diff --git a/compiler/rustc_query_impl/src/plumbing.rs b/compiler/rustc_query_impl/src/plumbing.rs
index b8aa125aaf96..f4a80a62cc68 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_query_impl/src/plumbing.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_query_impl/src/plumbing.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 use rustc_middle::bug;
 #[expect(unused_imports, reason = "used by doc comments")]
 use rustc_middle::dep_graph::DepKindVTable;
-use rustc_middle::dep_graph::{DepKind, DepNode, DepNodeIndex, DepNodeKey, SerializedDepNodeIndex};
+use rustc_middle::dep_graph::{DepNode, DepNodeIndex, DepNodeKey, SerializedDepNodeIndex};
 use rustc_middle::query::erase::{Erasable, Erased};
 use rustc_middle::query::on_disk_cache::{
     AbsoluteBytePos, CacheDecoder, CacheEncoder, EncodedDepNodeIndex,
@@ -230,24 +230,6 @@ pub(crate) fn force_from_dep_node_inner<'tcx, Q: GetQueryVTable<'tcx>>(
 ) -> bool {
     let query = Q::query_vtable(tcx);
 
-    // We must avoid ever having to call `force_from_dep_node()` for a
-    // `DepNode::codegen_unit`:
-    // Since we cannot reconstruct the query key of a `DepNode::codegen_unit`, we
-    // would always end up having to evaluate the first caller of the
-    // `codegen_unit` query that *is* reconstructible. This might very well be
-    // the `compile_codegen_unit` query, thus re-codegenning the whole CGU just
-    // to re-trigger calling the `codegen_unit` query with the right key. At
-    // that point we would already have re-done all the work we are trying to
-    // avoid doing in the first place.
-    // The solution is simple: Just explicitly call the `codegen_unit` query for
-    // each CGU, right after partitioning. This way `try_mark_green` will always
-    // hit the cache instead of having to go through `force_from_dep_node`.
-    // This assertion makes sure, we actually keep applying the solution above.
-    debug_assert!(
-        dep_node.kind != DepKind::codegen_unit,
-        "calling force_from_dep_node() on dep_kinds::codegen_unit"
-    );
-
     if let Some(key) = <Q::Cache as QueryCache>::Key::try_recover_key(tcx, &dep_node) {
         force_query(query, tcx, key, dep_node);
         true