diff --git a/include/llvm/Target/Target.td b/include/llvm/Target/Target.td
index b592edcf3c3..bceda5f2040 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Target/Target.td
+++ b/include/llvm/Target/Target.td
@@ -959,14 +959,6 @@ class AsmWriter {
   // == 1, will expand to "y".
   int Variant = 0;
 
-
-  // FirstOperandColumn/OperandSpacing - If the assembler syntax uses a columnar
-  // layout, the asmwriter can actually generate output in this columns (in
-  // verbose-asm mode).  These two values indicate the width of the first column
-  // (the "opcode" area) and the width to reserve for subsequent operands.  When
-  // verbose asm mode is enabled, operands will be indented to respect this.
-  int FirstOperandColumn = -1;
-
   // OperandSpacing - Space between operand columns.
   int OperandSpacing = -1;
 
diff --git a/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterEmitter.cpp b/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterEmitter.cpp
index a18b6b55947..4a36195962b 100644
--- a/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterEmitter.cpp
+++ b/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterEmitter.cpp
@@ -987,7 +987,6 @@ AsmWriterEmitter::AsmWriterEmitter(RecordKeeper &R) : Records(R), Target(R) {
     if (!(*I)->AsmString.empty() && (*I)->TheDef->getName() != "PHI")
       Instructions.push_back(
           AsmWriterInst(**I, AsmWriter->getValueAsInt("Variant"),
-                        AsmWriter->getValueAsInt("FirstOperandColumn"),
                         AsmWriter->getValueAsInt("OperandSpacing")));
 
   // Get the instruction numbering.
diff --git a/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterInst.cpp b/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterInst.cpp
index 1c2004f6ee5..5d9ead10b36 100644
--- a/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterInst.cpp
+++ b/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterInst.cpp
@@ -50,14 +50,9 @@ std::string AsmWriterOperand::getCode() const {
 ///
 AsmWriterInst::AsmWriterInst(const CodeGenInstruction &CGI,
                              unsigned Variant,
-                             int FirstOperandColumn,
                              int OperandSpacing) {
   this->CGI = &CGI;
 
-  // This is the number of tabs we've seen if we're doing columnar layout.
-  unsigned CurColumn = 0;
-
-
   // NOTE: Any extensions to this code need to be mirrored in the
   // AsmPrinter::printInlineAsm code that executes as compile time (assuming
   // that inline asm strings should also get the new feature)!
@@ -76,20 +71,7 @@ AsmWriterInst::AsmWriterInst(const CodeGenInstruction &CGI,
             AddLiteralString("\\n");
             break;
           case '\t':
-            // If the asm writer is not using a columnar layout, \t is not
-            // magic.
-            if (FirstOperandColumn == -1 || OperandSpacing == -1) {
-              AddLiteralString("\\t");
-            } else {
-              // We recognize a tab as an operand delimeter.
-              unsigned DestColumn = FirstOperandColumn +
-              CurColumn++ * OperandSpacing;
-              Operands.push_back(
-                AsmWriterOperand(
-                  "O.PadToColumn(" +
-                  utostr(DestColumn) + ");\n",
-                  AsmWriterOperand::isLiteralStatementOperand));
-            }
+            AddLiteralString("\\t");
             break;
           case '"':
             AddLiteralString("\\\"");
@@ -106,20 +88,7 @@ AsmWriterInst::AsmWriterInst(const CodeGenInstruction &CGI,
         if (AsmString[DollarPos+1] == 'n') {
           AddLiteralString("\\n");
         } else if (AsmString[DollarPos+1] == 't') {
-          // If the asm writer is not using a columnar layout, \t is not
-          // magic.
-          if (FirstOperandColumn == -1 || OperandSpacing == -1) {
-            AddLiteralString("\\t");
-            break;
-          }
-
-          // We recognize a tab as an operand delimeter.
-          unsigned DestColumn = FirstOperandColumn +
-          CurColumn++ * OperandSpacing;
-          Operands.push_back(
-            AsmWriterOperand("O.PadToColumn(" + utostr(DestColumn) + ");\n",
-                             AsmWriterOperand::isLiteralStatementOperand));
-          break;
+          AddLiteralString("\\t");
         } else if (std::string("${|}\\").find(AsmString[DollarPos+1])
                    != std::string::npos) {
           AddLiteralString(std::string(1, AsmString[DollarPos+1]));
diff --git a/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterInst.h b/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterInst.h
index ec7d8eb1039..4cee35289f1 100644
--- a/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterInst.h
+++ b/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterInst.h
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ namespace llvm {
 
     AsmWriterInst(const CodeGenInstruction &CGI,
                   unsigned Variant,
-                  int FirstOperandColumn,
                   int OperandSpacing);
 
     /// MatchesAllButOneOp - If this instruction is exactly identical to the