diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/dm/nodes/ve.dm.MWEntityNode.js b/modules/ve-mw/dm/nodes/ve.dm.MWEntityNode.js
index ba0214f2ec..52362c1cb1 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/dm/nodes/ve.dm.MWEntityNode.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/dm/nodes/ve.dm.MWEntityNode.js
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ ve.dm.MWEntityNode.static.matchTagNames = [ 'span' ];
 
 ve.dm.MWEntityNode.static.matchRdfaTypes = [ 'mw:Entity', 'mw:DisplaySpace' ];
 
-// mw:Placeholder was removed from mw:DisplaySpace (T254502) but this
-// code should stick around until the RESTBase cache turns over.
-ve.dm.MWEntityNode.static.allowedRdfaTypes = [ 'mw:Placeholder' ];
-
 ve.dm.MWEntityNode.static.toDataElement = function ( domElements ) {
 	var dataElement = {
 		type: this.name,