diff --git a/terraform/graph_builder_apply.go b/terraform/graph_builder_apply.go
index 56557d0e3..2221c526c 100644
--- a/terraform/graph_builder_apply.go
+++ b/terraform/graph_builder_apply.go
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ type ApplyGraphBuilder struct {
 	// outputs should go into the diff so that this is unnecessary.
 	Targets []addrs.Targetable
 
-	// DisableReduce, if true, will not reduce the graph. Great for testing.
-	DisableReduce bool
-
 	// Destroy, if true, represents a pure destroy operation
 	Destroy bool
 
@@ -194,12 +191,10 @@ func (b *ApplyGraphBuilder) Steps() []GraphTransformer {
 
 		// close the root module
 		&CloseRootModuleTransformer{},
-	}
 
-	if !b.DisableReduce {
 		// Perform the transitive reduction to make our graph a bit
 		// more sane if possible (it usually is possible).
-		steps = append(steps, &TransitiveReductionTransformer{})
+		&TransitiveReductionTransformer{},
 	}
 
 	return steps
diff --git a/terraform/graph_builder_apply_test.go b/terraform/graph_builder_apply_test.go
index d241c0bc2..357ca7f42 100644
--- a/terraform/graph_builder_apply_test.go
+++ b/terraform/graph_builder_apply_test.go
@@ -184,11 +184,10 @@ func TestApplyGraphBuilder_doubleCBD(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	b := &ApplyGraphBuilder{
-		Config:        testModule(t, "graph-builder-apply-double-cbd"),
-		Changes:       changes,
-		Components:    simpleMockComponentFactory(),
-		Schemas:       simpleTestSchemas(),
-		DisableReduce: true,
+		Config:     testModule(t, "graph-builder-apply-double-cbd"),
+		Changes:    changes,
+		Components: simpleMockComponentFactory(),
+		Schemas:    simpleTestSchemas(),
 	}
 
 	g, err := b.Build(addrs.RootModuleInstance)
@@ -279,12 +278,11 @@ func TestApplyGraphBuilder_destroyStateOnly(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 
 	b := &ApplyGraphBuilder{
-		Config:        testModule(t, "empty"),
-		Changes:       changes,
-		State:         state,
-		Components:    simpleMockComponentFactory(),
-		Schemas:       simpleTestSchemas(),
-		DisableReduce: true,
+		Config:     testModule(t, "empty"),
+		Changes:    changes,
+		State:      state,
+		Components: simpleMockComponentFactory(),
+		Schemas:    simpleTestSchemas(),
 	}
 
 	g, diags := b.Build(addrs.RootModuleInstance)
diff --git a/terraform/graph_builder_plan.go b/terraform/graph_builder_plan.go
index 0354ce238..a79354a49 100644
--- a/terraform/graph_builder_plan.go
+++ b/terraform/graph_builder_plan.go
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ type PlanGraphBuilder struct {
 	// Targets are resources to target
 	Targets []addrs.Targetable
 
-	// DisableReduce, if true, will not reduce the graph. Great for testing.
-	DisableReduce bool
-
 	// Validate will do structural validation of the graph.
 	Validate bool
 
@@ -174,12 +171,10 @@ func (b *PlanGraphBuilder) Steps() []GraphTransformer {
 
 		// Close the root module
 		&CloseRootModuleTransformer{},
-	}
 
-	if !b.DisableReduce {
 		// Perform the transitive reduction to make our graph a bit
 		// more sane if possible (it usually is possible).
-		steps = append(steps, &TransitiveReductionTransformer{})
+		&TransitiveReductionTransformer{},
 	}
 
 	return steps
diff --git a/terraform/graph_builder_plan_test.go b/terraform/graph_builder_plan_test.go
index eb64fb893..956b147ea 100644
--- a/terraform/graph_builder_plan_test.go
+++ b/terraform/graph_builder_plan_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ func TestPlanGraphBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 				addrs.NewDefaultProvider("openstack"): openstackProvider.GetSchemaReturn,
 			},
 		},
-		DisableReduce: true,
 	}
 
 	g, err := b.Build(addrs.RootModuleInstance)
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@ func TestPlanGraphBuilder_dynamicBlock(t *testing.T) {
 				addrs.NewDefaultProvider("test"): provider.GetSchemaReturn,
 			},
 		},
-		DisableReduce: true,
 	}
 
 	g, err := b.Build(addrs.RootModuleInstance)
@@ -125,15 +123,9 @@ func TestPlanGraphBuilder_dynamicBlock(t *testing.T) {
 	actual := strings.TrimSpace(g.String())
 	expected := strings.TrimSpace(`
 meta.count-boundary (EachMode fixup)
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"]
-  test_thing.a (expand)
-  test_thing.b (expand)
   test_thing.c (expand)
 provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"]
 provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"] (close)
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"]
-  test_thing.a (expand)
-  test_thing.b (expand)
   test_thing.c (expand)
 root
   meta.count-boundary (EachMode fixup)
@@ -143,7 +135,6 @@ test_thing.a (expand)
 test_thing.b (expand)
   provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"]
 test_thing.c (expand)
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"]
   test_thing.a (expand)
   test_thing.b (expand)
 `)
@@ -184,7 +175,6 @@ func TestPlanGraphBuilder_attrAsBlocks(t *testing.T) {
 				addrs.NewDefaultProvider("test"): provider.GetSchemaReturn,
 			},
 		},
-		DisableReduce: true,
 	}
 
 	g, err := b.Build(addrs.RootModuleInstance)
@@ -204,13 +194,9 @@ func TestPlanGraphBuilder_attrAsBlocks(t *testing.T) {
 	actual := strings.TrimSpace(g.String())
 	expected := strings.TrimSpace(`
 meta.count-boundary (EachMode fixup)
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"]
-  test_thing.a (expand)
   test_thing.b (expand)
 provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"]
 provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"] (close)
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"]
-  test_thing.a (expand)
   test_thing.b (expand)
 root
   meta.count-boundary (EachMode fixup)
@@ -218,7 +204,6 @@ root
 test_thing.a (expand)
   provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"]
 test_thing.b (expand)
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"]
   test_thing.a (expand)
 `)
 	if actual != expected {
@@ -271,7 +256,6 @@ func TestPlanGraphBuilder_forEach(t *testing.T) {
 				addrs.NewDefaultProvider("aws"): awsProvider.GetSchemaReturn,
 			},
 		},
-		DisableReduce: true,
 	}
 
 	g, err := b.Build(addrs.RootModuleInstance)
@@ -295,25 +279,16 @@ func TestPlanGraphBuilder_forEach(t *testing.T) {
 const testPlanGraphBuilderStr = `
 aws_instance.web (expand)
   aws_security_group.firewall (expand)
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"]
   var.foo
 aws_load_balancer.weblb (expand)
   aws_instance.web (expand)
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"]
 aws_security_group.firewall (expand)
   provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"]
 local.instance_id (expand)
   aws_instance.web (expand)
 meta.count-boundary (EachMode fixup)
-  aws_instance.web (expand)
   aws_load_balancer.weblb (expand)
-  aws_security_group.firewall (expand)
-  local.instance_id (expand)
-  openstack_floating_ip.random (expand)
   output.instance_id (expand)
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"]
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/openstack"]
-  var.foo
 openstack_floating_ip.random (expand)
   provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/openstack"]
 output.instance_id (expand)
@@ -321,14 +296,10 @@ output.instance_id (expand)
 provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"]
   openstack_floating_ip.random (expand)
 provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"] (close)
-  aws_instance.web (expand)
   aws_load_balancer.weblb (expand)
-  aws_security_group.firewall (expand)
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"]
 provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/openstack"]
 provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/openstack"] (close)
   openstack_floating_ip.random (expand)
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/openstack"]
 root
   meta.count-boundary (EachMode fixup)
   provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"] (close)
@@ -342,7 +313,6 @@ aws_instance.bar2 (expand)
   provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"]
 aws_instance.bat (expand)
   aws_instance.boo (expand)
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"]
 aws_instance.baz (expand)
   provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"]
 aws_instance.boo (expand)
@@ -354,18 +324,14 @@ meta.count-boundary (EachMode fixup)
   aws_instance.bar2 (expand)
   aws_instance.bat (expand)
   aws_instance.baz (expand)
-  aws_instance.boo (expand)
   aws_instance.foo (expand)
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"]
 provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"]
 provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"] (close)
   aws_instance.bar (expand)
   aws_instance.bar2 (expand)
   aws_instance.bat (expand)
   aws_instance.baz (expand)
-  aws_instance.boo (expand)
   aws_instance.foo (expand)
-  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"]
 root
   meta.count-boundary (EachMode fixup)
   provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"] (close)
diff --git a/terraform/graph_builder_refresh.go b/terraform/graph_builder_refresh.go
index e91123a1c..2721673d9 100644
--- a/terraform/graph_builder_refresh.go
+++ b/terraform/graph_builder_refresh.go
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ type RefreshGraphBuilder struct {
 	// Targets are resources to target
 	Targets []addrs.Targetable
 
-	// DisableReduce, if true, will not reduce the graph. Great for testing.
-	DisableReduce bool
-
 	// Validate will do structural validation of the graph.
 	Validate bool
 }
@@ -183,12 +180,10 @@ func (b *RefreshGraphBuilder) Steps() []GraphTransformer {
 
 		// Close root module
 		&CloseRootModuleTransformer{},
-	}
 
-	if !b.DisableReduce {
 		// Perform the transitive reduction to make our graph a bit
 		// more sane if possible (it usually is possible).
-		steps = append(steps, &TransitiveReductionTransformer{})
+		&TransitiveReductionTransformer{},
 	}
 
 	return steps