diff --git a/net/tipc/core.h b/net/tipc/core.h
index 436dda1159d2..d234a98a460a 100644
--- a/net/tipc/core.h
+++ b/net/tipc/core.h
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@
 struct tipc_msg;	/* msg.h */
 struct print_buf;	/* log.h */
 
-/*
- * TIPC sanity test macros
- */
-
-#define assert(i)  BUG_ON(!(i))
-
 /*
  * TIPC system monitoring code
  */