diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/libgweather/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/libgweather/default.nix
index 736857fca93..dc8057ff0f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/libgweather/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/libgweather/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, gtk, intltool, GConf, libsoup, libtasn1, nettle, gmp}:
 
-#Is this really necessary?
-assert stdenv ? glibc;
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libgweather-2.30.3";
   src = fetchurl {