diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
index 53a55ef1d4b..1ee8ea5f462 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
@@ -2085,7 +2085,6 @@ public class IndexWriter implements Closeable, TwoPhaseCommit{
         rollbackInternal();
       }
     }
-    assert assertEventQueueAfterClose();
   }
 
   private void rollbackInternal() throws IOException {
@@ -2180,11 +2179,6 @@ public class IndexWriter implements Closeable, TwoPhaseCommit{
         }
         closed = true;
         closing = false;
-        try {
-          processEvents(false, true);
-        } finally {
-          notifyAll();
-        }
       }
     }
   }