Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/issm/IssmMpiVec.h
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/issm/IssmMpiVec.h	(revision 23604)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/issm/IssmMpiVec.h	(revision 23605)
@@ -338,6 +338,4 @@
 		/*}}}*/
 		void GetLocalVector(doubletype** pvector,int** pindices){/*{{{*/
-
-			_assert_(this->vector);
 
 			/*First, check that vector size is not 0*/