diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c
index 4d1f954d459b..f4b0e68a16d2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@
 
 /* ip_conntrack_lock protects the main hash table, protocol/helper/expected
    registrations, conntrack timers*/
-#define ASSERT_READ_LOCK(x)
-#define ASSERT_WRITE_LOCK(x)
-
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack_protocol.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack_helper.h>
@@ -201,7 +198,6 @@ ip_ct_invert_tuple(struct ip_conntrack_tuple *inverse,
 /* ip_conntrack_expect helper functions */
 void ip_ct_unlink_expect(struct ip_conntrack_expect *exp)
 {
-	ASSERT_WRITE_LOCK(&ip_conntrack_lock);
 	IP_NF_ASSERT(!timer_pending(&exp->timeout));
 	list_del(&exp->list);
 	CONNTRACK_STAT_INC(expect_delete);
@@ -294,7 +290,6 @@ static void
 clean_from_lists(struct ip_conntrack *ct)
 {
 	DEBUGP("clean_from_lists(%p)\n", ct);
-	ASSERT_WRITE_LOCK(&ip_conntrack_lock);
 	list_del(&ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].list);
 	list_del(&ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_REPLY].list);
 
@@ -373,7 +368,6 @@ __ip_conntrack_find(const struct ip_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
 	struct ip_conntrack_tuple_hash *h;
 	unsigned int hash = hash_conntrack(tuple);
 
-	ASSERT_READ_LOCK(&ip_conntrack_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(h, &ip_conntrack_hash[hash], list) {
 		if (tuplehash_to_ctrack(h) != ignored_conntrack &&
 		    ip_ct_tuple_equal(tuple, &h->tuple)) {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_gre.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_gre.c
index 5fe026f467d3..ac1c49ef36a9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_gre.c
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 
 static DEFINE_RWLOCK(ip_ct_gre_lock);
-#define ASSERT_READ_LOCK(x)
-#define ASSERT_WRITE_LOCK(x)
 
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack_protocol.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack_helper.h>
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_standalone.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_standalone.c
index 2df67538ffb0..86efb5449676 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_standalone.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_standalone.c
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 #include <net/ip.h>
 #include <net/route.h>
 
-#define ASSERT_READ_LOCK(x)
-#define ASSERT_WRITE_LOCK(x)
-
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack_protocol.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack_core.h>
@@ -139,7 +136,6 @@ static int ct_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
 	const struct ip_conntrack *conntrack = tuplehash_to_ctrack(hash);
 	struct ip_conntrack_protocol *proto;
 
-	ASSERT_READ_LOCK(&ip_conntrack_lock);
 	IP_NF_ASSERT(conntrack);
 
 	/* we only want to print DIR_ORIGINAL */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
index 7a29d6e7baa7..5d43a63e5656 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
 #define DEBUGP
 #endif
 
-#define ASSERT_READ_LOCK(x)
-
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("iptables target for CLUSTERIP");
@@ -123,7 +121,6 @@ __clusterip_config_find(__be32 clusterip)
 {
 	struct list_head *pos;
 
-	ASSERT_READ_LOCK(&clusterip_lock);
 	list_for_each(pos, &clusterip_configs) {
 		struct clusterip_config *c = list_entry(pos, 
 					struct clusterip_config, list);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
index 5cbe55f66c15..03b3ed8fca9e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 
-#define ASSERT_READ_LOCK(x)
-#define ASSERT_WRITE_LOCK(x)
-
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h>
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto.h>
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l4proto.h>