diff --git a/src/relay/backend/te_compiler.cc b/src/relay/backend/te_compiler.cc
index 915fc22b20528..418581bffd01b 100644
--- a/src/relay/backend/te_compiler.cc
+++ b/src/relay/backend/te_compiler.cc
@@ -617,15 +617,15 @@ class LowerTensorExprMutator : public DeviceAwareExprMutator {
     }
 
     // Similarly transform arguments.
-    Array<Expr> args;
+    Array<Expr> visited_args;
     for (const auto& arg : call_node->args) {
-      args.push_back(VisitExpr(arg));
+      visited_args.push_back(VisitExpr(arg));
     }
 
     // Already lowered by other means so we don't need to mutate
     // the call but we do need to mutate the arguments
     if (prim_func->IsInstance<tir::PrimFuncNode>()) {
-      return Call(call_node->op, args, call_node->attrs);
+      return Call(call_node->op, visited_args, call_node->attrs);
     }
 
     // Find the desired target device.
@@ -639,10 +639,7 @@ class LowerTensorExprMutator : public DeviceAwareExprMutator {
       // TODO(mbs): Replace device_type with target so this lookup is unnecessary.
       target = GetTargetFromInteger(device_type, targets_);
     }
-    Array<Expr> visited_args;
-    for (const auto& arg : call_node->args) {
-      visited_args.push_back(VisitExpr(arg));
-    }
+
     // Lower the primitive function for that target.
     Function func = Downcast<Function>(prim_func);
     return MakeLoweredCall(func, visited_args, call_node->type_args, call_node->span, target);
diff --git a/src/relay/op/memory/device_copy.cc b/src/relay/op/memory/device_copy.cc
index 9106b95c92171..9a3df7a4f91f9 100644
--- a/src/relay/op/memory/device_copy.cc
+++ b/src/relay/op/memory/device_copy.cc
@@ -107,19 +107,6 @@ DeviceCopyProps GetDeviceCopyProps(const CallNode* call_node) {
     } else {
       return {call_node->args[0], src_dev_type, dst_dev_type};
     }
-  } else if (call_node->op == CallLoweredOp()) {
-    /* Get device props for a TIR function */
-    CallLoweredProps call_lowered_props = GetCallLoweredProps(call_node);
-
-    if (call_lowered_props.attrs.metadata.count("source_device") == 1 &&
-        call_lowered_props.attrs.metadata.count("dst_device") == 1) {
-      ICHECK_EQ(call_lowered_props.arguments.size(), 1) << "device_copy is of arity 1";
-      return {call_lowered_props.lowered_func,
-              static_cast<DLDeviceType>(
-                  Downcast<Integer>(call_lowered_props.attrs.metadata["source_device"])->value),
-              static_cast<DLDeviceType>(
-                  Downcast<Integer>(call_lowered_props.attrs.metadata["dst_device"])->value)};
-    }
   }
   return {};
 }