diff --git a/BlueprintUI/Sources/Element/LayoutStorage.swift b/BlueprintUI/Sources/Element/LayoutStorage.swift
index fd167c3ba..5a1df02c1 100644
--- a/BlueprintUI/Sources/Element/LayoutStorage.swift
+++ b/BlueprintUI/Sources/Element/LayoutStorage.swift
@@ -126,40 +126,19 @@ extension LayoutStorage: LegacyContentStorage {
 extension LayoutStorage: CaffeinatedContentStorage {
 
     private func subelements(from node: LayoutTreeNode, environment: Environment) -> LayoutSubelements {
-        if node.sizeCache.options.assumeStableSubelements {
-            // Current behavior
-            return node.layoutSubelements {
-                var identifierFactory = ElementIdentifier.Factory(elementCount: children.count)
-                return children.map { child in
-                    let identifier = identifierFactory.nextIdentifier(
-                        for: type(of: child.element),
-                        key: child.key
-                    )
-                    return LayoutSubelement(
-                        identifier: identifier,
-                        content: child.content,
-                        environment: environment,
-                        node: node.subnode(key: identifier),
-                        traits: child.traits
-                    )
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            // Proposed new behavior
-            var identifierFactory = ElementIdentifier.Factory(elementCount: children.count)
-            return children.map { child in
-                let identifier = identifierFactory.nextIdentifier(
-                    for: type(of: child.element),
-                    key: child.key
-                )
-                return LayoutSubelement(
-                    identifier: identifier,
-                    content: child.content,
-                    environment: environment,
-                    node: node.subnode(key: identifier),
-                    traits: child.traits
-                )
-            }
+        var identifierFactory = ElementIdentifier.Factory(elementCount: children.count)
+        return children.map { child in
+            let identifier = identifierFactory.nextIdentifier(
+                for: type(of: child.element),
+                key: child.key
+            )
+            return LayoutSubelement(
+                identifier: identifier,
+                content: child.content,
+                environment: environment,
+                node: node.subnode(key: identifier),
+                traits: child.traits
+            )
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/BlueprintUI/Sources/Internal/LayoutTreeNode.swift b/BlueprintUI/Sources/Internal/LayoutTreeNode.swift
index 6b9b2c44c..3d34e1a02 100644
--- a/BlueprintUI/Sources/Internal/LayoutTreeNode.swift
+++ b/BlueprintUI/Sources/Internal/LayoutTreeNode.swift
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ final class LayoutTreeNode {
 
     // These commonly used properties have dedicated storage. If we need to hang more generalized
     // things off this type we may want to store them in a heterogeneous dictionary.
-    private var _layoutSubelements: [LayoutSubelement]?
     private var _associatedCache: Any?
 
     init(path: String, signpostRef: AnyObject, options: LayoutOptions) {
@@ -48,15 +47,6 @@ final class LayoutTreeNode {
         return subnode
     }
 
-    func layoutSubelements(create: () -> [LayoutSubelement]) -> [LayoutSubelement] {
-        if let layoutSubelements = _layoutSubelements {
-            return layoutSubelements
-        }
-        let layoutSubelements = create()
-        _layoutSubelements = layoutSubelements
-        return layoutSubelements
-    }
-
     func associatedCache<AssociatedCache>(create: () -> AssociatedCache) -> AssociatedCache {
         assert(
             _associatedCache is AssociatedCache?,
diff --git a/BlueprintUI/Sources/Layout/LayoutOptions.swift b/BlueprintUI/Sources/Layout/LayoutOptions.swift
index 74f0f1a00..eb778295d 100644
--- a/BlueprintUI/Sources/Layout/LayoutOptions.swift
+++ b/BlueprintUI/Sources/Layout/LayoutOptions.swift
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ public struct LayoutOptions: Equatable {
     /// The default configuration.
     public static let `default` = LayoutOptions(
         hintRangeBoundaries: true,
-        searchUnconstrainedKeys: true,
-        assumeStableSubelements: true
+        searchUnconstrainedKeys: true
     )
 
     /// Enables aggressive cache hinting along the boundaries of the range between constraints and
@@ -23,15 +22,8 @@ public struct LayoutOptions: Equatable {
     /// Layout contract for correct behavior.
     public var searchUnconstrainedKeys: Bool
 
-    public var assumeStableSubelements: Bool
-
-    public init(
-        hintRangeBoundaries: Bool,
-        searchUnconstrainedKeys: Bool,
-        assumeStableSubelements: Bool = true
-    ) {
+    public init(hintRangeBoundaries: Bool, searchUnconstrainedKeys: Bool) {
         self.hintRangeBoundaries = hintRangeBoundaries
         self.searchUnconstrainedKeys = searchUnconstrainedKeys
-        self.assumeStableSubelements = assumeStableSubelements
     }
 }
diff --git a/BlueprintUI/Tests/GeometryReaderTests.swift b/BlueprintUI/Tests/GeometryReaderTests.swift
index af14e099c..043c15665 100644
--- a/BlueprintUI/Tests/GeometryReaderTests.swift
+++ b/BlueprintUI/Tests/GeometryReaderTests.swift
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ final class GeometryReaderTests: XCTestCase {
             outerRow.addFlexible(
                 child: GeometryReader { geometry in
 
-                    return Row { innerRow in
+                    Row { innerRow in
                         innerRow.horizontalUnderflow = .growUniformly
                         innerRow.horizontalOverflow = .condenseUniformly
                         innerRow.verticalAlignment = .fill
@@ -127,32 +127,22 @@ final class GeometryReaderTests: XCTestCase {
         // 4. GR body evaluates as a row with 2 children
         // 5. Subelement count has changed, as well as content of child 1
 
-        LayoutMode.caffeinated(options: .notAssumingSubelementsStable).performAsDefault {
-            let frames = element
-                .layout(frame: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: size))
-                .queryLayout(for: Spacer.self)
-                .map { $0.layoutAttributes.frame }
+        let frames = element
+            .layout(frame: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: size))
+            .queryLayout(for: Spacer.self)
+            .map { $0.layoutAttributes.frame }
 
-            XCTAssertEqual(
-                frames,
-                [
-                    CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0), size: CGSize(width: 1, height: 120)),
-                    CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: 1, y: 0), size: CGSize(width: 1, height: 120)),
-                    CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: 85, y: 0), size: CGSize(width: 35, height: 120)),
-                ]
-            )
-        }
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            frames,
+            [
+                CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0), size: CGSize(width: 1, height: 120)),
+                CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: 1, y: 0), size: CGSize(width: 1, height: 120)),
+                CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: 85, y: 0), size: CGSize(width: 35, height: 120)),
+            ]
+        )
     }
 }
 
-extension LayoutOptions {
-    static let notAssumingSubelementsStable = LayoutOptions(
-        hintRangeBoundaries: true,
-        searchUnconstrainedKeys: true,
-        assumeStableSubelements: false
-    )
-}
-
 extension SizeConstraint.Axis {
     fileprivate var isConstrained: Bool {
         switch self {