diff --git a/Control/AthToolSupport/AsgTools/AsgTools/AnaToolHandle.icc b/Control/AthToolSupport/AsgTools/AsgTools/AnaToolHandle.icc
index 9959f172d3c6788cb238e63d30289280f678937b..767167958c3d8eb739255977dedc4d5a8a00eeb2 100644
--- a/Control/AthToolSupport/AsgTools/AsgTools/AnaToolHandle.icc
+++ b/Control/AthToolSupport/AsgTools/AsgTools/AnaToolHandle.icc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2021 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 #ifndef ASGTOOLS_ANATOOLHANDLE_ICC
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ namespace asg
     if (!(x)) { std::cerr << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << ": invariant violated: " << #x << std::endl; std::abort(); }
 
     // General requirements
-    CHECK_INVARIANT (&*this != nullptr);
     CHECK_INVARIANT (m_handleUser != nullptr);
     CHECK_INVARIANT (m_name == m_config.name());