diff --git a/pyquil/api/_wavefunction_simulator.py b/pyquil/api/_wavefunction_simulator.py
index abca2db2c..60197de75 100644
--- a/pyquil/api/_wavefunction_simulator.py
+++ b/pyquil/api/_wavefunction_simulator.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 )
 from pyquil.gates import MOVE
 from pyquil.paulis import PauliSum, PauliTerm
-from pyquil.quil import Program, percolate_declares
+from pyquil.quil import Program
 from pyquil.quilatom import MemoryReference
 from pyquil.wavefunction import Wavefunction
 
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ def wavefunction(self, quil_program: Program, memory_map: Optional[MemoryMap] =
         if memory_map is not None:
             quil_program = self.augment_program_with_memory_values(quil_program, memory_map)
 
+        print(quil_program.out(calibrations=False))
         request = qvm.api.WavefunctionRequest(
             quil_program.out(calibrations=False),
             self.measurement_noise,
@@ -230,4 +231,4 @@ def augment_program_with_memory_values(
 
         p += quil_program
 
-        return percolate_declares(p)
+        return p
diff --git a/pyquil/quil.py b/pyquil/quil.py
index 9daae5b7c..68bfed3e6 100644
--- a/pyquil/quil.py
+++ b/pyquil/quil.py
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ def out(self, *, calibrations: Optional[bool] = True) -> str:
         if calibrations:
             return self._program.to_quil()
         else:
-            return self._program.into_simplified().to_quil()
+            return self.remove_quil_t_instructions().out()
 
     @deprecated(
         version="4.0",
diff --git a/test/unit/test_quil.py b/test/unit/test_quil.py
index 9487c9809..b815ea102 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_quil.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_quil.py
@@ -1163,3 +1163,25 @@ def test_cached_frames():
     p.inst(frames[1])
     program_frames = p.frames
     assert program_frames == {frames[0].frame: frames[0], frames[1].frame: frames[1]}
+
+
+def test_out_without_calibrations():
+    quilt_program = Program(
+        """
+DEFCAL J 0:
+    RX(1.5707963267948966) 0
+DEFCAL MEASURE 0 addr:
+    FENCE 0
+"""
+    )
+    quil_program = Program(
+        """
+DECLARE ro BIT[1]
+J 0
+MEASURE 0 ro
+"""
+    )
+
+    combined_program = quilt_program + quil_program
+
+    assert combined_program.out(calibrations=False) == quil_program.out()