diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerEntrySet.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerEntrySet.cpp
index 9508bf6ba..d0affac0c 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerEntrySet.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerEntrySet.cpp
@@ -658,7 +658,6 @@ TER LedgerEntrySet::dirDelete(
 
 	it = std::find(vuiIndexes.begin(), vuiIndexes.end(), uLedgerIndex);
 
-	assert(vuiIndexes.end() != it);
 	if (vuiIndexes.end() == it)
 	{
 		if (!bSoft)