diff --git a/src/coins.h b/src/coins.h
--- a/src/coins.h
+++ b/src/coins.h
@@ -440,9 +440,6 @@
  */
 class CCoinsViewCache : public CCoinsViewBacked {
 protected:
-    /* Whether this cache has an active modifier. */
-    bool hasModifier;
-
     /**
      * Make mutable so that we can "fill the cache" even from Get-methods
      * declared as "const".
@@ -465,7 +462,6 @@
 
 public:
     CCoinsViewCache(CCoinsView *baseIn);
-    ~CCoinsViewCache();
 
     // Standard CCoinsView methods
     uint256 GetBestBlock() const;
diff --git a/src/coins.cpp b/src/coins.cpp
--- a/src/coins.cpp
+++ b/src/coins.cpp
@@ -83,11 +83,7 @@
       k1(GetRand(std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max())) {}
 
 CCoinsViewCache::CCoinsViewCache(CCoinsView *baseIn)
-    : CCoinsViewBacked(baseIn), hasModifier(false), cachedCoinsUsage(0) {}
-
-CCoinsViewCache::~CCoinsViewCache() {
-    assert(!hasModifier);
-}
+    : CCoinsViewBacked(baseIn), cachedCoinsUsage(0) {}
 
 size_t CCoinsViewCache::DynamicMemoryUsage() const {
     return memusage::DynamicUsage(cacheCoins) + cachedCoinsUsage;
@@ -236,7 +232,6 @@
 
 bool CCoinsViewCache::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins,
                                  const uint256 &hashBlockIn) {
-    assert(!hasModifier);
     for (CCoinsMap::iterator it = mapCoins.begin(); it != mapCoins.end();) {
         // Ignore non-dirty entries (optimization).
         if (it->second.flags & CCoinsCacheEntry::DIRTY) {