diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc b/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc
index d5bee72..f9b0a10 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@ class views_handler_filter extends views_handler {
       $this->options['expose']['operator_id'] = $options['expose']['operator_id'] = $options['expose']['operator'];
     }
 
-    // Compatibility: Set use_operator to true if the old way of using
-    // the operator is set and use_operator is NULL (was never set).
-    if (!empty($options['exposed']) && !empty($options['expose']['operator_id']) && !isset($options['expose']['use_operator'])) {
-      $this->options['expose']['use_operator'] = TRUE;
-    }
-
     // If there are relationships in the view, allow empty should be true
     // so that we can do IS NULL checks on items. Not all filters respect
     // allow empty, but string and numeric do and that covers enough.