diff --git a/src/browser.c b/src/browser.c
index 2e3eaf045967fd979ce5deada0639e2c90460de6..65ce82e0a9dcc2fcfd93c50aad59f869b253ea4e 100644
--- a/src/browser.c
+++ b/src/browser.c
@@ -516,8 +516,6 @@ void browser_refresh(void)
     size_t foo_len = mb_cur_max() * 7;
     char *foo = charalloc(foo_len + 1);
 
-    assert(width != NULL);
-
     i = (width != 0) ? width * editwinrows * ((selected / width) /
 	editwinrows) : 0;