From 3b54ceca9a769037b215181d19083945b6e269bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Niebler <eniebler@nvidia.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:30:11 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] drop support for legacy ways to opt in to `sender` and
 `receiver` concepts

---
 include/stdexec/__detail/__receivers.hpp       | 9 ++-------
 include/stdexec/__detail/__sender_concepts.hpp | 1 -
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/stdexec/__detail/__receivers.hpp b/include/stdexec/__detail/__receivers.hpp
index fd72b3bcb..6d49ba7e2 100644
--- a/include/stdexec/__detail/__receivers.hpp
+++ b/include/stdexec/__detail/__receivers.hpp
@@ -167,16 +167,11 @@ namespace STDEXEC {
       (STDEXEC_PP_WHEN(
         STDEXEC_EDG(),
         requires { typename _Receiver::receiver_concept; } &&)
-         __std::derived_from<typename _Receiver::receiver_concept, receiver_t>)
-      || requires { typename _Receiver::is_receiver; } // back-compat, NOT TO SPEC
-      || STDEXEC_IS_BASE_OF(receiver_t, _Receiver);    // NOT TO SPEC, for receiver_adaptor
+         __std::derived_from<typename _Receiver::receiver_concept, receiver_t>);
   } // namespace __detail
 
   template <class _Receiver>
-  inline constexpr bool enable_receiver = __detail::__enable_receiver<_Receiver>; // NOT TO SPEC
-
-  template <class _Receiver>
-  concept receiver = enable_receiver<__decay_t<_Receiver>>
+  concept receiver = __detail::__enable_receiver<__decay_t<_Receiver>>
                   && __environment_provider<__cref_t<_Receiver>>
                   && __nothrow_move_constructible<__decay_t<_Receiver>>
                   && __std::constructible_from<__decay_t<_Receiver>, _Receiver>;
diff --git a/include/stdexec/__detail/__sender_concepts.hpp b/include/stdexec/__detail/__sender_concepts.hpp
index 4f173d583..ef10820b6 100644
--- a/include/stdexec/__detail/__sender_concepts.hpp
+++ b/include/stdexec/__detail/__sender_concepts.hpp
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ namespace STDEXEC {
   namespace __detail {
     template <class _Sender>
     concept __enable_sender = __std::derived_from<typename _Sender::sender_concept, sender_t>
-                           || requires { typename _Sender::is_sender; } // NOT TO SPEC back compat
                            || __awaitable<_Sender, __detail::__promise<env<>>>;
   } // namespace __detail