2 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/expr.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/expr.go
index 5eed85ed84..37e2689b97 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/expr.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/expr.go
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ func IsReflectHeaderDataField(l Node) bool {
 func ParamNames(ft *types.Type) []Node {
 	args := make([]Node, ft.NumParams())
 	for i, f := range ft.Params().FieldSlice() {
-		args[i] = AsNode(f.Nname)
+		args[i] = f.Nname.(*Name)
 	}
 	return args
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/node.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/node.go
index 317c716b16..b1829faf7f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/node.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/node.go
@@ -462,13 +462,6 @@ const (
 
 )
 
-func AsNode(n types.Object) Node {
-	if n == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return n.(Node)
-}
-
 var BlankNode *Name
 
 func IsConst(n Node, ct constant.Kind) bool {