diff --git a/src/main/scala/rocket/DCache.scala b/src/main/scala/rocket/DCache.scala
index f476a486..288faa33 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/rocket/DCache.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/rocket/DCache.scala
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ class DCacheDataArray(implicit p: Parameters) extends L1HellaCacheModule()(p) {
     val resp = Vec(nWays, Bits(OUTPUT, rowBits))
   }
 
+  val data_arrays = Seq.fill(nWays) { SeqMem(nSets*refillCycles, Vec(rowBytes, Bits(width=8))) }
   val addr = io.req.bits.addr >> rowOffBits
-  for (w <- 0 until nWays) {
-    val array = SeqMem(nSets*refillCycles, Vec(rowBytes, Bits(width=8)))
+  for ((array, w) <- data_arrays zipWithIndex) {
     val valid = io.req.valid && (Bool(nWays == 1) || io.req.bits.way_en(w))
     when (valid && io.req.bits.write) {
       val data = Vec.tabulate(rowBytes)(i => io.req.bits.wdata(8*(i+1)-1, 8*i))
diff --git a/src/main/scala/rocket/HellaCache.scala b/src/main/scala/rocket/HellaCache.scala
index 2d4f1178..6a8bfe6b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/rocket/HellaCache.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/rocket/HellaCache.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ case class DCacheParams(
     nWays: Int = 4,
     rowBits: Int = 64,
     nTLBEntries: Int = 32,
-    splitMetadata: Boolean = false,
     ecc: Option[Code] = None,
     nMSHRs: Int = 1,
     nSDQ: Int = 17,
@@ -246,23 +245,11 @@ class L1MetadataArray[T <: L1Metadata](onReset: () => T)(implicit p: Parameters)
   when (rst) { rst_cnt := rst_cnt+UInt(1) }
 
   val metabits = rstVal.getWidth
-
-  if (hasSplitMetadata) {
-    val tag_arrs = List.fill(nWays){ SeqMem(nSets, UInt(width = metabits)) }
-    val tag_readout = Wire(Vec(nWays,rstVal.cloneType))
-    (0 until nWays).foreach { (i) =>
-      when (rst || (io.write.valid && wmask(i))) {
-        tag_arrs(i).write(waddr, wdata)
-      }
-      io.resp(i) := rstVal.fromBits(tag_arrs(i).read(io.read.bits.idx, io.read.valid && rmask(i)))
-    }
-  } else {
-    val tag_arr = SeqMem(nSets, Vec(nWays, UInt(width = metabits)))
-    when (rst || io.write.valid) {
-      tag_arr.write(waddr, Vec.fill(nWays)(wdata), wmask)
-    }
-    io.resp := tag_arr.read(io.read.bits.idx, io.read.valid).map(rstVal.fromBits(_))
+  val tag_array = SeqMem(nSets, Vec(nWays, UInt(width = metabits)))
+  when (rst || io.write.valid) {
+    tag_array.write(waddr, Vec.fill(nWays)(wdata), wmask)
   }
+  io.resp := tag_array.read(io.read.bits.idx, io.read.valid).map(rstVal.fromBits(_))
 
   io.read.ready := !rst && !io.write.valid // so really this could be a 6T RAM
   io.write.ready := !rst
diff --git a/src/main/scala/rocket/ICache.scala b/src/main/scala/rocket/ICache.scala
index f87aad4a..0218d3ff 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/rocket/ICache.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/rocket/ICache.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ case class ICacheParams(
     rowBits: Int = 128,
     nTLBEntries: Int = 32,
     cacheIdBits: Int = 0,
-    splitMetadata: Boolean = false,
     ecc: Option[Code] = None,
     blockBytes: Int = 64) extends L1CacheParams {
   def replacement = new RandomReplacement(nWays)
@@ -128,8 +127,8 @@ class ICacheModule(outer: ICache) extends LazyModuleImp(outer)
   }
   s1_any_tag_hit := s1_tag_hit.reduceLeft(_||_) && !s1_disparity.reduceLeft(_||_)
 
-  for (i <- 0 until nWays) {
-    val data_array = SeqMem(nSets * refillCycles, Bits(width = code.width(rowBits)))
+  val data_arrays = Seq.fill(nWays) { SeqMem(nSets * refillCycles, Bits(width = code.width(rowBits))) }
+  for ((data_array, i) <- data_arrays zipWithIndex) {
     val wen = tl_out.d.valid && repl_way === UInt(i)
     when (wen) {
       val e_d = code.encode(tl_out.d.bits.data)
diff --git a/src/main/scala/tile/L1Cache.scala b/src/main/scala/tile/L1Cache.scala
index 54e1cdee..21b31425 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/tile/L1Cache.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/tile/L1Cache.scala
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ trait L1CacheParams {
   def nWays:         Int
   def rowBits:       Int
   def nTLBEntries:   Int
-  def splitMetadata: Boolean
   def ecc:           Option[Code]
   def blockBytes:    Int
 }
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ trait HasL1CacheParameters {
   def rowOffBits = log2Up(rowBytes)
   def code = cacheParams.ecc.getOrElse(new IdentityCode)
   def nTLBEntries = cacheParams.nTLBEntries
-  def hasSplitMetadata = cacheParams.splitMetadata
 
   def cacheDataBits = p(SharedMemoryTLEdge).bundle.dataBits
   def cacheDataBeats = (cacheBlockBytes * 8) / cacheDataBits