diff --git a/analysis/analysis-api-fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/analysis/api/fir/components/KtFirImportOptimizer.kt b/analysis/analysis-api-fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/analysis/api/fir/components/KtFirImportOptimizer.kt
index 84bbd895618..567c20ea6b2 100644
--- a/analysis/analysis-api-fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/analysis/api/fir/components/KtFirImportOptimizer.kt
+++ b/analysis/analysis-api-fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/analysis/api/fir/components/KtFirImportOptimizer.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.analysis.api.components.KtImportOptimizerResult
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.analysis.api.fir.getCandidateSymbols
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.analysis.api.fir.utils.computeImportableName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.analysis.api.lifetime.KtLifetimeToken
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.analysis.api.lifetime.assertIsValidAndAccessible
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.analysis.low.level.api.fir.api.LLFirResolveSession
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.analysis.low.level.api.fir.api.getOrBuildFirFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.FirElement
@@ -54,8 +53,6 @@ internal class KtFirImportOptimizer(
         get() = firResolveSession.useSiteFirSession
 
     override fun analyseImports(file: KtFile): KtImportOptimizerResult {
-        assertIsValidAndAccessible()
-
         val firFile = file.getOrBuildFirFile(firResolveSession).apply { lazyResolveToPhase(FirResolvePhase.BODY_RESOLVE) }
 
         val existingImports = file.importDirectives