diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/field_generators/message_field.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/field_generators/message_field.cc
index e473681c5c..8fe22a849f 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/field_generators/message_field.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/field_generators/message_field.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 #include "absl/log/absl_check.h"
 #include "absl/memory/memory.h"
-#include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
 #include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "absl/strings/substitute.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/field.h"
@@ -596,12 +595,7 @@ void OneofMessage::GenerateClearingCode(io::Printer* p) const {
   p->Emit(R"cc(
     if (GetArena() == nullptr) {
       delete $field_$;
-    } else if ($pbi$::DebugHardenClearOneofMessageOnArena()) {
-      if ($field_$ != nullptr) {
-        $field_$->Clear();
-      }
-    }
-  )cc");
+    })cc");
 }
 
 void OneofMessage::GenerateMessageClearingCode(io::Printer* p) const {
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/port.h b/src/google/protobuf/port.h
index 73e08a21af..91968ae657 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/port.h
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/port.h
@@ -238,15 +238,6 @@ inline constexpr bool DebugHardenStringValues() {
 #endif
 }
 
-// Returns true if force clearing oneof message on arena is enabled.
-inline constexpr bool DebugHardenClearOneofMessageOnArena() {
-#ifdef NDEBUG
-  return false;
-#else
-  return true;
-#endif
-}
-
 // Prefetch 5 64-byte cache line starting from 7 cache-lines ahead.
 // Constants are somewhat arbitrary and pretty aggressive, but were
 // chosen to give a better benchmark results. E.g. this is ~20%
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/proto3_arena_unittest.cc b/src/google/protobuf/proto3_arena_unittest.cc
index 318f0f2873..38f4df098e 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/proto3_arena_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/proto3_arena_unittest.cc
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "absl/strings/match.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/arena.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/descriptor.h"
-#include "google/protobuf/port.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/text_format.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/unittest.pb.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/unittest_proto3_arena.pb.h"
@@ -257,38 +256,6 @@ TEST(Proto3OptionalTest, OptionalFields) {
   EXPECT_EQ(serialized.size(), 0);
 }
 
-TEST(Proto3ArenaTest, CheckMessageFieldIsCleared) {
-  Arena arena;
-  auto msg = Arena::Create<TestAllTypes>(&arena);
-
-  // Referring to a saved pointer to a child message is never guaranteed to
-  // work. IOW, protobufs do not guarantee pointer stability. This test only
-  // does this to replicate (unsupported) user behaviors.
-  auto child = msg->mutable_optional_foreign_message();
-  child->set_c(100);
-  msg->Clear();
-
-  EXPECT_EQ(child->c(), 0);
-}
-
-TEST(Proto3ArenaTest, CheckOneofMessageFieldIsCleared) {
-  if (!internal::DebugHardenClearOneofMessageOnArena()) {
-    GTEST_SKIP() << "arena allocated oneof message fields are not cleared.";
-  }
-
-  Arena arena;
-  auto msg = Arena::Create<TestAllTypes>(&arena);
-
-  // Referring to a saved pointer to a child message is never guaranteed to
-  // work. IOW, protobufs do not guarantee pointer stability. This test only
-  // does this to replicate (unsupported) user behaviors.
-  auto child = msg->mutable_oneof_nested_message();
-  child->set_bb(100);
-  msg->Clear();
-
-  EXPECT_EQ(child->bb(), 0);
-}
-
 TEST(Proto3OptionalTest, OptionalFieldDescriptor) {
   const Descriptor* d = protobuf_unittest::TestProto3Optional::descriptor();