diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/prims/methodHandles.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/prims/methodHandles.cpp
index 2d97f49..5e8fa0b 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/prims/methodHandles.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/prims/methodHandles.cpp
@@ -1086,8 +1086,6 @@ void MethodHandles::remove_dependent_nmethod(oop call_site, nmethod* nm) {
 }
 
 void MethodHandles::clean_dependency_context(oop call_site) {
-  assert_locked_or_safepoint(CodeCache_lock);
-
   oop context = java_lang_invoke_CallSite::context_no_keepalive(call_site);
   DependencyContext deps = java_lang_invoke_MethodHandleNatives_CallSiteContext::vmdependencies(context);
   deps.clean_unloading_dependents();