diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index f72756761c..783f59ca2b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ Excluding feature bug fixes.
 * `--jit-verbose` and `--jit-warning` output "JIT cancel" when JIT-ed
   code is disabled because TracePoint or GC.compact is used.
 
-* Pause an MJIT worker when JIT-ed code gets disabled.
-
 * `RubyVM::MJIT` is renamed to `RubyVM::JIT`. [[Feature #17490]]
 
 ## Static analysis
diff --git a/mjit.c b/mjit.c
index bf2f26deeb..89f50cbda1 100644
--- a/mjit.c
+++ b/mjit.c
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ mjit_cancel_all(const char *reason)
     if (mjit_opts.warnings || mjit_opts.verbose) {
         fprintf(stderr, "JIT cancel: Disabled JIT-ed code because %s\n", reason);
     }
-
-    // Currently we never re-enable JIT calls. Thus we don't need to run JIT anymore.
-    mjit_pause(false);
 }
 
 // Deal with ISeq movement from compactor