diff --git a/include/verilated_cov.cpp b/include/verilated_cov.cpp
index 89b7fb86d..c442bbae7 100644
--- a/include/verilated_cov.cpp
+++ b/include/verilated_cov.cpp
@@ -357,9 +357,6 @@ public:
     void write(const char* filename) VL_MT_SAFE_EXCLUDES(m_mutex) {
         Verilated::quiesce();
         const VerilatedLockGuard lock{m_mutex};
-#ifndef VM_COVERAGE
-        VL_FATAL_MT("", 0, "", "%Error: Called VerilatedCov::write when VM_COVERAGE disabled");
-#endif
         selftest();
 
         std::ofstream os{filename};
diff --git a/include/verilated_cov.h b/include/verilated_cov.h
index 4c3b1550d..4697c4f88 100644
--- a/include/verilated_cov.h
+++ b/include/verilated_cov.h
@@ -35,22 +35,6 @@
 
 class VerilatedCovImp;
 
-//=============================================================================
-/// Conditionally compile statements only when doing coverage (when
-/// VM_COVERAGE is defined)
-
-// clang-format off
-#ifdef VM_COVERAGE
-# define VL_IF_COVER(stmts) \
-    do { stmts; } while (false)
-#else
-# define VL_IF_COVER(stmts) \
-    do { \
-        if (false) { stmts; } \
-    } while (false)
-#endif
-// clang-format on
-
 //=============================================================================
 /// Insert a item for coverage analysis.
 /// The first argument is a pointer to the count to be dumped.
@@ -83,8 +67,11 @@ class VerilatedCovImp;
 ///     }
 
 #define VL_COVER_INSERT(covcontextp, countp, ...) \
-    VL_IF_COVER(covcontextp->_inserti(countp); covcontextp->_insertf(__FILE__, __LINE__); \
-                covcontextp->_insertp("hier", name(), __VA_ARGS__))
+    do { \
+        covcontextp->_inserti(countp); \
+        covcontextp->_insertf(__FILE__, __LINE__); \
+        covcontextp->_insertp("hier", name(), __VA_ARGS__); \
+    } while (false)
 
 //=============================================================================
 // Convert VL_COVER_INSERT value arguments to strings, is \internal