diff --git a/source/event_loop.c b/source/event_loop.c
index 606ee0688..ce6e5b995 100644
--- a/source/event_loop.c
+++ b/source/event_loop.c
@@ -482,14 +482,6 @@ size_t aws_event_loop_get_load_factor(struct aws_event_loop *event_loop) {
     return aws_atomic_load_int(&event_loop->current_load_factor);
 }
 
-// As dispatch queue has ARC support, we could directly release the dispatch queue event loop. Disable the
-// caller thread validation on dispatch queue.
-#ifndef AWS_USE_DISPATCH_QUEUE
-#    define AWS_EVENT_LOOP_NOT_CALLER_THREAD(eventloop) AWS_ASSERT(!aws_event_loop_thread_is_callers_thread(eventloop));
-#else
-#    define AWS_EVENT_LOOP_NOT_CALLER_THREAD(eventloop)
-#endif
-
 void aws_event_loop_destroy(struct aws_event_loop *event_loop) {
     if (!event_loop) {
         return;