diff --git a/table/block_fetcher.cc b/table/block_fetcher.cc
index 0637440bdcf..d24587cdff2 100644
--- a/table/block_fetcher.cc
+++ b/table/block_fetcher.cc
@@ -357,9 +357,6 @@ void BlockFetcher::ReadBlock(bool retry) {
 IOStatus BlockFetcher::ReadBlockContents() {
   if (TryGetUncompressBlockFromPersistentCache()) {
     compression_type_ = kNoCompression;
-#ifndef NDEBUG
-    contents_->has_trailer = footer_.GetBlockTrailerSize() > 0;
-#endif  // NDEBUG
     return IOStatus::OK();
   }
   if (TryGetFromPrefetchBuffer()) {