diff --git a/r/R/metadata.R b/r/R/metadata.R
index 206a18d09ff..dbc8c6b6390 100644
--- a/r/R/metadata.R
+++ b/r/R/metadata.R
@@ -188,8 +188,7 @@ apply_arrow_r_metadata <- function(x, r_metadata) {
         # we cannot apply this row-level metadata, since the order of the rows is
         # not guaranteed to be the same, so don't even try, but warn what's going on
         trace <- trace_back()
-        # TODO: remove `trace$calls %||% trace$call` once rlang > 0.4.11 is released
-        in_dplyr_collect <- any(map_lgl(trace$calls %||% trace$call, function(x) {
+        in_dplyr_collect <- any(map_lgl(trace$call, function(x) {
           grepl("collect\\.([aA]rrow|Dataset)", x)[[1]]
         }))
         if (in_dplyr_collect) {
@@ -296,8 +295,7 @@ arrow_attributes <- function(x, only_top_level = FALSE) {
     # we cannot apply this row-level metadata, since the order of the rows is
     # not guaranteed to be the same, so don't even try, but warn what's going on
     trace <- trace_back()
-    # TODO: remove `trace$calls %||% trace$call` once rlang > 0.4.11 is released
-    in_dataset_write <- any(map_lgl(trace$calls %||% trace$call, function(x) {
+    in_dataset_write <- any(map_lgl(trace$call, function(x) {
       grepl("write_dataset", x, fixed = TRUE)[[1]]
     }))
     if (in_dataset_write) {