diff --git a/daemon/worker.c b/daemon/worker.c
index f07058aed495d3f2bb79bdfd6b5c3dd33857b67f..afa8996aa0818f52dbd60e25c95a8a469ae329f5 100644
--- a/daemon/worker.c
+++ b/daemon/worker.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static uv_handle_t *ioreq_spawn(struct worker_ctx *worker,
 	bool precond = (socktype == SOCK_DGRAM || socktype == SOCK_STREAM)
 			&& (family == AF_INET  || family == AF_INET6);
 	if (!precond) {
-		/* assert(false); see #245 */
+		assert(false);
 		kr_log_verbose("[work] ioreq_spawn: pre-condition failed\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}