diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Columnar.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Columnar.scala
index e2bdf4e2d955b..ccb525d2e192e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Columnar.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Columnar.scala
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ trait ColumnarToRowTransition extends UnaryExecNode
  * [[MapPartitionsInRWithArrowExec]]. Eventually this should replace those implementations.
  */
 case class ColumnarToRowExec(child: SparkPlan) extends ColumnarToRowTransition with CodegenSupport {
-  // supportsColumnar requires to be only called on driver side, see also SPARK-37779.
-  assert(TaskContext.get != null || child.supportsColumnar)
+  assert(child.supportsColumnar)
 
   override def output: Seq[Attribute] = child.output
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkPlanSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkPlanSuite.scala
index dacf8fecbeeb6..56fff1107ae39 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkPlanSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkPlanSuite.scala
@@ -88,23 +88,4 @@ class SparkPlanSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession {
   test("SPARK-30780 empty LocalTableScan should use RDD without partitions") {
     assert(LocalTableScanExec(Nil, Nil).execute().getNumPartitions == 0)
   }
-
-  test("SPARK-37779: ColumnarToRowExec should be canonicalizable after being (de)serialized") {
-    withSQLConf(SQLConf.USE_V1_SOURCE_LIST.key -> "parquet") {
-      withTempPath { path =>
-        spark.range(1).write.parquet(path.getAbsolutePath)
-        val df = spark.read.parquet(path.getAbsolutePath)
-        val columnarToRowExec =
-          df.queryExecution.executedPlan.collectFirst { case p: ColumnarToRowExec => p }.get
-        try {
-          spark.range(1).foreach { _ =>
-            columnarToRowExec.canonicalized
-            ()
-          }
-        } catch {
-          case e: Throwable => fail("ColumnarToRowExec was not canonicalizable", e)
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
 }