diff --git a/src/coredump/coredump.c b/src/coredump/coredump.c
index 29ab5eca9a..442cc10a82 100644
--- a/src/coredump/coredump.c
+++ b/src/coredump/coredump.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,6 @@ static int context_parse_iovw(Context *context, struct iovec_wrapper *iovw) {
 
         assert(context);
         assert(iovw);
-        assert(iovw->count >= _META_ARGV_MAX);
 
         /* Converts the data in the iovec array iovw into separate fields. Fills in context->meta[] (for
          * which no memory is allocated, it just contains direct pointers into the iovec array memory). */