaWaitLowering, AffineLoadLowering,
-                     AffineStoreLowering, AffineForLowering, AffineIfLowering,
-                     AffineTerminatorLowering>::build(patterns, ctx);
+  patterns
+      .insert<AffineApplyLowering, AffineDmaStartLowering,
+              AffineDmaWaitLowering, AffineLoadLowering, AffineStoreLowering,
+              AffineForLowering, AffineIfLowering, AffineTerminatorLowering>(
+          ctx);
 }
 
 namespace {
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/LowerVectorTransfers.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/LowerVectorTransfers.cpp
index 3585e2befd6..ef67488023f 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/LowerVectorTransfers.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/LowerVectorTransfers.cpp
@@ -365,12 +365,8 @@ struct LowerVectorTransfersPass
   void runOnFunction() {
     OwningRewritePatternList patterns;
     auto *context = &getContext();
-    patterns.push_back(
-        llvm::make_unique<VectorTransferRewriter<VectorTransferReadOp>>(
-            context));
-    patterns.push_back(
-        llvm::make_unique<VectorTransferRewriter<VectorTransferWriteOp>>(
-            context));
+    patterns.insert<VectorTransferRewriter<VectorTransferReadOp>,
+                    VectorTransferRewriter<VectorTransferWriteOp>>(context);
     applyPatternsGreedily(getFunction(), std::move(patterns));
   }
 };
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/GreedyPatternRewriteDriver.cpp b/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/GreedyPatternRewriteDriver.cpp
index 52952178b37..1df4ceec8f3 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/GreedyPatternRewriteDriver.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/GreedyPatternRewriteDriver.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ namespace {
 class GreedyPatternRewriteDriver : public PatternRewriter {
 public:
   explicit GreedyPatternRewriteDriver(MLIRContext *ctx,
-                                      OwningRewritePatternList &&patterns)
-      : PatternRewriter(ctx), matcher(std::move(patterns)) {
+                                      OwningRewritePatternList &patterns)
+      : PatternRewriter(ctx), matcher(patterns) {
     worklist.reserve(64);
   }
 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ bool mlir::applyPatternsGreedily(Operation *op,
   if (!op->isKnownIsolatedFromAbove())
     return false;
 
-  GreedyPatternRewriteDriver driver(op->getContext(), std::move(patterns));
+  GreedyPatternRewriteDriver driver(op->getContext(), patterns);
   bool converged = driver.simplify(op, maxPatternMatchIterations);
   LLVM_DEBUG(if (!converged) {
     llvm::dbgs() << "The pattern rewrite doesn't converge after scanning "
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/test/lib/TestDialect/TestPatterns.cpp b/third_party/mlir/test/lib/TestDialect/TestPatterns.cpp
index 201dfc3005c..ed94eed4fdd 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/test/lib/TestDialect/TestPatterns.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/test/lib/TestDialect/TestPatterns.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct TestPatternDriver : public FunctionPass<TestPatternDriver> {
     populateWithGenerated(&getContext(), &patterns);
 
     // Verify named pattern is generated with expected name.
-    RewriteListBuilder<TestNamedPatternRule>::build(patterns, &getContext());
+    patterns.insert<TestNamedPatternRule>(&getContext());
 
     applyPatternsGreedily(getFunction(), std::move(patterns));
   }
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ struct TestLegalizePatternDriver
     TestTypeConverter converter;
     mlir::OwningRewritePatternList patterns;
     populateWithGenerated(&getContext(), &patterns);
-    RewriteListBuilder<TestRegionRewriteBlockMovement, TestRegionRewriteUndo,
-                       TestDropOp, TestPassthroughInvalidOp,
-                       TestSplitReturnType>::build(patterns, &getContext());
+    patterns.insert<TestRegionRewriteBlockMovement, TestRegionRewriteUndo,
+                    TestDropOp, TestPassthroughInvalidOp, TestSplitReturnType>(
+        &getContext());
     mlir::populateFuncOpTypeConversionPattern(patterns, &getContext(),
                                               converter);
 
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/tools/mlir-cuda-runner/mlir-cuda-runner.cpp b/third_party/mlir/tools/mlir-cuda-runner/mlir-cuda-runner.cpp
index edf6aeae469..f75413fdaed 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/tools/mlir-cuda-runner/mlir-cuda-runner.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/tools/mlir-cuda-runner/mlir-cuda-runner.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static LogicalResult runMLIRPasses(ModuleOp m) {
   pm.addPass(createConvertToLLVMIRPass([](LLVMTypeConverter &converter,
                                           OwningRewritePatternList &patterns) {
     populateStdToLLVMConversionPatterns(converter, patterns);
-    patterns.push_back(llvm::make_unique<GPULaunchFuncOpLowering>(converter));
+    patterns.insert<GPULaunchFuncOpLowering>(converter);
   }));
   pm.addPass(createLowerGpuOpsToNVVMOpsPass());
   pm.addPass(createConvertGPUKernelToCubinPass(&compilePtxToCubin));
diff --git a/third_party/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/RewriterGen.cpp b/third_party/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/RewriterGen.cpp
index d408ecfa5eb..24eeaf50d78 100644
--- a/third_party/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/RewriterGen.cpp
+++ b/third_party/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/RewriterGen.cpp
@@ -935,8 +935,7 @@ static void emitRewriters(const RecordKeeper &recordKeeper, raw_ostream &os) {
   os << "void populateWithGenerated(MLIRContext *context, "
      << "OwningRewritePatternList *patterns) {\n";
   for (const auto &name : rewriterNames) {
-    os << "  patterns->push_back(llvm::make_unique<" << name
-       << ">(context));\n";
+    os << "  patterns->insert<" << name << ">(context);\n";
   }
   os << "}\n";
 }