diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
index 13106de2f2..f2fafa85cb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
@@ -466,21 +466,6 @@ func runGet(ctx context.Context, cmd *base.Command, args []string) {
 	modload.AllowWriteGoMod()
 	modload.WriteGoMod()
 	modload.DisallowWriteGoMod()
-
-	// Ensure .info files are cached for each module in the build list.
-	// This ensures 'go list -m all' can succeed later if offline.
-	// 'go get' only loads .info files for queried versions. 'go list -m' needs
-	// them to add timestamps to the output.
-	//
-	// This is best effort since build commands don't need .info files to load
-	// the build list.
-	//
-	// TODO(golang.org/issue/40775): ListModules resets modload.loader, which
-	// contains information about direct dependencies that WriteGoMod uses.
-	// Refactor to avoid these kinds of global side effects.
-	if modload.HasModRoot() {
-		modload.ListModules(ctx, []string{"all"}, false, false, false)
-	}
 }
 
 // parseArgs parses command-line arguments and reports errors.
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_gonoproxy.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_gonoproxy.txt
index 7ead946c24..546605da21 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_gonoproxy.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_gonoproxy.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ env GOPRIVATE='*/quote,*/*mple*,golang.org/x'
 env GONOPROXY=none # that is, proxy all despite GOPRIVATE
 go get -d rsc.io/quote
 
+# Download .info files needed for 'go list -m all' later.
+# TODO(#42723): either 'go list -m' should not read these files,
+# or 'go get' and 'go mod tidy' should download them.
+go list -m all  
+stdout '^golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c$'
+
 # When GOPROXY is not empty but contains no entries, an error should be reported.
 env GOPROXY=','
 ! go get -d golang.org/x/text