diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_constraint.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_constraint.h
index 5396a503ac5..610df2685bf 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_constraint.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_constraint.h
@@ -236,10 +236,7 @@ struct bConstraint *BKE_constraint_add_for_pose(struct Object *ob,
                                                 const char *name,
                                                 short type);
 
-bool BKE_constraint_remove_ex(ListBase *list,
-                              struct Object *ob,
-                              struct bConstraint *con,
-                              bool clear_dep);
+bool BKE_constraint_remove_ex(ListBase *list, struct Object *ob, struct bConstraint *con);
 /**
  * Remove the specified constraint from the given constraint stack.
  */
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/constraint.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/constraint.cc
index 213620938a7..170cd3ad57e 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/constraint.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/constraint.cc
@@ -5615,12 +5615,12 @@ bool BKE_constraint_remove(ListBase *list, bConstraint *con)
   return false;
 }
 
-bool BKE_constraint_remove_ex(ListBase *list, Object *ob, bConstraint *con, bool clear_dep)
+bool BKE_constraint_remove_ex(ListBase *list, Object *ob, bConstraint *con)
 {
   const short type = con->type;
   if (BKE_constraint_remove(list, con)) {
     /* ITASC needs to be rebuilt once a constraint is removed #26920. */
-    if (clear_dep && ELEM(type, CONSTRAINT_TYPE_KINEMATIC, CONSTRAINT_TYPE_SPLINEIK)) {
+    if (ELEM(type, CONSTRAINT_TYPE_KINEMATIC, CONSTRAINT_TYPE_SPLINEIK)) {
       BIK_clear_data(ob->pose);
     }
     return true;
@@ -5680,7 +5680,7 @@ bool BKE_constraint_apply_and_remove_for_object(Depsgraph *depsgraph,
     return false;
   }
 
-  return BKE_constraint_remove_ex(constraints, ob, con, true);
+  return BKE_constraint_remove_ex(constraints, ob, con);
 }
 
 bool BKE_constraint_apply_for_pose(
@@ -5743,7 +5743,7 @@ bool BKE_constraint_apply_and_remove_for_pose(Depsgraph *depsgraph,
     return false;
   }
 
-  return BKE_constraint_remove_ex(constraints, ob, con, true);
+  return BKE_constraint_remove_ex(constraints, ob, con);
 }
 
 void BKE_constraint_panel_expand(bConstraint *con)
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/object/object_constraint.cc b/source/blender/editors/object/object_constraint.cc
index 182b7ec586e..96101d939b3 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/object/object_constraint.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/object/object_constraint.cc
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ static int constraint_delete_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
   STRNCPY(name, con->name);
 
   /* free the constraint */
-  if (BKE_constraint_remove_ex(lb, ob, con, true)) {
+  if (BKE_constraint_remove_ex(lb, ob, con)) {
     /* Needed to set the flags on pose-bones correctly. */
     ED_object_constraint_update(bmain, ob);
 
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_outliner/outliner_tools.cc b/source/blender/editors/space_outliner/outliner_tools.cc
index 5bce12bdaa6..c76f1480ff2 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_outliner/outliner_tools.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_outliner/outliner_tools.cc
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ static void constraint_fn(int event, TreeElement *te, TreeStoreElem * /*tselem*/
       lb = &ob->constraints;
     }
 
-    if (BKE_constraint_remove_ex(lb, ob, constraint, true)) {
+    if (BKE_constraint_remove_ex(lb, ob, constraint)) {
       /* there's no active constraint now, so make sure this is the case */
       BKE_constraints_active_set(&ob->constraints, nullptr);