diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Net.Http/src/System/Net/Http/SocketsHttpHandler/HttpConnection.cs b/src/libraries/System.Net.Http/src/System/Net/Http/SocketsHttpHandler/HttpConnection.cs
index 2208a6265c97d3..ed3e2f50bef1eb 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Net.Http/src/System/Net/Http/SocketsHttpHandler/HttpConnection.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Net.Http/src/System/Net/Http/SocketsHttpHandler/HttpConnection.cs
@@ -497,7 +497,6 @@ public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, boo
         {
             Debug.Assert(_currentRequest == null, $"Expected null {nameof(_currentRequest)}.");
             Debug.Assert(_readBuffer.ActiveLength == 0, "Unexpected data in read buffer");
-            Debug.Assert(_readAheadTaskStatus != ReadAheadTask_Started);
 
             MarkConnectionAsNotIdle();
 
@@ -570,7 +569,6 @@ public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, boo
                     // meaning that PrepareForReuse would have failed, and we wouldn't have called SendAsync.
                     // The task therefore shouldn't be 'default', as it's representing an async operation that had to yield at some point.
                     Debug.Assert(_readAheadTask != default);
-                    Debug.Assert(_readAheadTaskStatus == ReadAheadTask_CompletionReserved);
 
                     // Handle the pre-emptive read.  For the async==false case, hopefully the read has
                     // already completed and this will be a nop, but if it hasn't, the caller will be forced to block