diff --git a/module/avl/avl.c b/module/avl/avl.c
index 48865365d8..d0473d883b 100644
--- a/module/avl/avl.c
+++ b/module/avl/avl.c
@@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ avl_insert(avl_tree_t *tree, void *new_data, avl_index_t where)
 	int which_child = AVL_INDEX2CHILD(where);
 	size_t off = tree->avl_offset;
 
-	ASSERT(tree);
 #ifdef _LP64
 	ASSERT(((uintptr_t)new_data & 0x7) == 0);
 #endif
@@ -680,8 +679,6 @@ avl_remove(avl_tree_t *tree, void *data)
 	int which_child;
 	size_t off = tree->avl_offset;
 
-	ASSERT(tree);
-
 	delete = AVL_DATA2NODE(data, off);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-taskq.c b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-taskq.c
index a63c34748b..61631256c8 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-taskq.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-taskq.c
@@ -274,8 +274,6 @@ taskq_lowest_id(taskq_t *tq)
 	taskq_ent_t *t;
 	taskq_thread_t *tqt;
 
-	ASSERT(tq);
-
 	if (!list_empty(&tq->tq_pend_list)) {
 		t = list_entry(tq->tq_pend_list.next, taskq_ent_t, tqent_list);
 		lowest_id = MIN(lowest_id, t->tqent_id);