diff --git a/presto-main/src/main/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/EqualityInference.java b/presto-main/src/main/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/EqualityInference.java
index d9317d561e273..be07c365424ae 100644
--- a/presto-main/src/main/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/EqualityInference.java
+++ b/presto-main/src/main/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/EqualityInference.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 import static com.google.common.base.Predicates.equalTo;
 import static com.google.common.base.Predicates.not;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.filter;
@@ -81,20 +80,8 @@ private EqualityInference(Multimap<Expression, Expression> equalitySets, Map<Exp
     /**
      * Attempts to rewrite an Expression in terms of the symbols allowed by the symbol scope
      * given the known equalities. Returns null if unsuccessful.
-     * This method checks if rewritten expression is non-deterministic.
      */
     public Expression rewriteExpression(Expression expression, Predicate<Symbol> symbolScope)
-    {
-        checkArgument(isDeterministic(expression), "Only deterministic expressions may be considered for rewrite");
-        return rewriteExpression(expression, symbolScope, true);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Attempts to rewrite an Expression in terms of the symbols allowed by the symbol scope
-     * given the known equalities. Returns null if unsuccessful.
-     * This method allows rewriting non-deterministic expressions.
-     */
-    public Expression rewriteExpressionAllowNonDeterministic(Expression expression, Predicate<Symbol> symbolScope)
     {
         return rewriteExpression(expression, symbolScope, true);
     }
diff --git a/presto-main/src/main/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/optimizations/PredicatePushDown.java b/presto-main/src/main/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/optimizations/PredicatePushDown.java
index 5dbf4666b2c51..db724742cca03 100644
--- a/presto-main/src/main/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/optimizations/PredicatePushDown.java
+++ b/presto-main/src/main/java/io/prestosql/sql/planner/optimizations/PredicatePushDown.java
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ private PlanNode visitNonFilteringSemiJoin(SemiJoinNode node, RewriteContext<Exp
             // Push inheritedPredicates down to the source if they don't involve the semi join output
             EqualityInference inheritedInference = EqualityInference.newInstance(inheritedPredicate);
             for (Expression conjunct : EqualityInference.nonInferrableConjuncts(inheritedPredicate)) {
-                Expression rewrittenConjunct = inheritedInference.rewriteExpressionAllowNonDeterministic(conjunct, in(node.getSource().getOutputSymbols()));
+                Expression rewrittenConjunct = inheritedInference.rewriteExpression(conjunct, in(node.getSource().getOutputSymbols()));
                 // Since each source row is reflected exactly once in the output, ok to push non-deterministic predicates down
                 if (rewrittenConjunct != null) {
                     sourceConjuncts.add(rewrittenConjunct);
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ private PlanNode visitFilteringSemiJoin(SemiJoinNode node, RewriteContext<Expres
 
             // Push inheritedPredicates down to the source if they don't involve the semi join output
             for (Expression conjunct : EqualityInference.nonInferrableConjuncts(inheritedPredicate)) {
-                Expression rewrittenConjunct = allInference.rewriteExpressionAllowNonDeterministic(conjunct, in(sourceSymbols));
+                Expression rewrittenConjunct = allInference.rewriteExpression(conjunct, in(sourceSymbols));
                 // Since each source row is reflected exactly once in the output, ok to push non-deterministic predicates down
                 if (rewrittenConjunct != null) {
                     sourceConjuncts.add(rewrittenConjunct);