diff --git a/components/style/invalidation/element/state_and_attributes.rs b/components/style/invalidation/element/state_and_attributes.rs
index fa0ccdd8be9..d13da58a89b 100644
--- a/components/style/invalidation/element/state_and_attributes.rs
+++ b/components/style/invalidation/element/state_and_attributes.rs
@@ -155,22 +155,11 @@ where
             return false;
         }
 
-        // If we are sensitive to visitedness and the visited state changed, we
-        // force a restyle here. Matching doesn't depend on the actual visited
-        // state at all, so we can't look at matching results to decide what to
-        // do for this case.
-        if state_changes.intersects(ElementState::IN_VISITED_OR_UNVISITED_STATE) &&
-            self.shared_context.visited_styles_enabled
-        {
+        // If we the visited state changed, we force a restyle here. Matching
+        // doesn't depend on the actual visited state at all, so we can't look
+        // at matching results to decide what to do for this case.
+        if state_changes.intersects(ElementState::IN_VISITED_OR_UNVISITED_STATE) {
             trace!(" > visitedness change, force subtree restyle");
-            // We shouldn't get here with visited links disabled, but it's hard
-            // to assert in cases where you record a visitedness change and
-            // afterwards you change some of the stuff (like the pref) that
-            // changes whether visited styles are enabled.
-            //
-            // So just avoid the restyle here, because it kind of would kill the
-            // point of disabling visited links.
-            //
             // We can't just return here because there may also be attribute
             // changes as well that imply additional hints for siblings.
             self.data.hint.insert(RestyleHint::restyle_subtree());