diff --git a/terraform/transform_provider.go b/terraform/transform_provider.go
index ce8ac120e..e46fb0134 100644
--- a/terraform/transform_provider.go
+++ b/terraform/transform_provider.go
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ func TransformProviders(providers []string, concrete ConcreteProviderNodeFunc, c
 		},
 		// Remove unused providers and proxies
 		&PruneProviderTransformer{},
-		// Connect provider to their parent provider nodes
-		&ParentProviderTransformer{},
 	)
 }
 
@@ -357,42 +355,6 @@ func (t *MissingProviderTransformer) Transform(g *Graph) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// ParentProviderTransformer connects provider nodes to their parents.
-//
-// This works by finding nodes that are both GraphNodeProviders and
-// GraphNodeModuleInstance. It then connects the providers to their parent
-// path. The parent provider is always at the root level.
-type ParentProviderTransformer struct{}
-
-func (t *ParentProviderTransformer) Transform(g *Graph) error {
-	pm := providerVertexMap(g)
-	for _, v := range g.Vertices() {
-		// Only care about providers
-		pn, ok := v.(GraphNodeProvider)
-		if !ok {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		// Also require non-empty path, since otherwise we're in the root
-		// module and so cannot have a parent.
-		if len(pn.ModulePath()) <= 1 {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		// this provider may be disabled, but we can only get it's name from
-		// the ProviderName string
-		addr := pn.ProviderAddr()
-		parentAddr, ok := addr.Inherited()
-		if ok {
-			parent := pm[parentAddr.String()]
-			if parent != nil {
-				g.Connect(dag.BasicEdge(v, parent))
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // PruneProviderTransformer removes any providers that are not actually used by
 // anything, and provider proxies. This avoids the provider being initialized
 // and configured.  This both saves resources but also avoids errors since
diff --git a/terraform/transform_provider_test.go b/terraform/transform_provider_test.go
index cfe5e98f1..e5565fa62 100644
--- a/terraform/transform_provider_test.go
+++ b/terraform/transform_provider_test.go
@@ -434,6 +434,57 @@ func TestProviderConfigTransformer_grandparentProviders(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestProviderConfigTransformer_inheritOldSkool(t *testing.T) {
+	mod := testModuleInline(t, map[string]string{
+		"main.tf": `
+provider "test" {
+  test_string = "config"
+}
+
+module "moda" {
+  source = "./moda"
+}
+`,
+
+		"moda/main.tf": `
+resource "test_object" "a" {
+}
+`,
+	})
+	concrete := func(a *NodeAbstractProvider) dag.Vertex { return a }
+
+	g := Graph{Path: addrs.RootModuleInstance}
+
+	{
+		tf := &ConfigTransformer{Config: mod}
+		if err := tf.Transform(&g); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+	{
+		tf := &AttachResourceConfigTransformer{Config: mod}
+		if err := tf.Transform(&g); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	{
+		tf := TransformProviders([]string{"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"}, concrete, mod)
+		if err := tf.Transform(&g); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	expected := `module.moda.test_object.a
+  provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"]
+provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/test"]`
+
+	actual := strings.TrimSpace(g.String())
+	if actual != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("expected:\n%s\n\ngot:\n%s", expected, actual)
+	}
+}
+
 // Verify that configurations which are not recommended yet supported still work
 func TestProviderConfigTransformer_nestedModuleProviders(t *testing.T) {
 	mod := testModuleInline(t, map[string]string{