diff --git a/terraform/transform_provider.go b/terraform/transform_provider.go
index e46fb01342..882272c385 100644
--- a/terraform/transform_provider.go
+++ b/terraform/transform_provider.go
@@ -567,43 +567,6 @@ func (t *ProviderConfigTransformer) transformSingle(g *Graph, c *configs.Config)
 		t.proxiable[key] = !diags.HasErrors()
 	}
 
-	if mod.ProviderRequirements != nil {
-		// Add implied provider configs from the required_providers
-		// Since we're still treating empty configs as proxies, we can just add
-		// these as empty configs too. We'll ensure that these are given a
-		// configuration during validation to prevent them from becoming
-		// fully-fledged config instances.
-		for _, p := range mod.ProviderRequirements.RequiredProviders {
-			for _, aliasAddr := range p.Aliases {
-				addr := addrs.AbsProviderConfig{
-					Provider: mod.ProviderForLocalConfig(aliasAddr),
-					Module:   path,
-					Alias:    aliasAddr.Alias,
-				}
-
-				key := addr.String()
-				if _, ok := t.providers[key]; ok {
-					continue
-				}
-
-				abstract := &NodeAbstractProvider{
-					Addr: addr,
-				}
-				var v dag.Vertex
-				if t.Concrete != nil {
-					v = t.Concrete(abstract)
-				} else {
-					v = abstract
-				}
-
-				// Add it to the graph
-				g.Add(v)
-				t.providers[key] = v.(GraphNodeProvider)
-				t.proxiable[key] = true
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Now replace the provider nodes with proxy nodes if a provider was being
 	// passed in, and create implicit proxies if there was no config. Any extra
 	// proxies will be removed in the prune step.
@@ -680,11 +643,6 @@ func (t *ProviderConfigTransformer) addProxyProviders(g *Graph, c *configs.Confi
 			continue
 		}
 
-		// aliased configurations can't be implicitly passed in
-		if fullAddr.Alias != "" {
-			continue
-		}
-
 		// There was no concrete provider, so add this as an implicit provider.
 		// The extra proxy will be pruned later if it's unused.
 		g.Add(proxy)