diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/memory.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/memory.rs
index 692022c0babe6..91607f2ad777e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/memory.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/memory.rs
@@ -962,15 +962,10 @@ impl<'tcx, 'a, Prov: Provenance, Extra> AllocRef<'a, 'tcx, Prov, Extra> {
     }
 
     /// `range` is relative to this allocation reference, not the base of the allocation.
-    pub fn check_bytes(
-        &self,
-        range: AllocRange,
-        allow_uninit: bool,
-        allow_ptr: bool,
-    ) -> InterpResult<'tcx> {
+    pub fn check_bytes(&self, range: AllocRange) -> InterpResult<'tcx> {
         Ok(self
             .alloc
-            .check_bytes(&self.tcx, self.range.subrange(range), allow_uninit, allow_ptr)
+            .check_bytes(&self.tcx, self.range.subrange(range))
             .map_err(|e| e.to_interp_error(self.alloc_id))?)
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/validity.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/validity.rs
index f04a82a8a4cff..5a636b38f385b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/validity.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/validity.rs
@@ -893,11 +893,7 @@ impl<'rt, 'mir, 'tcx: 'mir, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> ValueVisitor<'mir, 'tcx, M>
                 // We also accept uninit, for consistency with the slow path.
                 let alloc = self.ecx.get_ptr_alloc(mplace.ptr, size, mplace.align)?.expect("we already excluded size 0");
 
-                match alloc.check_bytes(
-                    alloc_range(Size::ZERO, size),
-                    /*allow_uninit*/ false,
-                    /*allow_ptr*/ false,
-                ) {
+                match alloc.check_bytes(alloc_range(Size::ZERO, size)) {
                     // In the happy case, we needn't check anything else.
                     Ok(()) => {}
                     // Some error happened, try to provide a more detailed description.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/interpret/allocation.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/interpret/allocation.rs
index db7e0fb8a3bdb..12a3604f4bbe2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/interpret/allocation.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/interpret/allocation.rs
@@ -415,25 +415,10 @@ impl<Prov: Provenance, Extra> Allocation<Prov, Extra> {
 
 /// Reading and writing.
 impl<Prov: Provenance, Extra> Allocation<Prov, Extra> {
-    /// Validates that `ptr.offset` and `ptr.offset + size` do not point to the middle of a
-    /// relocation. If `allow_uninit`/`allow_ptr` is `false`, also enforces that the memory in the
-    /// given range contains no uninitialized bytes/relocations.
-    pub fn check_bytes(
-        &self,
-        cx: &impl HasDataLayout,
-        range: AllocRange,
-        allow_uninit: bool,
-        allow_ptr: bool,
-    ) -> AllocResult {
-        // Check bounds and relocations on the edges.
-        self.get_bytes_with_uninit_and_ptr(cx, range)?;
-        // Check uninit and ptr.
-        if !allow_uninit {
-            self.check_init(range)?;
-        }
-        if !allow_ptr {
-            self.check_relocations(cx, range)?;
-        }
+    /// Validates that this memory range is initiailized and contains no relocations.
+    pub fn check_bytes(&self, cx: &impl HasDataLayout, range: AllocRange) -> AllocResult {
+        // This implicitly does all the checking we are asking for.
+        self.get_bytes(cx, range)?;
         Ok(())
     }