diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index 8eb276e464..9b5f417eac 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -6048,16 +6048,7 @@ FreezeMultiXactId(MultiXactId multi, uint16 t_infomask,
 				TransactionIdIsInProgress(members[i].xid))
 			{
 				/* running locker cannot possibly be older than the cutoff */
-				if (TransactionIdPrecedes(members[i].xid, cutoff_xid))
-				{
-					/* temporary on-bf debugging */
-					elog(PANIC, "too old alive locker: multi: %u, member xid: %u, memb-current: %d, memb-progress: %d, cutoff: %u, cutoff-multi: %u, relfrozenxid: %u, relminmxid: %u",
-						 multi, members[i].xid,
-						 TransactionIdIsCurrentTransactionId(members[i].xid),
-						 TransactionIdIsInProgress(members[i].xid),
-						 cutoff_xid, cutoff_multi,
-						 relfrozenxid, relminmxid);
-				}
+				Assert(!TransactionIdPrecedes(members[i].xid, cutoff_xid));
 				newmembers[nnewmembers++] = members[i];
 				has_lockers = true;
 			}
diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c
index 03c8e1ff7e..44e2224dd5 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c
@@ -1350,14 +1350,7 @@ lazy_scan_heap(Relation onerel, VacuumParams *params, LVRelStats *vacrelstats,
 					if (HeapTupleIsHotUpdated(&tuple) ||
 						HeapTupleIsHeapOnly(&tuple) ||
 						params->index_cleanup == VACOPT_TERNARY_DISABLED)
-					{
-						/* temporary on-bf debugging */
-						elog(LOG, "treating dead HOT tuple (updated %d, heap only: %d, index cleanup: %d) as alive",
-							 HeapTupleIsHotUpdated(&tuple), HeapTupleIsHeapOnly(&tuple),
-							 params->index_cleanup == VACOPT_TERNARY_DISABLED);
-
 						nkeep += 1;
-					}
 					else
 						tupgone = true; /* we can delete the tuple */
 					all_visible = false;