Remove unnecessary assertion

diff --git a/include/deal.II/lac/sparsity_pattern.h b/include/deal.II/lac/sparsity_pattern.h
index 703c20fb5c02d2955549e1bb09ca1d5a53fee59c..d4c1187132b5e943961e9136f13c7f8bcd21db52 100644 (file)
--- a/include/deal.II/lac/sparsity_pattern.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/lac/sparsity_pattern.h
@@ -1418,8 +1418,6 @@ namespace SparsityPatternIterators
   inline bool
   Accessor::operator==(const Accessor &other) const
   {
-    Assert(container != nullptr, DummyAccessor());
-    Assert(other.container != nullptr, DummyAccessor());
     return (container == other.container && linear_index == other.linear_index);
   }