diff --git a/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_codegen.hh b/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_codegen.hh
index 3ae54ce74f1..f107da1ca4a 100644
--- a/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_codegen.hh
+++ b/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_codegen.hh
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ struct GPUCodegenCreateInfo : ShaderCreateInfo {
 
   GPUCodegenCreateInfo(const char *name) : ShaderCreateInfo(name), info_name_(name)
   {
-    is_codegen_ = true;
     /* Base class is always initialized first, so we need to update the name_ pointer here. */
     name_ = info_name_.c_str();
   };
diff --git a/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader.cc b/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader.cc
index ff47a333a47..02626b33d07 100644
--- a/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader.cc
+++ b/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader.cc
@@ -660,7 +660,6 @@ Shader *ShaderCompiler::compile(const shader::ShaderCreateInfo &info, bool is_ba
 
   using namespace blender::gpu::shader;
   const_cast<ShaderCreateInfo &>(info).finalize();
-  BLI_assert(info.do_static_compilation_ || info.is_codegen_);
 
   TimePoint start_time;
 
diff --git a/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader_create_info.hh b/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader_create_info.hh
index bbf91e253b8..13cdde66427 100644
--- a/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader_create_info.hh
+++ b/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader_create_info.hh
@@ -687,8 +687,6 @@ struct ShaderCreateInfo {
   StringRefNull name_;
   /** True if the shader is static and can be pre-compiled at compile time. */
   bool do_static_compilation_ = false;
-  /** True if the shader comes from GPUCodegen. */
-  bool is_codegen_ = false;
   /** If true, all additionally linked create info will be merged into this one. */
   bool finalized_ = false;
   /** If true, all resources will have an automatic location assigned. */