diff --git a/tasks.c b/tasks.c
index 7604d9b8a..6c399dbf5 100644
--- a/tasks.c
+++ b/tasks.c
@@ -3506,9 +3506,6 @@ static BaseType_t prvCreateIdleTasks( void )
     TaskFunction_t pxIdleTaskFunction = NULL;
     BaseType_t xIdleTaskNameIndex;
 
-    /* Make sure that the below for loop doesn't go over the configIDLE_TASK_NAME macro. */
-    //configASSERT( sizeof( configIDLE_TASK_NAME ) >= configMAX_TASK_NAME_LEN );
-
     for( xIdleTaskNameIndex = ( BaseType_t ) 0; xIdleTaskNameIndex < ( BaseType_t ) configMAX_TASK_NAME_LEN; xIdleTaskNameIndex++ )
     {
         cIdleName[ xIdleTaskNameIndex ] = configIDLE_TASK_NAME[ xIdleTaskNameIndex ];
@@ -3520,12 +3517,6 @@ static BaseType_t prvCreateIdleTasks( void )
         {
             break;
         }
-        else if( xIdleTaskNameIndex >= ( BaseType_t ) sizeof( configIDLE_TASK_NAME ) )
-        {
-            /* Break out of the loop so that we do not exceed the string
-             * configIDLE_TASK_NAME.  */
-            break;
-        }
         else
         {
             mtCOVERAGE_TEST_MARKER();