diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/menu_anchor.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/menu_anchor.dart
index 368ad4641825..c959e6684a6f 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/menu_anchor.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/menu_anchor.dart
@@ -553,9 +553,7 @@ class _MenuAnchorState extends State<MenuAnchor> {
   }
 
   void _closeChildren({bool inDispose = false}) {
-    // TODO(pquitslund): remove when interpolated `$this` parsing is fixed (https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/50263)
-    // ignore: unnecessary_brace_in_string_interps
-    assert(_debugMenuInfo('Closing children of ${this}${inDispose ? ' (dispose)' : ''}'));
+    assert(_debugMenuInfo('Closing children of $this${inDispose ? ' (dispose)' : ''}'));
     for (final _MenuAnchorState child in List<_MenuAnchorState>.from(_anchorChildren)) {
       child._close(inDispose: inDispose);
     }