drop Assert in FESystem when neither FE dominate

diff --git a/source/fe/fe_system.cc b/source/fe/fe_system.cc
index a9ec3d785630d503f9cadb4214369a91451f57bd..458253c91c767f469595c0d9534bcf602497e64a 100644 (file)
--- a/source/fe/fe_system.cc
+++ b/source/fe/fe_system.cc
@@ -2334,12 +2334,6 @@ compare_for_face_domination (const FiniteElement<dim,spacedim> &fe_other) const
           domination = domination & base_domination;
         }
 
-      // if we've gotten here, then we've either found a winner or either
-      // element is fine being dominated
-      Assert (domination !=
-              FiniteElementDomination::neither_element_dominates,
-              ExcInternalError());
-
       return domination;
     }