diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetRecEvent/InDetRIO_OnTrack/src/PixelRIO_OnTrackErrorScaling.cxx b/InnerDetector/InDetRecEvent/InDetRIO_OnTrack/src/PixelRIO_OnTrackErrorScaling.cxx
index b6b6f75ff558ae58c09b979d966091a9dd719c69..7bdf88c4f00ba1137da01fe4d9a948c35204ba94 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetRecEvent/InDetRIO_OnTrack/src/PixelRIO_OnTrackErrorScaling.cxx
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetRecEvent/InDetRIO_OnTrack/src/PixelRIO_OnTrackErrorScaling.cxx
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ Amg::MatrixX PixelRIO_OnTrackErrorScaling::getScaledCovariance(const Amg::Matrix
 {
 
   Amg::MatrixX newCov(cov_input);
-  assert( &pixel_id );
 
   // from SiDetectorElement::isEndcap
   bool is_endcap = !(pixel_id.is_barrel(id) || pixel_id.is_dbm(id));