diff --git a/go/vt/sqlparser/predicate_rewriting.go b/go/vt/sqlparser/predicate_rewriting.go
index cc1840fe0a7..234a2f4acd5 100644
--- a/go/vt/sqlparser/predicate_rewriting.go
+++ b/go/vt/sqlparser/predicate_rewriting.go
@@ -258,19 +258,6 @@ func ExtractINFromOR(expr *OrExpr) []Expr {
 		values = append(values, currentValues)
 	}
 
-	if len(varNames) == 1 {
-		var valueTuple ValTuple
-		for _, value := range values {
-			valueTuple = append(valueTuple, value[0])
-		}
-
-		return []Expr{&ComparisonExpr{
-			Operator: InOp,
-			Left:     varNames[0],
-			Right:    valueTuple,
-		}}
-	}
-
 	var nameTuple ValTuple
 	for _, name := range varNames {
 		nameTuple = append(nameTuple, name)
diff --git a/go/vt/sqlparser/predicate_rewriting_test.go b/go/vt/sqlparser/predicate_rewriting_test.go
index 4dcf1295b43..a4bbb5f7b5c 100644
--- a/go/vt/sqlparser/predicate_rewriting_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/sqlparser/predicate_rewriting_test.go
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ func TestExtractINFromOR(in *testing.T) {
 	}{{
 		in:       "a = 1 and b = 41 or a = 2 and b = 42 or a = 3 and b = 43 or a = 4 and b = 44 or a = 5 and b = 45 or a = 6 and b = 46",
 		expected: "(a, b) in ((1, 41), (2, 42), (3, 43), (4, 44), (5, 45), (6, 46))",
+	}, {
+		in:       "a = 1 or a = 2 or a = 3 or a = 4 or a = 5 or a = 6",
+		expected: "(a) in ((1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6))",
 	}}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {