diff --git a/src/zabapgit_html_action_utils.prog.abap b/src/zabapgit_html_action_utils.prog.abap
index 1e39986ac..b7c0bacd8 100644
--- a/src/zabapgit_html_action_utils.prog.abap
+++ b/src/zabapgit_html_action_utils.prog.abap
@@ -349,8 +349,6 @@ CLASS lcl_html_action_utils IMPLEMENTATION.
ASSERT IS ASSIGNED.
REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF lc_replace IN WITH lif_defs=>gc_newline.
- ASSERT es_fields IS NOT INITIAL.
-
ENDMETHOD. "parse_commit_request
METHOD decode_bg_update.