diff --git a/mjit.c b/mjit.c
index 69dc23442b..3ae9410179 100644
--- a/mjit.c
+++ b/mjit.c
@@ -802,9 +802,7 @@ mjit_pause(bool wait_p)
         }
     }
 
-    mjit_pause_wait_p = wait_p; // Avoid cancelling the last compilation after the unit fetch if wait_p.
     stop_worker();
-    mjit_pause_wait_p = false;
     return Qtrue;
 }
 
diff --git a/mjit_worker.c b/mjit_worker.c
index 193213e3a8..c3b8d57821 100644
--- a/mjit_worker.c
+++ b/mjit_worker.c
@@ -210,8 +210,6 @@ static bool in_jit;
 static bool stop_worker_p;
 // Set to true if worker is stopped.
 static bool worker_stopped;
-// Set to true only when worker is being stopped for `RubyVM::MJIT.pause(wait: true)`.
-static bool mjit_pause_wait_p;
 
 // Path of "/tmp", which can be changed to $TMP in MinGW.
 static char *tmp_dir;
@@ -1230,12 +1228,6 @@ mjit_worker(void)
             mjit_func_t func = convert_unit_to_func(unit);
             (void)RB_DEBUG_COUNTER_INC_IF(mjit_compile_failures, func == (mjit_func_t)NOT_COMPILED_JIT_ISEQ_FUNC);
 
-            // Checking `stop_worker_p` here because `mjit_copy_cache_from_main_thread` in `mjit_compile` may wait
-            // for a long time and worker may be stopped during the compilation.
-            // However, we do not want to stop here when the `stop_worker()` is from `MJIT.pause(wait: true)`.
-            if (stop_worker_p && !mjit_pause_wait_p)
-                break;
-
             CRITICAL_SECTION_START(3, "in jit func replace");
             while (in_gc) { // Make sure we're not GC-ing when touching ISeq
                 verbose(3, "Waiting wakeup from GC");