diff --git a/lib/IRGen/GenMeta.cpp b/lib/IRGen/GenMeta.cpp
index 5b6c5854c9c11..62facbd61f240 100644
--- a/lib/IRGen/GenMeta.cpp
+++ b/lib/IRGen/GenMeta.cpp
@@ -1000,8 +1000,7 @@ namespace {
 
       // Emit the dispatch thunk.
       auto shouldEmitDispatchThunk =
-          (Resilient || IGM.getOptions().WitnessMethodElimination) &&
-          (!func.isDistributed() || !func.isDistributedThunk());
+          (Resilient || IGM.getOptions().WitnessMethodElimination);
       if (shouldEmitDispatchThunk) {
         IGM.emitDispatchThunk(func);
       }
@@ -1082,14 +1081,10 @@ namespace {
             // Define the method descriptor.
             SILDeclRef func(entry.getFunction());
 
-            /// Distributed thunks don't need method descriptors
-            if (!func.isDistributedThunk()) {
-              auto *descriptor =
-                B.getAddrOfCurrentPosition(
-                  IGM.ProtocolRequirementStructTy);
-              IGM.defineMethodDescriptor(func, Proto, descriptor,
-                                         IGM.ProtocolRequirementStructTy);
-            }
+            auto *descriptor =
+                B.getAddrOfCurrentPosition(IGM.ProtocolRequirementStructTy);
+            IGM.defineMethodDescriptor(func, Proto, descriptor,
+                                       IGM.ProtocolRequirementStructTy);
           }
         }
 
diff --git a/lib/IRGen/GenProto.cpp b/lib/IRGen/GenProto.cpp
index 695beeca36789..f9537053e984c 100644
--- a/lib/IRGen/GenProto.cpp
+++ b/lib/IRGen/GenProto.cpp
@@ -2348,12 +2348,6 @@ namespace {
               LinkEntity::forBaseConformanceDescriptor(requirement));
           B.addRelativeAddress(baseConformanceDescriptor);
         } else if (entry.getKind() == SILWitnessTable::Method) {
-          // distributed thunks don't need resilience
-          if (entry.getMethodWitness().Requirement.isDistributedThunk()) {
-            witnesses = witnesses.drop_back();
-            continue;
-          }
-
           // Method descriptor.
           auto declRef = entry.getMethodWitness().Requirement;
           auto requirement =
diff --git a/lib/IRGen/IRSymbolVisitor.cpp b/lib/IRGen/IRSymbolVisitor.cpp
index 7134aa8752b9f..b62d906146aa4 100644
--- a/lib/IRGen/IRSymbolVisitor.cpp
+++ b/lib/IRGen/IRSymbolVisitor.cpp
@@ -157,14 +157,6 @@ class IRSymbolVisitorImpl : public SILSymbolVisitor {
   }
 
   void addMethodDescriptor(SILDeclRef declRef) override {
-    if (declRef.isDistributedThunk()) {
-      auto afd = declRef.getAbstractFunctionDecl();
-      auto DC = afd->getDeclContext();
-      if (isa<ProtocolDecl>(DC)) {
-        return;
-      }
-    }
-
     addLinkEntity(LinkEntity::forMethodDescriptor(declRef));
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/SIL/IR/SILSymbolVisitor.cpp b/lib/SIL/IR/SILSymbolVisitor.cpp
index be6078d41eade..3da9722583e55 100644
--- a/lib/SIL/IR/SILSymbolVisitor.cpp
+++ b/lib/SIL/IR/SILSymbolVisitor.cpp
@@ -835,7 +835,6 @@ class SILSymbolVisitorImpl : public ASTVisitor<SILSymbolVisitorImpl> {
                   V.Ctx.getOpts().WitnessMethodElimination} {}
 
         void addMethod(SILDeclRef declRef) {
-          // TODO: alternatively maybe prevent adding distributed thunk here rather than inside those?
           if (Resilient || WitnessMethodElimination) {
             Visitor.addDispatchThunk(declRef);
             Visitor.addMethodDescriptor(declRef);
diff --git a/test/Distributed/Runtime/distributed_actor_library_evolution_da_protocol_use.swift b/test/Distributed/Runtime/distributed_actor_library_evolution_da_protocol_use.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e4f65597d2420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Distributed/Runtime/distributed_actor_library_evolution_da_protocol_use.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// REQUIRES: VENDOR=apple
+// REQUIRES: OS=macosx || OS=linux-gnu
+// REQUIRES: concurrency
+// REQUIRES: distributed
+// UNSUPPORTED: use_os_stdlib
+
+// RUN: %empty-directory(%t)
+// RUN: split-file %s %t
+
+// RUN: %target-build-swift -Xfrontend -validate-tbd-against-ir=all -enable-library-evolution -target %target-cpu-apple-macosx13.0 -parse-as-library -emit-library -emit-module-path %t/Library.swiftmodule -module-name Library %t/library.swift -o %t/%target-library-name(Library)
+// RUN: %target-build-swift -Xfrontend -validate-tbd-against-ir=all -target %target-cpu-apple-macosx13.0 -parse-as-library -lLibrary -module-name main -I %t -L %t %t/main.swift -o %t/a.out
+
+// RUN: %target-codesign %t/a.out
+// RUN: %target-run %t/a.out | %FileCheck %s
+
+//--- library.swift
+import Distributed
+
+public protocol SimpleProtocol: DistributedActor
+    where ActorSystem == LocalTestingDistributedActorSystem {
+
+  // nonisolated override var id: ID { get } // comes from DistributedActor
+
+  // Has to have a distributed method to fail
+  distributed func test() -> Int
+}
+
+//--- main.swift
+import Distributed
+import Library
+
+public distributed actor SimpleActor: SimpleProtocol {
+  public distributed func test() -> Int {
+    print("SimpleActor.test")
+    return 1
+  }
+}
+
+public func makeFromFail<Act: SimpleProtocol>(_ act: Act) async {
+  print(act.id)
+  try! await print("act.test() = \(act.test())")
+  // CHECK: SimpleActor.test
+  // CHECK: act.test() = 1
+}
+
+@main
+struct TestSwiftFrameworkTests {
+  static func main() async {
+    let system = LocalTestingDistributedActorSystem()
+
+    let simpleActor = SimpleActor(actorSystem: system)
+    await makeFromFail(simpleActor)
+  }
+}
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