--- /dev/null
+index e9ddf9a4..f3156d35 100644
+--- a/ivi-shell/ivi-shell.c
++++ b/ivi-shell/ivi-shell.c
+@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ shell_surface_send_configure(struct weston_surface *surface,
+ struct ivi_shell_surface *shsurf;
+
+ shsurf = get_ivi_shell_surface(surface);
+- assert(shsurf);
+ if (!shsurf)
+ return;
+