diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp
index bbf2c1630ee..fd3c59fa1f1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ ModelNode::ModelNode(const InternalNodePointer &internalNode, Model *model, cons
         m_model(model),
         m_view(const_cast<AbstractView*>(view))
 {
-    Q_ASSERT(m_model);
 }
 
 ModelNode::ModelNode(const ModelNode &modelNode, AbstractView *view)