diff --git a/exir/backend/backend_api.py b/exir/backend/backend_api.py
index d5bd574ec5a..ab2e66f7885 100644
--- a/exir/backend/backend_api.py
+++ b/exir/backend/backend_api.py
@@ -401,6 +401,11 @@ def to_backend(
         tagged_exported_program,
     )
 
+    # Partitioner added delegation tags to the graph module nodes,
+    # we make sure to remove them after we finished partition_and_lower
+    for node in tagged_graph_module.graph.nodes:
+        node.meta.pop("delegation_tag", None)
+
     return ExportedProgram(
         root=tagged_graph_module,
         graph=tagged_graph_module.graph,