diff --git a/db/compaction/compaction_job.cc b/db/compaction/compaction_job.cc
index a8e0bd596..6e30d9a65 100644
--- a/db/compaction/compaction_job.cc
+++ b/db/compaction/compaction_job.cc
@@ -1784,19 +1784,6 @@ Status CompactionJob::InstallCompactionResults(
   auto* compaction = compact_->compaction;
   assert(compaction);
 
-  // paranoia: verify that the files that we started with
-  // still exist in the current version and in the same original level.
-  // This ensures that a concurrent compaction did not erroneously
-  // pick the same files to compact_.
-  if (!versions_->VerifyCompactionFileConsistency(compaction)) {
-    Compaction::InputLevelSummaryBuffer inputs_summary;
-
-    ROCKS_LOG_ERROR(db_options_.info_log, "[%s] [JOB %d] Compaction %s aborted",
-                    compaction->column_family_data()->GetName().c_str(),
-                    job_id_, compaction->InputLevelSummary(&inputs_summary));
-    return Status::Corruption("Compaction input files inconsistent");
-  }
-
   {
     Compaction::InputLevelSummaryBuffer inputs_summary;
     ROCKS_LOG_INFO(db_options_.info_log,
@@ -2219,7 +2206,7 @@ Status CompactionServiceCompactionJob::Run() {
     status = io_s;
   }
   if (status.ok()) {
-    // TODO: Add verify_table() and VerifyCompactionFileConsistency()
+    // TODO: Add verify_table()
   }
 
   // Finish up all book-keeping to unify the subcompaction results
diff --git a/db/version_set.cc b/db/version_set.cc
index 1360a0834..1b20fd05f 100644
--- a/db/version_set.cc
+++ b/db/version_set.cc
@@ -5495,43 +5495,6 @@ InternalIterator* VersionSet::MakeInputIterator(
   return result;
 }
 
-// verify that the files listed in this compaction are present
-// in the current version
-bool VersionSet::VerifyCompactionFileConsistency(Compaction* c) {
-#ifndef NDEBUG
-  Version* version = c->column_family_data()->current();
-  const VersionStorageInfo* vstorage = version->storage_info();
-  if (c->input_version() != version) {
-    ROCKS_LOG_INFO(
-        db_options_->info_log,
-        "[%s] compaction output being applied to a different base version from"
-        " input version",
-        c->column_family_data()->GetName().c_str());
-  }
-
-  for (size_t input = 0; input < c->num_input_levels(); ++input) {
-    int level = c->level(input);
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < c->num_input_files(input); ++i) {
-      uint64_t number = c->input(input, i)->fd.GetNumber();
-      bool found = false;
-      for (size_t j = 0; j < vstorage->files_[level].size(); j++) {
-        FileMetaData* f = vstorage->files_[level][j];
-        if (f->fd.GetNumber() == number) {
-          found = true;
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-      if (!found) {
-        return false;  // input files non existent in current version
-      }
-    }
-  }
-#else
-  (void)c;
-#endif
-  return true;     // everything good
-}
-
 Status VersionSet::GetMetadataForFile(uint64_t number, int* filelevel,
                                       FileMetaData** meta,
                                       ColumnFamilyData** cfd) {
diff --git a/db/version_set.h b/db/version_set.h
index bbe872c99..c9f0e160f 100644
--- a/db/version_set.h
+++ b/db/version_set.h
@@ -1222,12 +1222,6 @@ class VersionSet {
   // Return the size of the current manifest file
   uint64_t manifest_file_size() const { return manifest_file_size_; }
 
-  // verify that the files that we started with for a compaction
-  // still exist in the current version and in the same original level.
-  // This ensures that a concurrent compaction did not erroneously
-  // pick the same files to compact.
-  bool VerifyCompactionFileConsistency(Compaction* c);
-
   Status GetMetadataForFile(uint64_t number, int* filelevel,
                             FileMetaData** metadata, ColumnFamilyData** cfd);