diff --git a/pkg/storage/enginepb/mvcc3_valueheader.go b/pkg/storage/enginepb/mvcc3_valueheader.go
index 59f829433886..1937a9fcc7ee 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/enginepb/mvcc3_valueheader.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/enginepb/mvcc3_valueheader.go
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ import "github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/buildutil"
 // IsEmpty returns true if the header is empty.
 // gcassert:inline
 func (h MVCCValueHeader) IsEmpty() bool {
-	// NB: We don't use a struct comparison like h == MVCCValueHeader{} due to a
-	// Go 1.19 performance regression, see:
-	// https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/issues/88818
-	return h.LocalTimestamp.IsEmpty() && h.KVNemesisSeq.Get() == 0
+	return h == MVCCValueHeader{}
 }
 
 func (h *MVCCValueHeader) pure() MVCCValueHeaderPure {