diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/path/equivclass.c b/src/backend/optimizer/path/equivclass.c
index 86057538c5..9bbe11a9de 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/path/equivclass.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/path/equivclass.c
@@ -4014,18 +4014,6 @@ get_ec_source_indexes(PlannerInfo *root, EquivalenceClass *ec, Relids relids)
 		rel_esis = bms_add_members(rel_esis, index->source_indexes);
 	}
 
-#ifdef USE_ASSERT_CHECKING
-	/* verify the results look sane */
-	i = -1;
-	while ((i = bms_next_member(rel_esis, i)) >= 0)
-	{
-		RestrictInfo *rinfo = list_nth_node(RestrictInfo, root->eq_sources,
-											i);
-
-		Assert(bms_overlap(relids, rinfo->clause_relids));
-	}
-#endif
-
 	/* bitwise-AND to leave only the ones for this EquivalenceClass */
 	return bms_int_members(rel_esis, ec->ec_source_indexes);
 }
@@ -4065,18 +4053,6 @@ get_ec_source_indexes_strict(PlannerInfo *root, EquivalenceClass *ec,
 		}
 	}
 
-#ifdef USE_ASSERT_CHECKING
-	/* verify the results look sane */
-	i = -1;
-	while ((i = bms_next_member(esis, i)) >= 0)
-	{
-		RestrictInfo *rinfo = list_nth_node(RestrictInfo, root->eq_sources,
-											i);
-
-		Assert(bms_is_subset(relids, rinfo->clause_relids));
-	}
-#endif
-
 	return esis;
 }
 
@@ -4103,18 +4079,6 @@ get_ec_derive_indexes(PlannerInfo *root, EquivalenceClass *ec, Relids relids)
 		rel_edis = bms_add_members(rel_edis, index->derive_indexes);
 	}
 
-#ifdef USE_ASSERT_CHECKING
-	/* verify the results look sane */
-	i = -1;
-	while ((i = bms_next_member(rel_edis, i)) >= 0)
-	{
-		RestrictInfo *rinfo = list_nth_node(RestrictInfo, root->eq_derives,
-											i);
-
-		Assert(bms_overlap(relids, rinfo->clause_relids));
-	}
-#endif
-
 	/* bitwise-AND to leave only the ones for this EquivalenceClass */
 	return bms_int_members(rel_edis, ec->ec_derive_indexes);
 }
@@ -4154,18 +4118,6 @@ get_ec_derive_indexes_strict(PlannerInfo *root, EquivalenceClass *ec,
 		}
 	}
 
-#ifdef USE_ASSERT_CHECKING
-	/* verify the results look sane */
-	i = -1;
-	while ((i = bms_next_member(edis, i)) >= 0)
-	{
-		RestrictInfo *rinfo = list_nth_node(RestrictInfo, root->eq_derives,
-											i);
-
-		Assert(bms_is_subset(relids, rinfo->clause_relids));
-	}
-#endif
-
 	return edis;
 }