diff --git a/MuonSpectrometer/MuonIdHelpers/MuonIdHelpers/MuonIdHelper.h b/MuonSpectrometer/MuonIdHelpers/MuonIdHelpers/MuonIdHelper.h
index 8d42af5f264d3af5df2caf369b507c5dfd21c4f8..44d38e048e6878bd4f2cfa72e1bd4bae548ea035 100644
--- a/MuonSpectrometer/MuonIdHelpers/MuonIdHelpers/MuonIdHelper.h
+++ b/MuonSpectrometer/MuonIdHelpers/MuonIdHelpers/MuonIdHelper.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2018 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 // ******************************************************************************
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ inline bool MuonIdHelper::validStation(int stationName, int technology) const
 inline void  MuonIdHelper::addStationID(ExpandedIdentifier& id, int stationName, int stationEta, int stationPhi, int technology) const {
 
   id << stationName << stationEta << stationPhi << technology;
-  assert(id.last_error() == ExpandedIdentifier::none);
 }
 /*******************************************************************************/
 // Check if ID for muon system
diff --git a/MuonSpectrometer/MuonIdHelpers/src/MuonIdHelper.cxx b/MuonSpectrometer/MuonIdHelpers/src/MuonIdHelper.cxx
index c33964c6ad43a089f7069f72f44839f98fcdd13f..7ab63bc26896d5dd4e4120b44db925203d1212d2 100644
--- a/MuonSpectrometer/MuonIdHelpers/src/MuonIdHelper.cxx
+++ b/MuonSpectrometer/MuonIdHelpers/src/MuonIdHelper.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 // ******************************************************************************
@@ -923,7 +923,6 @@ void MuonIdHelper::addStationID(Identifier& id, int stationName, int stationEta,
 	    << " Fields not appended " << endmsg;
   } else {
     exp_id << stationName << stationEta << stationPhi << technology;
-    assert (exp_id.last_error () == ExpandedIdentifier::none);
     get_id(exp_id, id);  // Fill output
   }
 }