diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 0ff528520180..1c2212c1a4c7 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
     const only_install_lib_files = b.option(bool, "lib-files-only", "Only install library files") orelse false;
 
     const is_stage1 = b.option(bool, "stage1", "Build the stage1 compiler, put stage2 behind a feature flag") orelse false;
-    const omit_stage2 = b.option(bool, "omit-stage2", "Do not include stage2 behind a feature flag inside stage1") orelse false;
     const static_llvm = b.option(bool, "static-llvm", "Disable integration with system-installed LLVM, Clang, LLD, and libc++") orelse false;
     const enable_llvm = b.option(bool, "enable-llvm", "Build self-hosted compiler with LLVM backend enabled") orelse (is_stage1 or static_llvm);
     const llvm_has_m68k = b.option(
@@ -361,7 +360,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
     exe_options.addOption(bool, "enable_tracy_allocation", tracy_allocation);
     exe_options.addOption(bool, "value_tracing", value_tracing);
     exe_options.addOption(bool, "is_stage1", is_stage1);
-    exe_options.addOption(bool, "omit_stage2", omit_stage2);
     if (tracy) |tracy_path| {
         const client_cpp = fs.path.join(
             b.allocator,
@@ -397,7 +395,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
     test_cases_options.addOption(bool, "skip_non_native", skip_non_native);
     test_cases_options.addOption(bool, "skip_stage1", skip_stage1);
     test_cases_options.addOption(bool, "is_stage1", is_stage1);
-    test_cases_options.addOption(bool, "omit_stage2", omit_stage2);
     test_cases_options.addOption(bool, "have_llvm", enable_llvm);
     test_cases_options.addOption(bool, "llvm_has_m68k", llvm_has_m68k);
     test_cases_options.addOption(bool, "llvm_has_csky", llvm_has_csky);
@@ -457,7 +454,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
         skip_non_native,
         skip_libc,
         skip_stage1,
-        omit_stage2,
+        false,
         is_stage1,
     ));
 
@@ -472,7 +469,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
         skip_non_native,
         true, // skip_libc
         skip_stage1,
-        omit_stage2 or true, // TODO get these all passing
+        true, // TODO get these all passing
         is_stage1,
     ));
 
@@ -487,7 +484,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
         skip_non_native,
         true, // skip_libc
         skip_stage1,
-        omit_stage2 or true, // TODO get these all passing
+        true, // TODO get these all passing
         is_stage1,
     ));
 
@@ -499,14 +496,13 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
         skip_non_native,
         enable_macos_sdk,
         target,
-        omit_stage2,
         b.enable_darling,
         b.enable_qemu,
         b.enable_rosetta,
         b.enable_wasmtime,
         b.enable_wine,
     ));
-    toolchain_step.dependOn(tests.addLinkTests(b, test_filter, modes, enable_macos_sdk, omit_stage2));
+    toolchain_step.dependOn(tests.addLinkTests(b, test_filter, modes, enable_macos_sdk));
     toolchain_step.dependOn(tests.addStackTraceTests(b, test_filter, modes));
     toolchain_step.dependOn(tests.addCliTests(b, test_filter, modes));
     toolchain_step.dependOn(tests.addAssembleAndLinkTests(b, test_filter, modes));
@@ -528,7 +524,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
         skip_non_native,
         skip_libc,
         skip_stage1,
-        omit_stage2 or true, // TODO get these all passing
+        true, // TODO get these all passing
         is_stage1,
     );
 
diff --git a/ci/azure/build.zig b/ci/azure/build.zig
index 3fec5553215f..053065b6997b 100644
--- a/ci/azure/build.zig
+++ b/ci/azure/build.zig
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
     docs_step.dependOn(&docgen_cmd.step);
 
     const is_stage1 = b.option(bool, "stage1", "Build the stage1 compiler, put stage2 behind a feature flag") orelse false;
-    const omit_stage2 = b.option(bool, "omit-stage2", "Do not include stage2 behind a feature flag inside stage1") orelse false;
     const static_llvm = b.option(bool, "static-llvm", "Disable integration with system-installed LLVM, Clang, LLD, and libc++") orelse false;
     const enable_llvm = b.option(bool, "enable-llvm", "Build self-hosted compiler with LLVM backend enabled") orelse (is_stage1 or static_llvm);
     const llvm_has_m68k = b.option(
@@ -300,7 +299,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
     exe_options.addOption(bool, "enable_tracy_allocation", tracy_allocation);
     exe_options.addOption(bool, "value_tracing", value_tracing);
     exe_options.addOption(bool, "is_stage1", is_stage1);
-    exe_options.addOption(bool, "omit_stage2", omit_stage2);
     if (tracy) |tracy_path| {
         const client_cpp = fs.path.join(
             b.allocator,
diff --git a/src/Compilation.zig b/src/Compilation.zig
index af39154a3f23..40601f71ddb6 100644
--- a/src/Compilation.zig
+++ b/src/Compilation.zig
@@ -1033,8 +1033,6 @@ pub fn create(gpa: Allocator, options: InitOptions) !*Compilation {
             // Even though we may have no Zig code to compile (depending on `options.main_pkg`),
             // we may need to use stage1 for building compiler-rt and other dependencies.
 
-            if (build_options.omit_stage2)
-                break :blk true;
             if (options.use_llvm) |use_llvm| {
                 if (!use_llvm) {
                     break :blk false;
@@ -2180,8 +2178,7 @@ pub fn update(comp: *Compilation) !void {
         comp.c_object_work_queue.writeItemAssumeCapacity(key);
     }
 
-    const use_stage1 = build_options.omit_stage2 or
-        (build_options.is_stage1 and comp.bin_file.options.use_stage1);
+    const use_stage1 = build_options.is_stage1 and comp.bin_file.options.use_stage1;
     if (comp.bin_file.options.module) |module| {
         module.compile_log_text.shrinkAndFree(module.gpa, 0);
         module.generation += 1;
@@ -2357,8 +2354,7 @@ fn flush(comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node) !void {
     };
     comp.link_error_flags = comp.bin_file.errorFlags();
 
-    const use_stage1 = build_options.omit_stage2 or
-        (build_options.is_stage1 and comp.bin_file.options.use_stage1);
+    const use_stage1 = build_options.is_stage1 and comp.bin_file.options.use_stage1;
     if (!use_stage1) {
         if (comp.bin_file.options.module) |module| {
             try link.File.C.flushEmitH(module);
@@ -2919,9 +2915,6 @@ pub fn performAllTheWork(
 fn processOneJob(comp: *Compilation, job: Job) !void {
     switch (job) {
         .codegen_decl => |decl_index| {
-            if (build_options.omit_stage2)
-                @panic("sadly stage2 is omitted from this build to save memory on the CI server");
-
             const module = comp.bin_file.options.module.?;
             const decl = module.declPtr(decl_index);
 
@@ -2956,9 +2949,6 @@ fn processOneJob(comp: *Compilation, job: Job) !void {
             }
         },
         .codegen_func => |func| {
-            if (build_options.omit_stage2)
-                @panic("sadly stage2 is omitted from this build to save memory on the CI server");
-
             const named_frame = tracy.namedFrame("codegen_func");
             defer named_frame.end();
 
@@ -2969,9 +2959,6 @@ fn processOneJob(comp: *Compilation, job: Job) !void {
             };
         },
         .emit_h_decl => |decl_index| {
-            if (build_options.omit_stage2)
-                @panic("sadly stage2 is omitted from this build to save memory on the CI server");
-
             const module = comp.bin_file.options.module.?;
             const decl = module.declPtr(decl_index);
 
@@ -3030,9 +3017,6 @@ fn processOneJob(comp: *Compilation, job: Job) !void {
             }
         },
         .analyze_decl => |decl_index| {
-            if (build_options.omit_stage2)
-                @panic("sadly stage2 is omitted from this build to save memory on the CI server");
-
             const module = comp.bin_file.options.module.?;
             module.ensureDeclAnalyzed(decl_index) catch |err| switch (err) {
                 error.OutOfMemory => return error.OutOfMemory,
@@ -3040,9 +3024,6 @@ fn processOneJob(comp: *Compilation, job: Job) !void {
             };
         },
         .update_embed_file => |embed_file| {
-            if (build_options.omit_stage2)
-                @panic("sadly stage2 is omitted from this build to save memory on the CI server");
-
             const named_frame = tracy.namedFrame("update_embed_file");
             defer named_frame.end();
 
@@ -3053,9 +3034,6 @@ fn processOneJob(comp: *Compilation, job: Job) !void {
             };
         },
         .update_line_number => |decl_index| {
-            if (build_options.omit_stage2)
-                @panic("sadly stage2 is omitted from this build to save memory on the CI server");
-
             const named_frame = tracy.namedFrame("update_line_number");
             defer named_frame.end();
 
@@ -3074,9 +3052,6 @@ fn processOneJob(comp: *Compilation, job: Job) !void {
             };
         },
         .analyze_pkg => |pkg| {
-            if (build_options.omit_stage2)
-                @panic("sadly stage2 is omitted from this build to save memory on the CI server");
-
             const named_frame = tracy.namedFrame("analyze_pkg");
             defer named_frame.end();
 
diff --git a/src/Sema.zig b/src/Sema.zig
index f9b37f5b495e..fc41c322a9da 100644
--- a/src/Sema.zig
+++ b/src/Sema.zig
@@ -27173,9 +27173,6 @@ pub fn resolveTypeLayout(
     src: LazySrcLoc,
     ty: Type,
 ) CompileError!void {
-    if (build_options.omit_stage2)
-        @panic("sadly stage2 is omitted from this build to save memory on the CI server");
-
     switch (ty.zigTypeTag()) {
         .Struct => return sema.resolveStructLayout(block, src, ty),
         .Union => return sema.resolveUnionLayout(block, src, ty),
@@ -27514,8 +27511,6 @@ fn resolveUnionFully(
 }
 
 pub fn resolveTypeFields(sema: *Sema, block: *Block, src: LazySrcLoc, ty: Type) CompileError!Type {
-    if (build_options.omit_stage2)
-        @panic("sadly stage2 is omitted from this build to save memory on the CI server");
     switch (ty.tag()) {
         .@"struct" => {
             const struct_obj = ty.castTag(.@"struct").?.data;
@@ -29114,8 +29109,6 @@ fn typePtrOrOptionalPtrTy(
 /// TODO merge these implementations together with the "advanced"/sema_kit pattern seen
 /// elsewhere in value.zig
 pub fn typeRequiresComptime(sema: *Sema, block: *Block, src: LazySrcLoc, ty: Type) CompileError!bool {
-    if (build_options.omit_stage2)
-        @panic("sadly stage2 is omitted from this build to save memory on the CI server");
     return switch (ty.tag()) {
         .u1,
         .u8,
diff --git a/src/config.zig.in b/src/config.zig.in
index a886b2d28efa..336a6c45edae 100644
--- a/src/config.zig.in
+++ b/src/config.zig.in
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ pub const enable_tracy = false;
 pub const value_tracing = false;
 pub const is_stage1 = true;
 pub const skip_non_native = false;
-pub const omit_stage2: bool = @ZIG_OMIT_STAGE2_BOOL@;
diff --git a/test/tests.zig b/test/tests.zig
index dcc891f8786b..0fabdd33caa4 100644
--- a/test/tests.zig
+++ b/test/tests.zig
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ pub fn addStandaloneTests(
     skip_non_native: bool,
     enable_macos_sdk: bool,
     target: std.zig.CrossTarget,
-    omit_stage2: bool,
     enable_darling: bool,
     enable_qemu: bool,
     enable_rosetta: bool,
@@ -479,7 +478,6 @@ pub fn addStandaloneTests(
         .skip_non_native = skip_non_native,
         .enable_macos_sdk = enable_macos_sdk,
         .target = target,
-        .omit_stage2 = omit_stage2,
         .enable_darling = enable_darling,
         .enable_qemu = enable_qemu,
         .enable_rosetta = enable_rosetta,
@@ -497,7 +495,6 @@ pub fn addLinkTests(
     test_filter: ?[]const u8,
     modes: []const Mode,
     enable_macos_sdk: bool,
-    omit_stage2: bool,
 ) *build.Step {
     const cases = b.allocator.create(StandaloneContext) catch unreachable;
     cases.* = StandaloneContext{
@@ -509,7 +506,6 @@ pub fn addLinkTests(
         .skip_non_native = true,
         .enable_macos_sdk = enable_macos_sdk,
         .target = .{},
-        .omit_stage2 = omit_stage2,
     };
     link.addCases(cases);
     return cases.step;
@@ -971,7 +967,6 @@ pub const StandaloneContext = struct {
     skip_non_native: bool,
     enable_macos_sdk: bool,
     target: std.zig.CrossTarget,
-    omit_stage2: bool,
     enable_darling: bool = false,
     enable_qemu: bool = false,
     enable_rosetta: bool = false,
@@ -996,7 +991,6 @@ pub const StandaloneContext = struct {
         const b = self.b;
 
         if (features.requires_macos_sdk and !self.enable_macos_sdk) return;
-        if (features.requires_stage2 and self.omit_stage2) return;
 
         const annotated_case_name = b.fmt("build {s}", .{build_file});
         if (self.test_filter) |filter| {