diff --git a/flax/training/orbax_utils.py b/flax/training/orbax_utils.py
index d30c124771..c8ed84d4fb 100644
--- a/flax/training/orbax_utils.py
+++ b/flax/training/orbax_utils.py
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 """Utils for Orbax Checkpointing, available even after Flax Checkpointing is deprecated."""
 
-import dataclasses
-import inspect
 import warnings
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -80,42 +78,23 @@ def find_sharding(x):
       ]
   ):
     return jax.tree_util.tree_map(
-      lambda x: ocp.RestoreArgs(restore_type=np.ndarray), target
+        lambda x: ocp.RestoreArgs(restore_type=np.ndarray), target
     )
 
   # JAX arrays: find sharding from the given target and create RestoreArgs
-
-  # TODO(ivyzheng): remove after Orbax new release.
-  ocp_kwargs = {}
-  if (
-    'set_global_shape'
-    in inspect.signature(ocp.checkpoint_utils.construct_restore_args).parameters
-  ):
-    ocp_kwargs['set_global_shape'] = False
-
   sharding_tree = jax.tree_util.tree_map(find_sharding, target)
   if mesh is not None:
     warnings.warn(
-      (
-        'restore_args_from_target(): `mesh` arg is deprecated. Simply'
-        ' calling the function with target pytree should suffice.'
-      ),
-      DeprecationWarning,
+        (
+            'restore_args_from_target(): `mesh` arg is deprecated. Simply'
+            ' calling the function with target pytree should suffice.'
+        ),
+        DeprecationWarning,
     )
-
     def substitute_embedding(s):
       return jax.sharding.NamedSharding(mesh, s.spec)
-
     sharding_tree = jax.tree_util.tree_map(substitute_embedding, sharding_tree)
   restore_args = ocp.checkpoint_utils.construct_restore_args(
-    target, sharding_tree, **ocp_kwargs
+      target, sharding_tree, set_global_shape=False
   )
-  # TODO(ivyzheng): remove after Orbax new release.
-  if not ocp_kwargs:
-    restore_args = jax.tree_util.tree_map(
-      lambda ra: dataclasses.replace(ra, global_shape=None)
-      if isinstance(ra, ocp.ArrayRestoreArgs)
-      else ra,
-      restore_args,
-    )
   return restore_args