diff --git a/src/gt4py/cartesian/gtc/dace/expansion/daceir_builder.py b/src/gt4py/cartesian/gtc/dace/expansion/daceir_builder.py
index 5f2007871e..952bafd46a 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/cartesian/gtc/dace/expansion/daceir_builder.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/cartesian/gtc/dace/expansion/daceir_builder.py
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ def visit_HorizontalExecution(
         global_ctx: DaCeIRBuilder.GlobalContext,
         iteration_ctx: DaCeIRBuilder.IterationContext,
         symbol_collector: DaCeIRBuilder.SymbolCollector,
-        loop_order,
         k_interval,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ):
@@ -522,7 +521,6 @@ def visit_VerticalLoopSection(
         self,
         node: oir.VerticalLoopSection,
         *,
-        loop_order,
         iteration_ctx: DaCeIRBuilder.IterationContext,
         global_ctx: DaCeIRBuilder.GlobalContext,
         symbol_collector: DaCeIRBuilder.SymbolCollector,
@@ -546,7 +544,6 @@ def visit_VerticalLoopSection(
             iteration_ctx=iteration_ctx,
             global_ctx=global_ctx,
             symbol_collector=symbol_collector,
-            loop_order=loop_order,
             k_interval=node.interval,
             **kwargs,
         )
@@ -723,7 +720,6 @@ def _process_loop_item(
         scope_nodes,
         item: Loop,
         *,
-        global_ctx: DaCeIRBuilder.GlobalContext,
         iteration_ctx: DaCeIRBuilder.IterationContext,
         symbol_collector: DaCeIRBuilder.SymbolCollector,
         **kwargs: Any,
@@ -840,7 +836,6 @@ def visit_VerticalLoop(
         sections = flatten_list(
             self.generic_visit(
                 node.sections,
-                loop_order=node.loop_order,
                 global_ctx=global_ctx,
                 iteration_ctx=iteration_ctx,
                 symbol_collector=symbol_collector,