diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTORS b/docs/CONTRIBUTORS
index de64a9a88..5ac1958e1 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ Ivan Vnučec
 Iztok Jeras
 Jake Merdich
 Jakub Wasilewski
-jalcim
 James Bailey
 James Hanlon
 James Hutchinson
diff --git a/src/V3Scope.cpp b/src/V3Scope.cpp
index 29c3cc534..b10ac4999 100644
--- a/src/V3Scope.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Scope.cpp
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ class ScopeVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
             clonep = nodep->cloneTree(false);
         }
         nodep->user2p(clonep);
-        clonep->user2p(clonep);  // For recursive self-references after cloneTree
         m_scopep->addBlocksp(clonep);
         // We iterate under the *clone*
         iterateChildren(clonep);
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_func_unit_recursive.py b/test_regress/t/t_func_unit_recursive.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e41ab0cdd..000000000
--- a/test_regress/t/t_func_unit_recursive.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
-#
-# Copyright 2026 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you
-# can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
-# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
-# Version 2.0.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
-
-import vltest_bootstrap
-
-test.scenarios('simulator')
-
-test.compile()
-
-test.execute()
-
-test.passes()
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_func_unit_recursive.v b/test_regress/t/t_func_unit_recursive.v
deleted file mode 100644
index 249e86c9e..000000000
--- a/test_regress/t/t_func_unit_recursive.v
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
-//
-// This file ONLY is placed under the Creative Commons Public Domain, for
-// any use, without warranty, 2026 by jalcim.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
-
-// Recursive constant function defined at file scope ($unit).
-// Without the V3Scope.cpp fix, this triggers:
-//   %Error: Internal Error: V3Scope.cpp: No clone for package function
-
-function automatic integer gate_depth;
-  input integer way;
-  integer d1, d2, sc, n1, n2;
-  begin
-    if (way <= 1) gate_depth = 0;
-    else if (way <= 4) gate_depth = 1;
-    else begin
-      sc = $clog2(way);
-      n1 = 1 << (sc - 1);
-      n2 = way - n1;
-      d1 = gate_depth(n1);
-      d2 = gate_depth(n2);
-      gate_depth = ((d1 > d2) ? d1 : d2) + 1;
-    end
-  end
-endfunction
-
-module t;
-  localparam D5 = gate_depth(5);
-  localparam D8 = gate_depth(8);
-
-  initial begin
-    if (D5 !== 2) $stop;
-    if (D8 !== 2) $stop;
-    $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
-    $finish;
-  end
-endmodule