diff --git a/include/dict0dict.ic b/include/dict0dict.ic
index b99ca7815a8..0b5a23e9380 100644
--- a/include/dict0dict.ic
+++ b/include/dict0dict.ic
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ dict_table_get_n_user_cols(
 {
 	ut_ad(table);
 	ut_ad(table->magic_n == DICT_TABLE_MAGIC_N);
-	ut_ad(table->cached);
 
 	return(table->n_cols - DATA_N_SYS_COLS);
 }
@@ -126,7 +125,6 @@ dict_table_get_n_cols(
 {
 	ut_ad(table);
 	ut_ad(table->magic_n == DICT_TABLE_MAGIC_N);
-	ut_ad(table->cached);
 
 	return(table->n_cols);
 }