1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/btree.c b/src/btree.c
index 45b4750b7..3e8e59f3a 100644
--- a/src/btree.c
+++ b/src/btree.c
@@ -6100,8 +6100,6 @@ static int fillInCell(
     nHeader += putVarint32(&pCell[nHeader], nPayload);
     nHeader += putVarint(&pCell[nHeader], *(u64*)&pX->nKey);
   }else{
-    assert( pX->nData==0 );
-    assert( pX->nZero==0 );
     assert( pX->nKey<=0x7fffffff && pX->pKey!=0 );
     nSrc = nPayload = (int)pX->nKey;
     pSrc = pX->pKey;