diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index d8a71488bdf..2fa96901c7d 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -521,7 +521,6 @@ static int config_parse_crash_chvt(
         assert(filename);
         assert(lvalue);
         assert(rvalue);
-        assert(data);
 
         r = parse_crash_chvt(rvalue);
         if (r < 0) {