diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsclientproxy.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsclientproxy.cpp
index 989af9361cb..a33f31ba6bf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsclientproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsclientproxy.cpp
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ void ClientProxy::removeAllObjectWatches()
 {
     foreach (int watchedObject, m_objectWatches.keys())
         removeObjectWatch(watchedObject);
-    Q_ASSERT(m_objectWatches.count() == 0);
 }
 
 void ClientProxy::queryEngineContext(int id)