diff --git a/include/vast/Dialect/HighLevel/HighLevelVar.td b/include/vast/Dialect/HighLevel/HighLevelVar.td
index 2a710b4fed..e680ba1530 100644
--- a/include/vast/Dialect/HighLevel/HighLevelVar.td
+++ b/include/vast/Dialect/HighLevel/HighLevelVar.td
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ def HighLevel_VarDeclOp : HighLevel_Op< "var", [VastSymbol] >
       "Type":$type,
       "llvm::StringRef":$name,
       CArg< "BuilderCallback", "std::nullopt" >:$initBuilder,
-      CArg< "BuilderCallback", "std::nullopt" >:$allocaBuilder,
-      CArg< "llvm::ArrayRef< mlir::NamedAttribute >", "{}" >:$decl_attrs
+      CArg< "BuilderCallback", "std::nullopt" >:$allocaBuilder
     )>
   ];
 
diff --git a/lib/vast/Dialect/HighLevel/HighLevelOps.cpp b/lib/vast/Dialect/HighLevel/HighLevelOps.cpp
index 9c6b4e1852..ae6274fcab 100644
--- a/lib/vast/Dialect/HighLevel/HighLevelOps.cpp
+++ b/lib/vast/Dialect/HighLevel/HighLevelOps.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ namespace vast::hl
         st.addTypes(rty);
     }
 
-    void VarDeclOp::build(Builder &bld, State &st, Type type, llvm::StringRef name, BuilderCallback init, BuilderCallback alloc, llvm::ArrayRef< mlir::NamedAttribute > attrs) {
+    void VarDeclOp::build(Builder &bld, State &st, Type type, llvm::StringRef name, BuilderCallback init, BuilderCallback alloc) {
         st.addAttribute("name", bld.getStringAttr(name));
         InsertionGuard guard(bld);
 
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ namespace vast::hl
         build_region(bld, st, alloc);
 
         st.addTypes(type);
-        st.addAttributes(attrs);
     }
 
     void EnumDeclOp::build(Builder &bld, State &st, llvm::StringRef name, Type type, BuilderCallback constants) {