diff --git a/timers.c b/timers.c
index 0eca674cf..60a5a616f 100644
--- a/timers.c
+++ b/timers.c
@@ -458,8 +458,6 @@
 
         traceENTER_xTimerGenericCommandFromTask( xTimer, xCommandID, xOptionalValue, pxHigherPriorityTaskWoken, xTicksToWait );
 
-        configASSERT( xTimer );
-
         /* Send a message to the timer service task to perform a particular action
          * on a particular timer definition. */
         if( ( xTimerQueue != NULL ) && ( xTimer != NULL ) )
@@ -509,8 +507,6 @@
 
         traceENTER_xTimerGenericCommandFromISR( xTimer, xCommandID, xOptionalValue, pxHigherPriorityTaskWoken, xTicksToWait );
 
-        configASSERT( xTimer );
-
         /* Send a message to the timer service task to perform a particular action
          * on a particular timer definition. */
         if( ( xTimerQueue != NULL ) && ( xTimer != NULL ) )