diff --git a/terraform/context.go b/terraform/context.go
index e3f26ef59..8db2e58ba 100644
--- a/terraform/context.go
+++ b/terraform/context.go
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ func (c *Context) Graph(typ GraphType, opts *ContextGraphOpts) (*Graph, tfdiags.
 			Components: c.components,
 			Schemas:    c.schemas,
 			Targets:    c.targets,
-			Destroy:    c.destroy,
 			Validate:   opts.Validate,
 		}).Build(addrs.RootModuleInstance)
 
diff --git a/terraform/graph_builder_apply.go b/terraform/graph_builder_apply.go
index 5fc263516..a0a5210af 100644
--- a/terraform/graph_builder_apply.go
+++ b/terraform/graph_builder_apply.go
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ type ApplyGraphBuilder struct {
 	// outputs should go into the diff so that this is unnecessary.
 	Targets []addrs.Targetable
 
-	// Destroy, if true, represents a pure destroy operation
-	Destroy bool
-
 	// Validate will do structural validation of the graph.
 	Validate bool
 }
diff --git a/terraform/graph_builder_apply_test.go b/terraform/graph_builder_apply_test.go
index 9f49ff743..3e1f6e29c 100644
--- a/terraform/graph_builder_apply_test.go
+++ b/terraform/graph_builder_apply_test.go
@@ -468,7 +468,6 @@ func TestApplyGraphBuilder_provisionerDestroy(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	b := &ApplyGraphBuilder{
-		Destroy:    true,
 		Config:     testModule(t, "graph-builder-apply-provisioner"),
 		Changes:    changes,
 		Components: simpleMockComponentFactory(),