diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Columnar.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Columnar.scala
index 4c9ae155ec17..85ed1a24fc6e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Columnar.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Columnar.scala
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.metric.{SQLMetric, SQLMetrics}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.vectorized.WritableColumnVector
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.vectorized.{ColumnarBatch, ColumnVector}
-import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
 /**
  * Holds a user defined rule that can be used to inject columnar implementations of various
@@ -66,9 +65,6 @@ trait ColumnarToRowTransition extends UnaryExecNode
  * [[MapPartitionsInRWithArrowExec]]. Eventually this should replace those implementations.
  */
 case class ColumnarToRowExec(child: SparkPlan) extends ColumnarToRowTransition with CodegenSupport {
-  // supportsColumnar requires to be only called on driver side, see also SPARK-37779.
-  assert(Utils.isInRunningSparkTask || child.supportsColumnar)
-
   override def output: Seq[Attribute] = child.output
 
   override def outputPartitioning: Partitioning = child.outputPartitioning