diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/fs2/Stream.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/fs2/Stream.scala
index e64918229a..e4a8d159e1 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/fs2/Stream.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/fs2/Stream.scala
@@ -1041,12 +1041,15 @@ final class Stream[+F[_], +O] private[fs2] (private[fs2] val underlying: Pull[F,
     * Not as powerful as `observe` since not all pipes can be represented by `O => F[O2]`, but much faster.
     * Alias for `evalMap(o => f(o).as(o))`.
     */
-  def evalTap[F2[x] >: F[x], O2](f: O => F2[O2])(implicit F: Functor[F2]): Stream[F2, O] = {
-    val _ = F
+  def evalTap[F2[x] >: F[x], O2](f: O => F2[O2]): Stream[F2, O] = {
     def tapOut(o: O) = Pull.eval(f(o)) >> Pull.output1(o)
     underlying.flatMapOutput(tapOut).streamNoScope
   }
 
+  @deprecated("Use overload without functor", "3.7.0")
+  private[fs2] def evalTap[F2[x] >: F[x], O2](f: O => F2[O2], F: Functor[F2]): Stream[F2, O] =
+    evalTap(f)
+
   /** Alias for `evalMapChunk(o => f(o).as(o))`.
     */
   def evalTapChunk[F2[x] >: F[x]: Applicative, O2](f: O => F2[O2]): Stream[F2, O] =