diff --git a/loopy/target/pyopencl.py b/loopy/target/pyopencl.py
index f9b37b53f6cbedc22bb319952bb05357ef980b54..59b72ac68388f190736c001c99cd69a3e8560ccb 100644
--- a/loopy/target/pyopencl.py
+++ b/loopy/target/pyopencl.py
@@ -256,22 +256,6 @@ def pyopencl_preamble_generator(preamble_info):
 # }}}
 
 
-# {{{ pyopencl tools
-
-class _LegacyTypeRegistryStub:
-    """Adapts legacy PyOpenCL type registry to be usable with PyOpenCLTarget."""
-
-    def get_or_register_dtype(self, names, dtype=None):
-        from pyopencl.compyte.dtypes import get_or_register_dtype
-        return get_or_register_dtype(names, dtype)
-
-    def dtype_to_ctype(self, dtype):
-        from pyopencl.compyte.dtypes import dtype_to_ctype
-        return dtype_to_ctype(dtype)
-
-# }}}
-
-
 # {{{ expression mapper
 
 class ExpressionToPyOpenCLCExpressionMapper(ExpressionToOpenCLCExpressionMapper):
@@ -581,24 +565,19 @@ class PyOpenCLTarget(OpenCLTarget):
     # {{{ types
 
     def get_dtype_registry(self):
-        try:
-            from pyopencl.compyte.dtypes import TYPE_REGISTRY
-        except ImportError:
-            result = _LegacyTypeRegistryStub()
-        else:
-            result = TYPE_REGISTRY
+        from pyopencl.compyte.dtypes import TYPE_REGISTRY
+        result = TYPE_REGISTRY
 
-        from loopy.target.opencl import (DTypeRegistryWrapperWithCL1Atomics,
-                                         DTypeRegistryWrapperWithInt8ForBool)
+        from loopy.target.opencl import (
+                DTypeRegistryWrapperWithCL1Atomics,
+                DTypeRegistryWrapperWithInt8ForBool)
 
+        result = DTypeRegistryWrapperWithInt8ForBool(result)
         if self.atomics_flavor == "cl1":
             result = DTypeRegistryWrapperWithCL1Atomics(result)
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError("atomics flavor: %s" % self.atomics_flavor)
 
-        if self.use_int8_for_bool:
-            result = DTypeRegistryWrapperWithInt8ForBool(result)
-
         return result
 
     def is_vector_dtype(self, dtype):