diff --git a/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp b/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
index 59bd152828672..473f25fdab28e 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
@@ -10097,7 +10097,6 @@ void gc_heap::update_ro_segment (heap_segment* seg, uint8_t* allocated, uint8_t*
 {
     enter_spin_lock (&gc_heap::gc_lock);
 
-    assert (use_frozen_segments_p);
     assert (heap_segment_read_only_p (seg));
     assert (allocated <= committed);
     assert (committed <= heap_segment_reserved (seg));
diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Runtime/gcrhenv.cpp b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Runtime/gcrhenv.cpp
index 6fa14327affef..09280870510c9 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Runtime/gcrhenv.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Runtime/gcrhenv.cpp
@@ -732,10 +732,12 @@ void GCToEEInterface::DiagGCEnd(size_t index, int gen, int reason, bool fConcurr
     UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(gen);
     UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(reason);
 
+#ifdef FEATURE_EVENT_TRACE
     if (!fConcurrent)
     {
         ETW::GCLog::WalkHeap();
     }
+#endif // FEATURE_EVENT_TRACE
 }
 
 // Note on last parameter: when calling this for bgc, only ETW