diff --git a/python_modules/dagster/dagster/_core/definitions/decorators/asset_check_decorator.py b/python_modules/dagster/dagster/_core/definitions/decorators/asset_check_decorator.py
index 7cb4529997eb9..3e0837265645d 100644
--- a/python_modules/dagster/dagster/_core/definitions/decorators/asset_check_decorator.py
+++ b/python_modules/dagster/dagster/_core/definitions/decorators/asset_check_decorator.py
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@
 from dagster._core.definitions.asset_in import AssetIn
 from dagster._core.definitions.assets import AssetsDefinition
 from dagster._core.definitions.events import AssetKey, CoercibleToAssetKey
-from dagster._core.definitions.output import Out
 from dagster._core.definitions.policy import RetryPolicy
 from dagster._core.definitions.source_asset import SourceAsset
 from dagster._core.definitions.utils import DEFAULT_OUTPUT
 from dagster._core.errors import DagsterInvalidDefinitionError
 from dagster._core.execution.build_resources import wrap_resources_for_execution
-from dagster._core.storage.tags import COMPUTE_KIND_TAG
 from dagster._utils.warnings import disable_dagster_warnings
 
 from .asset_decorator import make_asset_deps
@@ -29,7 +27,6 @@
     create_check_specs_by_output_name,
     get_function_params_without_context_or_config_or_resources,
 )
-from .op_decorator import _Op
 
 AssetCheckFunctionReturn: TypeAlias = AssetCheckResult
 AssetCheckFunction: TypeAlias = Callable[..., AssetCheckFunctionReturn]
@@ -321,9 +318,6 @@ def checks():
     def inner(fn: MultiAssetCheckFunction) -> AssetChecksDefinition:
         op_name = name or fn.__name__
 
-        outs = {
-            spec.get_python_identifier(): Out(None, is_required=not can_subset) for spec in specs
-        }
         named_ins_by_asset_key = build_named_ins(
             fn=fn,
             asset_ins={},
@@ -334,14 +328,13 @@ def inner(fn: MultiAssetCheckFunction) -> AssetChecksDefinition:
         builder_args = DecoratorAssetsDefinitionBuilderArgs(
             decorator_name="@multi_asset_check",
             name=name,
-            # @asset_check previous behavior is to not set description on underlying op
-            op_description=None,
+            op_description=description,
             required_resource_keys=required_resource_keys or set(),
             config_schema=config_schema,
             retry_policy=retry_policy,
             specs=[],
             check_specs_by_output_name=create_check_specs_by_output_name(specs),
-            can_subset=False,
+            can_subset=can_subset,
             compute_kind=compute_kind,
             op_tags=op_tags,
             op_def_resource_defs=resource_defs,
@@ -368,19 +361,7 @@ def inner(fn: MultiAssetCheckFunction) -> AssetChecksDefinition:
         )
 
         with disable_dagster_warnings():
-            op_def = _Op(
-                name=op_name,
-                description=description,
-                ins=dict(named_ins_by_asset_key.values()),
-                out=outs,
-                required_resource_keys=builder.required_resource_keys,
-                tags={
-                    **({COMPUTE_KIND_TAG: compute_kind} if compute_kind else {}),
-                    **(op_tags or {}),
-                },
-                config_schema=config_schema,
-                retry_policy=retry_policy,
-            )(fn)
+            op_def = builder.create_op_definition()
 
         return AssetChecksDefinition.create(
             node_def=op_def,