diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/radeon_winsys.h b/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/radeon_winsys.h
index 4aaa62d6873..c39858ae096 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/radeon_winsys.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/radeon_winsys.h
@@ -78,14 +78,6 @@ enum radeon_bo_flag
   RADEON_FLAG_DRIVER_INTERNAL = (1 << 9),
 };
 
-enum radeon_dependency_flag
-{
-   /* Instead of waiting for a job to finish execution, the dependency will
-    * be signaled when the job starts execution.
-    */
-   RADEON_DEPENDENCY_START_FENCE = 1 << 1,
-};
-
 enum radeon_bo_usage
 { /* bitfield */
   RADEON_USAGE_READ = 2,
diff --git a/src/gallium/winsys/amdgpu/drm/amdgpu_cs.c b/src/gallium/winsys/amdgpu/drm/amdgpu_cs.c
index 9071bf13adc..7e28c42add7 100644
--- a/src/gallium/winsys/amdgpu/drm/amdgpu_cs.c
+++ b/src/gallium/winsys/amdgpu/drm/amdgpu_cs.c
@@ -1225,9 +1225,6 @@ static void amdgpu_cs_add_fence_dependency(struct radeon_cmdbuf *rws,
 
    util_queue_fence_wait(&fence->submitted);
 
-   /* Start fences are not needed here. */
-   assert(!(dependency_flags & RADEON_DEPENDENCY_START_FENCE));
-
    if (is_noop_fence_dependency(acs, fence))
       return;