diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 967573b174..176d9e79af 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ S3method(print,ggproto_method)
 S3method(print,rel)
 S3method(print,theme)
 S3method(print,uneval)
-S3method(scale_type,AsIs)
 S3method(scale_type,Date)
 S3method(scale_type,POSIXt)
 S3method(scale_type,character)
diff --git a/R/scale-type.R b/R/scale-type.R
index 2feaa69c82..e9f3b8cc9b 100644
--- a/R/scale-type.R
+++ b/R/scale-type.R
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ find_scale <- function(aes, x, env = parent.frame()) {
   # Inf is ambiguous; it can be used either with continuous scales or with
   # discrete scales, so just skip in the hope that we will have a better guess
   # with the other layers
-  if (is.null(x) || (is_atomic(x) && all(is.infinite(x)))) {
+  if (is.null(x) || (is_atomic(x) && all(is.infinite(x))) || inherits(x, "AsIs")) {
     return(NULL)
   }
 
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ scale_type.default <- function(x) {
 #' @export
 scale_type.list <- function(x) "identity"
 
-#' @export
-scale_type.AsIs <- function(x) "identity"
-
 #' @export
 scale_type.logical <- function(x) "discrete"