diff --git a/lib/mixins/template-stamp.js b/lib/mixins/template-stamp.js
index aeeb849468..167fbe530a 100644
--- a/lib/mixins/template-stamp.js
+++ b/lib/mixins/template-stamp.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ subject to an additional IP rights grant found at http://polymer.github.io/PATEN
 import '../utils/boot.js';
 
 import { dedupingMixin } from '../utils/mixin.js';
-import { legacyOptimizations } from '../utils/settings.js';
 
 const walker = document.createTreeWalker(document, NodeFilter.SHOW_ALL,
     null, false);
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ export const TemplateStamp = dedupingMixin(
       if (!template._templateInfo) {
         let templateInfo = template._templateInfo = {};
         templateInfo.nodeInfoList = [];
-        templateInfo.stripWhiteSpace = legacyOptimizations ||
+        templateInfo.stripWhiteSpace =
           (outerTemplateInfo && outerTemplateInfo.stripWhiteSpace) ||
           template.hasAttribute('strip-whitespace');
         this._parseTemplateContent(template, templateInfo, {parent: null});