diff --git a/compiler/src/iree/compiler/Codegen/Common/GPU/GPUDistributeSharedMemoryCopy.cpp b/compiler/src/iree/compiler/Codegen/Common/GPU/GPUDistributeSharedMemoryCopy.cpp
index 3de3216abfde..10d426585162 100644
--- a/compiler/src/iree/compiler/Codegen/Common/GPU/GPUDistributeSharedMemoryCopy.cpp
+++ b/compiler/src/iree/compiler/Codegen/Common/GPU/GPUDistributeSharedMemoryCopy.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <numeric>
 
-#include "iree-dialects/Dialect/LinalgExt/Passes/Passes.h"
 #include "iree-dialects/Dialect/LinalgExt/Transforms/Transforms.h"
 #include "iree/compiler/Codegen/Common/GPU/PassDetail.h"
 #include "iree/compiler/Codegen/Common/GPU/Passes.h"
@@ -29,9 +28,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_TYPE "iree-codegen-gpu-distribute-shared-memory-copy"
 
-using mlir::iree_compiler::IREE::LinalgExt::LinalgVectorizationPattern;
-using mlir::iree_compiler::IREE::LinalgExt::VectorizationPatterns;
-
 /// Prints the given `funcOp` after a leading `step` comment header.
 void debugPrint(mlir::func::FuncOp funcOp, const char *step) {
   LLVM_DEBUG({
@@ -274,14 +270,17 @@ static void populateTilingAndDistribute(RewritePatternSet &patterns,
           StringAttr::get(patterns.getContext(), kCopyDistributed)));
 }
 
-static void populateVectorizationPatterns(RewritePatternSet &patterns) {
-  VectorizationPatterns<linalg::GenericOp>::insert(
-      patterns, IREE::LinalgExt::LinalgVectorizationOptions(),
-      IREE::LinalgExt::LinalgTransformationFilter(
-          {StringAttr::get(patterns.getContext(),
-                           getCopyToWorkgroupMemoryMarker()),
-           StringAttr::get(patterns.getContext(), kCopyDistributed)},
-          std::nullopt));
+static void vectorizeDistributedCopies(func::FuncOp funcOp) {
+  IRRewriter rewriter(funcOp.getContext());
+  SmallVector<linalg::GenericOp> candidates;
+  funcOp.walk([&](linalg::GenericOp op) { candidates.push_back(op); });
+  for (auto op : candidates) {
+    SmallVector<int64_t> vectorSizes;
+    SmallVector<bool> scalableVecDims;
+    scalableVecDims.resize(vectorSizes.size());
+    (void)linalg::vectorize(rewriter, op, vectorSizes, scalableVecDims,
+                            /*vectorizeGatherAccesses=*/true);
+  };
 }
 
 /// Return a flattened Id Value by combining the 3D gpu thread IDs.
@@ -436,12 +435,7 @@ class GPUDistributeSharedMemoryCopyPass
       debugPrint(funcOp, "After step 2: thread distribution");
 
       // Step 3. Vectorize the distributed copies.
-      RewritePatternSet vectorizationPatterns(context);
-      populateVectorizationPatterns(vectorizationPatterns);
-      if (failed(applyPatternsAndFoldGreedily(
-              funcOp, std::move(vectorizationPatterns)))) {
-        return signalPassFailure();
-      }
+      vectorizeDistributedCopies(funcOp);
       debugPrint(funcOp, "After step 3: vectorization");
 
       // Step4. Finally unroll all the loop created
diff --git a/llvm-external-projects/iree-dialects/include/iree-dialects/Dialect/LinalgExt/Transforms/Transforms.h b/llvm-external-projects/iree-dialects/include/iree-dialects/Dialect/LinalgExt/Transforms/Transforms.h
index 70aba5cb98dd..d6ec010dffc5 100644
--- a/llvm-external-projects/iree-dialects/include/iree-dialects/Dialect/LinalgExt/Transforms/Transforms.h
+++ b/llvm-external-projects/iree-dialects/include/iree-dialects/Dialect/LinalgExt/Transforms/Transforms.h
@@ -169,59 +169,6 @@ class TilingPatterns<OpTy, OpTypes...> {
   }
 };
 
-///
-/// Linalg vectorization patterns.
-///
-/// `filter` controls LinalgTransformMarker matching and update when specified.
-/// See `vectorizeLinalgOp` for more details.
-struct LinalgVectorizationPattern
-    : public OpInterfaceRewritePattern<linalg::LinalgOp> {
-  /// Construct a generic pattern applied to all LinalgOp that verify `filter`.
-  LinalgVectorizationPattern(
-      MLIRContext *context,
-      LinalgVectorizationOptions opts = LinalgVectorizationOptions(),
-      LinalgTransformationFilter f = LinalgTransformationFilter(),
-      PatternBenefit benefit = 1);
-
-  /// Construct a pattern specifically applied to `opName`.
-  LinalgVectorizationPattern(
-      StringRef opName, MLIRContext *context,
-      LinalgVectorizationOptions opts = LinalgVectorizationOptions(),
-      LinalgTransformationFilter f = LinalgTransformationFilter(),
-      PatternBenefit benefit = 1);
-
-  LogicalResult matchAndRewrite(linalg::LinalgOp linalgOp,
-                                PatternRewriter &rewriter) const override;
-
-private:
-  /// LinalgTransformMarker handles special attribute manipulations.
-  LinalgVectorizationOptions options;
-  LinalgTransformationFilter filter;
-};
-
-template <typename... OpTypes>
-class VectorizationPatterns;
-
-template <>
-class VectorizationPatterns<> {
-public:
-  static void insert(RewritePatternSet &patterns,
-                     const LinalgVectorizationOptions &opts,
-                     const LinalgTransformationFilter &f) {}
-};
-
-template <typename OpTy, typename... OpTypes>
-class VectorizationPatterns<OpTy, OpTypes...> {
-public:
-  static void insert(RewritePatternSet &patterns,
-                     const LinalgVectorizationOptions &opts,
-                     const LinalgTransformationFilter &f) {
-    patterns.add<LinalgVectorizationPattern>(OpTy::getOperationName(),
-                                             patterns.getContext(), opts, f);
-    VectorizationPatterns<OpTypes...>::insert(patterns, opts, f);
-  }
-};
-
 ///
 /// Linalg promotion patterns.
 ///
diff --git a/llvm-external-projects/iree-dialects/lib/Dialect/LinalgExt/Transforms/Transforms.cpp b/llvm-external-projects/iree-dialects/lib/Dialect/LinalgExt/Transforms/Transforms.cpp
index a344d5459796..cd6375628b06 100644
--- a/llvm-external-projects/iree-dialects/lib/Dialect/LinalgExt/Transforms/Transforms.cpp
+++ b/llvm-external-projects/iree-dialects/lib/Dialect/LinalgExt/Transforms/Transforms.cpp
@@ -100,32 +100,6 @@ LinalgTilingPattern::returningMatchAndRewrite(linalg::LinalgOp op,
   return res;
 }
 
-LinalgVectorizationPattern::LinalgVectorizationPattern(
-    MLIRContext *context, LinalgVectorizationOptions opts,
-    LinalgExt::LinalgTransformationFilter f, PatternBenefit benefit)
-    : OpInterfaceRewritePattern<linalg::LinalgOp>(context, benefit),
-      options(std::move(opts)), filter(std::move(f)) {}
-
-LinalgVectorizationPattern::LinalgVectorizationPattern(
-    StringRef opName, MLIRContext *context, LinalgVectorizationOptions opts,
-    LinalgExt::LinalgTransformationFilter f, PatternBenefit benefit)
-    : OpInterfaceRewritePattern<linalg::LinalgOp>(context, benefit),
-      options(std::move(opts)), filter(f.addOpNameFilter(opName)) {}
-
-LogicalResult
-LinalgVectorizationPattern::matchAndRewrite(linalg::LinalgOp linalgOp,
-                                            PatternRewriter &rewriter) const {
-  if (failed(filter.checkAndNotify(rewriter, linalgOp)))
-    return failure();
-  SmallVector<int64_t> vectorSizes;
-  if (options.enableVectorMasking)
-    vectorSizes.append(options.vectorSizeComputationFunction(
-        linalgOp, options.canonicalVectorSizes));
-  SmallVector<bool> scalableVecDims(vectorSizes.size(), false);
-  return vectorize(rewriter, linalgOp, vectorSizes, scalableVecDims,
-                   options.vectorizeGatherAccesses);
-}
-
 } // namespace LinalgExt
 } // namespace IREE
 } // namespace iree_compiler