diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlayableProxyModelPlaylistInterface.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlayableProxyModelPlaylistInterface.cpp
index 86d1cf289..0bc6a110e 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlayableProxyModelPlaylistInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlayableProxyModelPlaylistInterface.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ PlayableProxyModelPlaylistInterface::onCurrentIndexChanged()
 void
 PlayableProxyModelPlaylistInterface::setCurrentIndex( qint64 index )
 {
-    Q_ASSERT( m_proxyModel );
     if ( m_proxyModel.isNull() )
         return;