diff --git a/src/backend/storage/large_object/inv_api.c b/src/backend/storage/large_object/inv_api.c
index 2af4a44c4ab09d8469a2c1dfc6e3ec99e2cabb4e..a4be699f420b971f50389c5731c33bc4cd6d339d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/large_object/inv_api.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/large_object/inv_api.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/large_object/inv_api.c,v 1.81 2001/01/21 03:49:14 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/large_object/inv_api.c,v 1.82 2001/01/21 03:50:25 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ inv_create(int flags)
 	Oid			file_oid;
 	LargeObjectDesc *retval;
 
-	if (!IsTransactionBlock())
-		elog(ERROR, "inv_create: Not in transaction. BLOBs should be used inside transaction.");
-
 	/*
 	 * Allocate an OID to be the LO's identifier.
 	 */
@@ -120,9 +117,6 @@ inv_open(Oid lobjId, int flags)
 {
 	LargeObjectDesc *retval;
 
-	if (!IsTransactionBlock())
-		elog(ERROR, "inv_open: Not in transaction. BLOBs should be used inside transaction.");
-
 	if (! LargeObjectExists(lobjId))
 		elog(ERROR, "inv_open: large object %u not found", lobjId);
 	
@@ -151,9 +145,6 @@ inv_open(Oid lobjId, int flags)
 void
 inv_close(LargeObjectDesc *obj_desc)
 {
-	if (!IsTransactionBlock())
-		elog(ERROR, "inv_close: Not in transaction. BLOBs should be used inside transaction.");
-
 	Assert(PointerIsValid(obj_desc));
 
 	if (obj_desc->flags & IFS_WRLOCK)
@@ -173,9 +164,6 @@ inv_close(LargeObjectDesc *obj_desc)
 int
 inv_drop(Oid lobjId)
 {
-	if (!IsTransactionBlock())
-		elog(ERROR, "inv_drop: Not in transaction. BLOBs should be used inside transaction.");
-
 	LargeObjectDrop(lobjId);
 
 	/*
@@ -260,9 +248,6 @@ inv_getsize(LargeObjectDesc *obj_desc)
 int
 inv_seek(LargeObjectDesc *obj_desc, int offset, int whence)
 {
-	if (!IsTransactionBlock())
-		elog(ERROR, "inv_seek: Not in transaction. BLOBs should be used inside transaction.");
-
 	Assert(PointerIsValid(obj_desc));
 
 	switch (whence)
@@ -295,9 +280,6 @@ inv_seek(LargeObjectDesc *obj_desc, int offset, int whence)
 int
 inv_tell(LargeObjectDesc *obj_desc)
 {
-	if (!IsTransactionBlock())
-		elog(ERROR, "inv_tell: Not in transaction. BLOBs should be used inside transaction.");
-
 	Assert(PointerIsValid(obj_desc));
 
 	return obj_desc->offset;
@@ -321,9 +303,6 @@ inv_read(LargeObjectDesc *obj_desc, char *buf, int nbytes)
 	bytea		   *datafield;
 	bool			pfreeit;
 
-	if (!IsTransactionBlock())
-		elog(ERROR, "inv_read: Not in transaction. BLOBs should be used inside transaction.");
-
 	Assert(PointerIsValid(obj_desc));
 	Assert(buf != NULL);
 
@@ -436,9 +415,6 @@ inv_write(LargeObjectDesc *obj_desc, char *buf, int nbytes)
 	bool			write_indices;
 	Relation		idescs[Num_pg_largeobject_indices];
 
-	if (!IsTransactionBlock())
-		elog(ERROR, "inv_write: Not in transaction. BLOBs should be used inside transaction.");
-
 	Assert(PointerIsValid(obj_desc));
 	Assert(buf != NULL);