diff --git a/layout/generic/nsBlockFrame.cpp b/layout/generic/nsBlockFrame.cpp
index 507ec176ae0b..2a1c9c8df879 100644
--- a/layout/generic/nsBlockFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/generic/nsBlockFrame.cpp
@@ -4716,7 +4716,6 @@ nsBlockFrame::PlaceLine(BlockReflowInput& aState,
     aState.mReflowStatus.SetInlineLineBreakBeforeAndReset();
     // Reflow the line again when we reflow at our new position.
     aLine->MarkDirty();
-    *aKeepReflowGoing = false;
     return true;
   }
 
@@ -4728,7 +4727,6 @@ nsBlockFrame::PlaceLine(BlockReflowInput& aState,
     if (ShouldAvoidBreakInside(aState.mReflowInput)) {
       // All our content doesn't fit, start on the next page.
       aState.mReflowStatus.SetInlineLineBreakBeforeAndReset();
-      *aKeepReflowGoing = false;
     } else {
       // Push aLine and all of its children and anything else that
       // follows to our next-in-flow.
@@ -4737,10 +4735,6 @@ nsBlockFrame::PlaceLine(BlockReflowInput& aState,
     return true;
   }
 
-  // Note that any early return before this update of aState.mBCoord
-  // must either (a) return false or (b) set aKeepReflowGoing to false.
-  // Otherwise we'll keep reflowing later lines at an incorrect
-  // position, and we might not come back and clean up the damage later.
   aState.mBCoord = newBCoord;
 
   // Add the already placed current-line floats to the line
diff --git a/layout/reftests/columns/break-avoid-line-position-1-ref.html b/layout/reftests/columns/break-avoid-line-position-1-ref.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f9315219c29..000000000000
--- a/layout/reftests/columns/break-avoid-line-position-1-ref.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
-<meta charset="UTF-8"/>
-<title>Wikipedia References Multicol Bug</title>
-
-<style>
-  html { overflow: hidden }
-  div { width: 15em; margin-right: 2em; float: left; }
-  p { margin: 0 }
-</style>
-
-<div>
-  <p>abcdefghijkl0000000000 abcdefghijkl1111111111 abcdefghijkl2222222222</p>
-  <p>abcdefghijkl0000000000 abcdefghijkl1111111111 abcdefghijkl2222222222 abcdefghijkl3333333333</p>
-  <p>abcdefghijkl0000000000 abcdefghijkl1111111111 abcdefghijkl2222222222</p>
-</div>
-<div>
-  <p>abcdefghijkl0000000000 abcdefghijkl1111111111 abcdefghijkl2222222222 abcdefghijkl3333333333</p>
-  <p>abcdefghijkl0000000000 abcdefghijkl1111111111 abcdefghijkl2222222222</p>
-  <p>abcdefghijkl0000000000 abcdefghijkl1111111111</p>
-</div>
diff --git a/layout/reftests/columns/break-avoid-line-position-1.html b/layout/reftests/columns/break-avoid-line-position-1.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 43af8d01213a..000000000000
--- a/layout/reftests/columns/break-avoid-line-position-1.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
-<meta charset="UTF-8"/>
-<title>Wikipedia References Multicol Bug</title>
-
-<style>
-  html { overflow: hidden }
-  div { width: 32em; column-count: 2; column-gap: 2em; }
-  p { page-break-inside:avoid; margin: 0; }
-</style>
-
-<div>
-  <p>abcdefghijkl0000000000 abcdefghijkl1111111111 abcdefghijkl2222222222</p>
-  <p>abcdefghijkl0000000000 abcdefghijkl1111111111 abcdefghijkl2222222222 abcdefghijkl3333333333</p>
-  <p>abcdefghijkl0000000000 abcdefghijkl1111111111 abcdefghijkl2222222222</p>
-  <p>abcdefghijkl0000000000 abcdefghijkl1111111111 abcdefghijkl2222222222 abcdefghijkl3333333333</p>
-  <p>abcdefghijkl0000000000 abcdefghijkl1111111111 abcdefghijkl2222222222</p>
-  <p>abcdefghijkl0000000000 abcdefghijkl1111111111</p>
-</div>
diff --git a/layout/reftests/columns/reftest.list b/layout/reftests/columns/reftest.list
index e1462783cf47..0a9005f6e6c1 100644
--- a/layout/reftests/columns/reftest.list
+++ b/layout/reftests/columns/reftest.list
@@ -38,4 +38,3 @@ fuzzy-if(browserIsRemote&&winWidget,140,276) == fieldset-columns-001.html fields
 == dynamic-change-with-overflow-1.html dynamic-change-with-overflow-1-ref.html
 == dynamic-text-indent-1.html dynamic-text-indent-1-ref.html
 == dynamic-text-indent-2.html dynamic-text-indent-2-ref.html
-== break-avoid-line-position-1.html break-avoid-line-position-1-ref.html
