diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
index 2422ab4cf2..90c0e28bc4 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
@@ -3012,54 +3012,6 @@ impl Tenant {
         // because that will stall branch creation.
         let gc_cs = self.gc_cs.lock().await;
 
-        // Paranoia check: it is critical that GcInfo's list of child timelines is correct, to avoid incorrectly GC'ing data they
-        // depend on.  So although GcInfo is updated continuously by Timeline::new and Timeline::drop, we also calculate it here
-        // and fail out if it's inaccurate.
-        // (this can be removed later, it's a risk mitigation for https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/pull/8427)
-        {
-            let mut all_branchpoints: BTreeMap<TimelineId, Vec<(Lsn, TimelineId)>> =
-                BTreeMap::new();
-            timelines.iter().for_each(|timeline| {
-                if let Some(ancestor_timeline_id) = &timeline.get_ancestor_timeline_id() {
-                    let ancestor_children =
-                        all_branchpoints.entry(*ancestor_timeline_id).or_default();
-                    ancestor_children.push((timeline.get_ancestor_lsn(), timeline.timeline_id));
-                }
-            });
-
-            for timeline in &timelines {
-                let mut branchpoints: Vec<(Lsn, TimelineId)> = all_branchpoints
-                    .remove(&timeline.timeline_id)
-                    .unwrap_or_default();
-
-                branchpoints.sort_by_key(|b| b.0);
-
-                let target = timeline.gc_info.read().unwrap();
-
-                // We require that retain_lsns contains everything in `branchpoints`, but not that
-                // they are exactly equal: timeline deletions can race with us, so retain_lsns
-                // may contain some extra stuff.  It is safe to have extra timelines in there, because it
-                // just means that we retain slightly more data than we otherwise might.
-                let have_branchpoints = target.retain_lsns.iter().copied().collect::<HashSet<_>>();
-                for b in &branchpoints {
-                    if !have_branchpoints.contains(b) {
-                        tracing::error!(
-                            "Bug: `retain_lsns` is set incorrectly.  Expected be {:?}, but found {:?}",
-                            branchpoints,
-                            target.retain_lsns
-                        );
-                        debug_assert!(false);
-                        // Do not GC based on bad information!
-                        // (ab-use an existing GcError type rather than adding a new one, since this is a
-                        // "should never happen" check that will be removed soon).
-                        return Err(GcError::Remote(anyhow::anyhow!(
-                            "retain_lsns failed validation!"
-                        )));
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         // Ok, we now know all the branch points.
         // Update the GC information for each timeline.
         let mut gc_timelines = Vec::with_capacity(timelines.len());