Revert two Kernel changes that were causing test failures.

tests/language_strong/assign_op_test.dart

 // Copyright (c) 2011, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 // Dart test program for testing assign operators.
-// VMOptions=--optimization-counter-threshold=10 --no-background-compilation
+// VMOptions=--optimization-counter-threshold=10
 
 import "package:expect/expect.dart";
 
 class AssignOpTest {
   AssignOpTest() {}
 
   static testMain() {
     var b = 0;
     b += 1;
     Expect.equals(1, b);
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   static var f;
   var instf;
 }
 
 main() {
   for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
     AssignOpTest.testMain();
   }
 }