diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/gallivm/lp_bld_swizzle.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/gallivm/lp_bld_swizzle.c
index ea2ec780f16..ad03b2c115d 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/gallivm/lp_bld_swizzle.c
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/gallivm/lp_bld_swizzle.c
@@ -408,9 +408,6 @@ lp_build_swizzle_aos(struct lp_build_context *bld,
             switch (swizzles[i]) {
             default:
                assert(0);
-#if defined(NDEBUG) || defined(DEBUG)
-               FALLTHROUGH;
-#endif
             case PIPE_SWIZZLE_X:
             case PIPE_SWIZZLE_Y:
             case PIPE_SWIZZLE_Z:
diff --git a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_texture.c b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_texture.c
index 0e72491e1b7..07ccac68800 100644
--- a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_texture.c
+++ b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_texture.c
@@ -187,9 +187,6 @@ st_gl_texture_dims_to_pipe_dims(GLenum texture,
       break;
    default:
       assert(0 && "Unexpected texture in st_gl_texture_dims_to_pipe_dims()");
-#if defined(NDEBUG) || defined(DEBUG)
-      FALLTHROUGH;
-#endif
    case GL_TEXTURE_3D:
    case GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_3D:
       *widthOut = widthIn;
diff --git a/src/util/u_debug.h b/src/util/u_debug.h
index b5d9a505cfb..b5c2396896a 100644
--- a/src/util/u_debug.h
+++ b/src/util/u_debug.h
@@ -233,13 +233,6 @@ void _debug_assert_fail(const char *expr,
 #endif
 
 
-/** Override standard assert macro */
-#ifdef assert
-#undef assert
-#endif
-#define assert(expr) debug_assert(expr)
-
-
 /**
  * Output the current function name.
  */