diff --git a/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/jdt/TypeOracleBuilder.java b/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/jdt/TypeOracleBuilder.java
index b8b8136..12056ea 100644
--- a/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/jdt/TypeOracleBuilder.java
+++ b/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/jdt/TypeOracleBuilder.java
@@ -1543,7 +1543,6 @@
           JClassType upperBound = (JClassType) resolveType(logger,
               wcBinding.erasure());
           bounds = new JUpperBound(new JClassType[] {upperBound});
-          assert (bounds.getFirstBound().getQualifiedSourceName().equals("java.lang.Object"));
         }
           break;
         default: