diff --git a/components/style/traversal.rs b/components/style/traversal.rs
index 23f8cc50fbb..0fac4d22117 100644
--- a/components/style/traversal.rs
+++ b/components/style/traversal.rs
@@ -290,13 +290,7 @@ pub trait DomTraversal<E: TElement> : Sync {
         // Servo uses the post-order traversal for flow construction, so we need
         // to traverse any element with damage so that we can perform fixup /
         // reconstruction on our way back up the tree.
-        //
-        // In aggressively forgetful traversals (where we seek out and clear damage
-        // in addition to not computing it) we also need to traverse nodes with
-        // explicit damage and no other restyle data, so that this damage can be cleared.
-        if (cfg!(feature = "servo") ||
-            traversal_flags.contains(traversal_flags::AggressivelyForgetful)) &&
-           !data.restyle.damage.is_empty() {
+        if cfg!(feature = "servo") && !data.restyle.damage.is_empty() {
             return true;
         }
 
diff --git a/components/style/traversal_flags.rs b/components/style/traversal_flags.rs
index 674c9a49631..ba623b5451d 100644
--- a/components/style/traversal_flags.rs
+++ b/components/style/traversal_flags.rs
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ bitflags! {
         /// pre-traversal. A forgetful traversal is usually the right thing if you
         /// aren't going to do a post-traversal.
         const Forgetful = 1 << 3,
-        /// Actively seeks out and clears change hints that may have been posted into
-        /// the tree. Nonsensical without also passing Forgetful.
-        const AggressivelyForgetful = 1 << 4,
         /// Clears all the dirty bits on the elements traversed.
         const ClearDirtyBits = 1 << 5,
         /// Clears the animation-only dirty descendants bit in the subtree.
@@ -66,7 +63,6 @@ pub fn assert_traversal_flags_match() {
         ServoTraversalFlags_ForCSSRuleChanges => ForCSSRuleChanges,
         ServoTraversalFlags_UnstyledOnly => UnstyledOnly,
         ServoTraversalFlags_Forgetful => Forgetful,
-        ServoTraversalFlags_AggressivelyForgetful => AggressivelyForgetful,
         ServoTraversalFlags_ClearDirtyBits => ClearDirtyBits,
         ServoTraversalFlags_ClearAnimationOnlyDirtyDescendants =>
             ClearAnimationOnlyDirtyDescendants,