diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c
index 478d1410ce4..86da15bd42c 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c
@@ -3101,13 +3101,6 @@ panfrost_batch_get_bifrost_tiler(struct panfrost_batch *batch, unsigned vertex_c
 
         mali_ptr heap = t.gpu;
 
-        /* We emit this descriptor after the first draw. The provoking vertex
-         * for the batch should have already been set (on Valhall, where it is a
-         * property of the batch).
-         */
-        if (PAN_ARCH >= 9)
-                assert(pan_tristate_is_defined(batch->first_provoking_vertex));
-
         t = pan_pool_alloc_desc(&batch->pool.base, TILER_CONTEXT);
         GENX(pan_emit_tiler_ctx)(dev, batch->key.width, batch->key.height,
                                  util_framebuffer_get_num_samples(&batch->key),
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.h b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.h
index 3f2d291aa76..6a41aeb2bde 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.h
@@ -79,16 +79,6 @@ pan_tristate_get(struct pan_tristate state)
         return (state.v == PAN_TRISTATE_TRUE);
 }
 
-/*
- * Check whether a tristate has a defined value (not PAN_TRISTATE_DONTCARE). If
- * true, pan_tristate_get will return a defined value.
- */
-static inline bool
-pan_tristate_is_defined(struct pan_tristate state)
-{
-        return (state.v != PAN_TRISTATE_DONTCARE);
-}
-
 /* A panfrost_batch corresponds to a bound FBO we're rendering to,
  * collecting over multiple draws. */