diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index e3e7307ef5f..4c5ae205a7a 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -2647,9 +2647,6 @@ heap_multi_insert(Relation relation, TupleTableSlot **slots, int ntuples,
 		 */
 		if (all_frozen_set)
 		{
-			Assert(PageIsAllVisible(page));
-			Assert(visibilitymap_pin_ok(BufferGetBlockNumber(buffer), vmbuffer));
-
 			/*
 			 * It's fine to use InvalidTransactionId here - this is only used
 			 * when HEAP_INSERT_FROZEN is specified, which intentionally
diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_xlog.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_xlog.c
index 5d48f071f53..cf843277938 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_xlog.c
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ heap_xlog_visible(XLogReaderState *record)
 		LockBuffer(vmbuffer, BUFFER_LOCK_UNLOCK);
 
 		reln = CreateFakeRelcacheEntry(rlocator);
-		visibilitymap_pin(reln, blkno, &vmbuffer);
 
 		visibilitymap_set(reln, blkno, InvalidBuffer, lsn, vmbuffer,
 						  xlrec->snapshotConflictHorizon, vmbits);