diff --git a/fs/xfs/support/debug.c b/fs/xfs/support/debug.c
index 7d6e1f37df1..4ed7b6928cd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/support/debug.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/support/debug.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 
-int			doass = 1;
 static char		message[256];	/* keep it off the stack */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(xfs_err_lock);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/support/debug.h b/fs/xfs/support/debug.h
index 40b0f4c54d9..c5b9365a7e2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/support/debug.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/support/debug.h
@@ -50,16 +50,11 @@ extern void cmn_err(int, char *, ...);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-# ifdef lint
-#  define ASSERT(EX)	((void)0) /* avoid "constant in conditional" babble */
-# else
-#  define ASSERT(EX) ((!doass||(EX))?((void)0):assfail(#EX, __FILE__, __LINE__))
-# endif	/* lint */
+# define ASSERT(EX)	((EX) ? ((void)0) : assfail(#EX, __FILE__, __LINE__))
 #else
 # define ASSERT(x)	((void)0)
 #endif
 
-extern int doass;		/* dynamically turn off asserts */
 extern void assfail(char *, char *, int);
 #ifdef DEBUG
 extern unsigned long random(void);