diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/compiler.h b/src/coreclr/jit/compiler.h
index 6d83b3ff0030e5..cc2e46f8203e8c 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/compiler.h
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/compiler.h
@@ -3998,9 +3998,7 @@ class Compiler
     void gtDispLeaf(GenTree* tree, IndentStack* indentStack);
     void gtDispLocal(GenTreeLclVarCommon* tree, IndentStack* indentStack);
     void gtDispNodeName(GenTree* tree);
-#if FEATURE_MULTIREG_RET
     unsigned gtDispMultiRegCount(GenTree* tree);
-#endif
     void gtDispRegVal(GenTree* tree);
     void gtDispVN(GenTree* tree);
     void gtDispCommonEndLine(GenTree* tree);
diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/gentree.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/gentree.cpp
index 3697da73108cd8..539688edc33ae7 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/gentree.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/gentree.cpp
@@ -737,29 +737,6 @@ ClassLayout* GenTree::GetLayout(Compiler* compiler) const
     return compiler->typGetObjLayout(structHnd);
 }
 
-//-----------------------------------------------------------
-// CopyReg: Copy the _gtRegNum/gtRegTag fields.
-//
-// Arguments:
-//     from   -  GenTree node from which to copy
-//
-void GenTree::CopyReg(GenTree* from)
-{
-    _gtRegNum = from->_gtRegNum;
-    INDEBUG(gtRegTag = from->gtRegTag;)
-
-    // Also copy multi-reg state if this is a call node
-    if (IsCall())
-    {
-        assert(from->IsCall());
-        this->AsCall()->CopyOtherRegs(from->AsCall());
-    }
-    else if (IsCopyOrReload())
-    {
-        this->AsCopyOrReload()->CopyOtherRegs(from->AsCopyOrReload());
-    }
-}
-
 //------------------------------------------------------------------
 // gtHasReg: Whether node been assigned a register by LSRA
 //
@@ -857,44 +834,46 @@ bool GenTree::gtHasReg(Compiler* comp) const
 int GenTree::GetRegisterDstCount(Compiler* compiler) const
 {
     assert(!isContained());
-    if (!IsMultiRegNode())
-    {
-        return IsValue() ? 1 : 0;
-    }
-    else if (IsMultiRegCall())
+
+#if FEATURE_MULTIREG_RET
+    if (IsMultiRegCall())
     {
         return AsCall()->GetReturnTypeDesc()->GetReturnRegCount();
     }
-    else if (IsCopyOrReload())
-    {
-        return gtGetOp1()->GetRegisterDstCount(compiler);
-    }
+
 #if !defined(TARGET_64BIT)
-    else if (OperIsMultiRegOp())
+    if (OperIsMultiRegOp())
     {
         assert(OperIs(GT_MUL_LONG));
         return 2;
     }
 #endif
-#ifdef FEATURE_HW_INTRINSICS
-    else if (OperIsHWIntrinsic())
+#endif // FEATURE_MULTIREG_RET
+
+    if (IsCopyOrReload())
     {
-        assert(TypeIs(TYP_STRUCT));
+        return gtGetOp1()->GetRegisterDstCount(compiler);
+    }
 
-        const GenTreeHWIntrinsic* intrinsic   = AsHWIntrinsic();
-        const NamedIntrinsic      intrinsicId = intrinsic->GetHWIntrinsicId();
-        assert(HWIntrinsicInfo::IsMultiReg(intrinsicId));
+#ifdef FEATURE_HW_INTRINSICS
+    if (OperIsHWIntrinsic())
+    {
+        const NamedIntrinsic intrinsicId = AsHWIntrinsic()->GetHWIntrinsicId();
 
-        return HWIntrinsicInfo::GetMultiRegCount(intrinsicId);
+        if (HWIntrinsicInfo::IsMultiReg(intrinsicId))
+        {
+            return HWIntrinsicInfo::GetMultiRegCount(intrinsicId);
+        }
     }
 #endif // FEATURE_HW_INTRINSICS
 
-    if (OperIsScalarLocal())
+    if (IsMultiRegLclVar())
     {
         return AsLclVar()->GetFieldCount(compiler);
     }
-    assert(!"Unexpected multi-reg node");
-    return 0;
+
+    assert(!IsMultiRegNode());
+    return IsValue() ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -927,7 +906,7 @@ bool GenTree::IsMultiRegNode() const
 #endif
 #endif // FEATURE_MULTIREG_RET
 
-    if (OperIs(GT_COPY, GT_RELOAD))
+    if (IsCopyOrReload())
     {
         return true;
     }
@@ -11281,7 +11260,10 @@ GenTree* Compiler::gtCloneExpr(GenTree* tree)
     /* Make sure to copy back fields that may have been initialized */
 
     copy->CopyRawCosts(tree);
-    copy->CopyReg(tree);
+
+    assert(tree->GetRegNum() == REG_NA);
+    assert(tree->GetRegTag() == GenTree::GT_REGTAG_NONE);
+
     return copy;
 }
 
@@ -11430,8 +11412,6 @@ GenTreeCall* Compiler::gtCloneExprCallHelper(GenTreeCall* tree)
 
     copy->gtInlineContext = tree->gtInlineContext;
 
-    copy->CopyOtherRegFlags(tree);
-
     // We keep track of the number of no return calls, so if we've cloned
     // one of these, update the tracking.
     //
@@ -11473,7 +11453,8 @@ GenTreeCall* Compiler::gtCloneCandidateCall(GenTreeCall* call)
     result->gtDebugFlags |= (call->gtDebugFlags & ~GTF_DEBUG_NODE_MASK);
 #endif
 
-    result->CopyReg(call);
+    assert(call->GetRegNum() == REG_NA);
+    assert(call->GetRegTag() == GenTree::GT_REGTAG_NONE);
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -13021,7 +13002,6 @@ void Compiler::gtDispNode(GenTree* tree, IndentStack* indentStack, _In_ _In_opt_
     }
 }
 
-#if FEATURE_MULTIREG_RET
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // gtDispMultiRegCount: determine how many registers to print for a multi-reg node
 //
@@ -13067,7 +13047,6 @@ unsigned Compiler::gtDispMultiRegCount(GenTree* tree)
         return tree->GetMultiRegCount(this);
     }
 }
-#endif // FEATURE_MULTIREG_RET
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // gtDispRegVal: Print the register(s) defined by the given node
@@ -13090,7 +13069,6 @@ void Compiler::gtDispRegVal(GenTree* tree)
             return;
     }
 
-#if FEATURE_MULTIREG_RET
     if (tree->IsMultiRegNode())
     {
         // 0th reg is GetRegNum(), which is already printed above.
@@ -13104,7 +13082,6 @@ void Compiler::gtDispRegVal(GenTree* tree)
             printf(",%s", genIsValidReg(reg) ? compRegVarName(reg) : "NA");
         }
     }
-#endif
 }
 
 // We usually/commonly don't expect to print anything longer than this string,
diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/gentree.h b/src/coreclr/jit/gentree.h
index 1897b43014f17d..73864cdccee92c 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/gentree.h
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/gentree.h
@@ -1097,8 +1097,6 @@ struct GenTree
         INDEBUG(gtRegTag = GT_REGTAG_NONE;)
     }
 
-    // Copy the _gtRegNum/gtRegTag fields
-    void CopyReg(GenTree* from);
     bool gtHasReg(Compiler* comp) const;
 
     int GetRegisterDstCount(Compiler* compiler) const;
@@ -4003,21 +4001,6 @@ struct GenTreeLclVar : public GenTreeLclVarCommon
         gtSpillFlags = 0;
     }
 
-    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // CopyOtherRegFlags: copy GTF_* flags associated with gtOtherRegs from
-    // the given LclVar node.
-    //
-    // Arguments:
-    //    fromCall  -  GenTreeLclVar node from which to copy
-    //
-    // Return Value:
-    //    None
-    //
-    void CopyOtherRegFlags(GenTreeLclVar* from)
-    {
-        this->gtSpillFlags = from->gtSpillFlags;
-    }
-
 #ifdef DEBUG
     void ResetLclILoffs()
     {
@@ -5330,8 +5313,9 @@ struct GenTreeCall final : public GenTree
 #if FEATURE_MULTIREG_RET
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < MAX_RET_REG_COUNT - 1; ++i)
         {
-            this->gtOtherRegs[i] = fromCall->gtOtherRegs[i];
+            gtOtherRegs[i] = fromCall->gtOtherRegs[i];
         }
+        gtSpillFlags = fromCall->gtSpillFlags;
 #endif
     }
 
@@ -5374,23 +5358,6 @@ struct GenTreeCall final : public GenTree
 #endif
     }
 
-    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // CopyOtherRegFlags: copy GTF_* flags associated with gtOtherRegs from
-    // the given call node.
-    //
-    // Arguments:
-    //    fromCall  -  GenTreeCall node from which to copy
-    //
-    // Return Value:
-    //    None
-    //
-    void CopyOtherRegFlags(GenTreeCall* fromCall)
-    {
-#if FEATURE_MULTIREG_RET
-        this->gtSpillFlags = fromCall->gtSpillFlags;
-#endif
-    }
-
     bool IsUnmanaged() const
     {
         return (gtFlags & GTF_CALL_UNMANAGED) != 0;
@@ -8971,30 +8938,6 @@ struct GenTreeCopyOrReload : public GenTreeUnOp
         }
     }
 
-    //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // CopyOtherRegs: copy multi-reg state from the given copy/reload node to this
-    // node.
-    //
-    // Arguments:
-    //    from  -  GenTree node from which to copy multi-reg state
-    //
-    // Return Value:
-    //    None
-    //
-    // TODO-ARM: Implement this routine for Arm64 and Arm32
-    // TODO-X86: Implement this routine for x86
-    void CopyOtherRegs(GenTreeCopyOrReload* from)
-    {
-        assert(OperGet() == from->OperGet());
-
-#ifdef UNIX_AMD64_ABI
-        for (unsigned i = 0; i < MAX_MULTIREG_COUNT - 1; ++i)
-        {
-            gtOtherRegs[i] = from->gtOtherRegs[i];
-        }
-#endif
-    }
-
     unsigned GetRegCount() const
     {
         // We need to return the highest index for which we have a valid register.
diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/optcse.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/optcse.cpp
index 52648649a4cadf..b2baa7fc129c97 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/optcse.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/optcse.cpp
@@ -5234,8 +5234,8 @@ void CSE_HeuristicCommon::PerformCSE(CSE_Candidate* successfulCandidate)
 //
 void CSE_HeuristicCommon::ReplaceCSENode(Statement* stmt, GenTree* exp, GenTree* newNode)
 {
-    newNode->CopyReg(exp); // The cse inheirits any reg num property from the original exp node
-    exp->ClearRegNum();    // The exp node (for a CSE def) no longer has a register requirement
+    assert(exp->GetRegNum() == REG_NA);
+    assert(exp->GetRegTag() == GenTree::GT_REGTAG_NONE);
 
     // Walk the statement 'stmt' and find the pointer
     // in the tree is pointing to 'exp'