diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/regalloc.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/regalloc.go
index 28fac6ccd0..431059ae69 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/regalloc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/regalloc.go
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ func (s *regAllocState) regalloc(f *Func) {
 				if s.f.pass.debug > regDebug {
 					fmt.Printf("delete copied value %s\n", c.LongString())
 				}
-				c.RemoveArg(0)
+				c.resetArgs()
 				f.freeValue(c)
 				delete(s.copies, c)
 				progress = true
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/rewrite.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/rewrite.go
index 2fe0ca64c8..9136c59e65 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/rewrite.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/rewrite.go
@@ -816,7 +816,11 @@ func devirtLECall(v *Value, sym *obj.LSym) *Value {
 	v.Op = OpStaticLECall
 	auxcall := v.Aux.(*AuxCall)
 	auxcall.Fn = sym
-	v.RemoveArg(0)
+	// Remove first arg
+	v.Args[0].Uses--
+	copy(v.Args[0:], v.Args[1:])
+	v.Args[len(v.Args)-1] = nil // aid GC
+	v.Args = v.Args[:len(v.Args)-1]
 	return v
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/value.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/value.go
index 630143cc50..7b411a4612 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/value.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/value.go
@@ -302,12 +302,6 @@ func (v *Value) SetArg(i int, w *Value) {
 	v.Args[i] = w
 	w.Uses++
 }
-func (v *Value) RemoveArg(i int) {
-	v.Args[i].Uses--
-	copy(v.Args[i:], v.Args[i+1:])
-	v.Args[len(v.Args)-1] = nil // aid GC
-	v.Args = v.Args[:len(v.Args)-1]
-}
 func (v *Value) SetArgs1(a *Value) {
 	v.resetArgs()
 	v.AddArg(a)