diff --git a/Sources/Sentry/Profiling/SentryLaunchProfiling.m b/Sources/Sentry/Profiling/SentryLaunchProfiling.m
index 267c9833b7..fc6a2b657d 100644
--- a/Sources/Sentry/Profiling/SentryLaunchProfiling.m
+++ b/Sources/Sentry/Profiling/SentryLaunchProfiling.m
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@
     NSNumber *sampleRand = launchConfigDict[kSentryLaunchProfileConfigKeyProfilesSampleRand];
 
     if (sampleRand == nil) {
-        SENTRY_TEST_FATAL(@"Tried to start a continuous profile v2 with no configured sample "
-                          @"rate/rand. Will not run profiler.");
+        SENTRY_LOG_ERROR(@"Tried to start a continuous profile v2 with no configured sample "
+                         @"rate/rand. Will not run profiler.");
         return;
     }
 
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
         NSNumber *lifecycleValue = persistedLaunchConfigOptionsDict
             [kSentryLaunchProfileConfigKeyContinuousProfilingV2Lifecycle];
         if (lifecycleValue == nil) {
-            SENTRY_TEST_FATAL(
+            SENTRY_LOG_ERROR(
                 @"Missing expected launch profile config parameter for lifecycle. Will "
                 @"not proceed with launch profile.");
             _sentry_cleanUpConfigFile();
diff --git a/Sources/Sentry/Profiling/SentryProfiledTracerConcurrency.mm b/Sources/Sentry/Profiling/SentryProfiledTracerConcurrency.mm
index 3726ed348c..b87abb6fbe 100644
--- a/Sources/Sentry/Profiling/SentryProfiledTracerConcurrency.mm
+++ b/Sources/Sentry/Profiling/SentryProfiledTracerConcurrency.mm
@@ -80,11 +80,6 @@
 _unsafe_cleanUpContinuousProfilerV2()
 {
     if (_gInFlightRootSpans == 0) {
-        // This log message has been changed from an assertion failing in debug builds and tests to
-        // be less disruptive. This needs to be investigated because spans should not be finished
-        // multiple times.
-        //
-        // See https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cocoa/pull/5363 for the full context.
         SENTRY_LOG_ERROR(@"Attemtpted to stop continuous profiler with no root spans in flight.");
     } else {
         _gInFlightRootSpans -= 1;
@@ -104,7 +99,7 @@
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> l(_gStateLock);
 
     if (![SentryContinuousProfiler isCurrentlyProfiling] && _gInFlightRootSpans != 0) {
-        SENTRY_TEST_FATAL(@"Unbalanced tracking of root spans and profiler detected.");
+        SENTRY_LOG_ERROR(@"Unbalanced tracking of root spans and profiler detected.");
         return;
     }
 
@@ -183,13 +178,13 @@
         _unsafe_cleanUpContinuousProfilerV2();
     } else if (internalTraceId != nil) {
         if (sentry_isContinuousProfilingEnabled(hub.getClient)) {
-            SENTRY_TEST_FATAL(@"Tracers are not tracked with continuous profiling V1.");
+            SENTRY_LOG_ERROR(@"Tracers are not tracked with continuous profiling V1.");
             return;
         }
 
         if (_gTracersToProfilers == nil) {
-            SENTRY_TEST_FATAL(@"Tracer to profiler should have already been initialized by the "
-                              @"time they are being queried");
+            SENTRY_LOG_ERROR(@"Tracer to profiler should have already been initialized by the "
+                             @"time they are being queried");
         }
 
         const auto tracerKey = sentry_stringFromSentryID(internalTraceId);
@@ -203,8 +198,8 @@
 
 #    if SENTRY_HAS_UIKIT
         if (_gProfilersToTracers == nil) {
-            SENTRY_TEST_FATAL(@"Profiler to tracer structure should have already been "
-                              @"initialized by the time they are being queried");
+            SENTRY_LOG_ERROR(@"Profiler to tracer structure should have already been "
+                             @"initialized by the time they are being queried");
         }
         if (_gProfilersToTracers.count == 0) {
             [SentryDependencyContainer.sharedInstance.framesTracker resetProfilingTimestamps];
diff --git a/Sources/Sentry/include/SentryInternalDefines.h b/Sources/Sentry/include/SentryInternalDefines.h
index 51e2a62acc..b54acc56a8 100644
--- a/Sources/Sentry/include/SentryInternalDefines.h
+++ b/Sources/Sentry/include/SentryInternalDefines.h
@@ -27,17 +27,6 @@ static NSString *const SentryPlatformName = @"cocoa";
     SENTRY_LOG_WARN(__VA_ARGS__);                                                                  \
     NSAssert(NO, __VA_ARGS__);
 
-/**
- * Abort in test, log a warning otherwise. Meant to help us fail faster in our own development, but
- * never crash customers because since it's not something they can control with their own
- * configuration.
- */
-#if SENTRY_TEST || SENTRY_TEST_CI
-#    define SENTRY_TEST_FATAL(...) SENTRY_CASSERT(NO, __VA_ARGS__)
-#else
-#    define SENTRY_TEST_FATAL(...) SENTRY_LOG_WARN(__VA_ARGS__)
-#endif // SENTRY_TEST || SENTRY_TEST_CI
-
 /**
  * Abort if assertion fails in debug, and log a warning if it fails in production.
  */