diff --git a/content/html/document/src/nsWyciwygChannel.cpp b/content/html/document/src/nsWyciwygChannel.cpp
index 5f1ca210a2ae..2e1deffab90c 100644
--- a/content/html/document/src/nsWyciwygChannel.cpp
+++ b/content/html/document/src/nsWyciwygChannel.cpp
@@ -176,11 +176,6 @@ nsWyciwygChannel::GetLoadFlags(PRUint32 * aLoadFlags)
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsWyciwygChannel::GetOriginalURI(nsIURI* *aURI)
 {
-  // Let's hope this isn't called before mOriginalURI is set or we will
-  // return the full wyciwyg URI for our originalURI :S
-  NS_ASSERTION(mOriginalURI != mURI,
-               "nsWyciwygChannel::GetOriginalURI - mOriginalURI not set!\n");
-  
   *aURI = mOriginalURI;
   NS_ADDREF(*aURI);
   return NS_OK;