diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 0dc73df0..186c049c 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ local-checks-to-skip = \
     \
     sc_program_name \
     sc_bindtextdomain	 \
-    sc_prohibit_assert_without_use \
     sc_prohibit_dirent_without_use \
     sc_prohibit_empty_lines_at_EOF \
     sc_prohibit_magic_number_exit \
diff --git a/src/switchroot/ostree-prepare-root.c b/src/switchroot/ostree-prepare-root.c
index b6b5f4a5..f49f2592 100644
--- a/src/switchroot/ostree-prepare-root.c
+++ b/src/switchroot/ostree-prepare-root.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>