diff --git a/modules/dists/BlockCycDist.chpl b/modules/dists/BlockCycDist.chpl
index 047ca98c3d47..e4dd38461de6 100644
--- a/modules/dists/BlockCycDist.chpl
+++ b/modules/dists/BlockCycDist.chpl
@@ -190,8 +190,6 @@ record blockCycDist: writeSerializable {
 
   forwarding const chpl_distHelp: chpl_PrivatizedDistHelper(unmanaged BlockCyclicImpl(rank, idxType));
 
-  pragma "last resort"
-  @unstable("passing arguments other than 'boundingBox' and 'targetLocales' to 'blockCycDist' is currently unstable")
   proc init(startIdx,
             blocksize,
             targetLocales: [] locale = Locales,
@@ -211,16 +209,6 @@ record blockCycDist: writeSerializable {
                           value);
   }
 
-  proc init(boundingBox: domain,
-            targetLocales: [] locale = Locales)
-  {
-    this.init(boundingBox, targetLocales,
-              /* by specifying even one unstable argument, this should select
-                 the whole unstable constructor, which has defaults for everything
-                 else. */
-              dataParTasksPerLocale=getDataParTasksPerLocale());
-  }
-
     proc init(_pid : int, _instance, _unowned : bool) {
       this.rank = _instance.rank;
       this.idxType = _instance.idxType;