diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index fe42a0c..694c22b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        assert: ['--disable-assert', '--enable-assert']
         cc: ['gcc', 'clang', 'tcc']
         opt: ['', '-O0', '-O3']
     steps:
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: autogen
         run: ./autogen.sh
       - name: configure
-        run: ./configure ${{matrix.assert}} --enable-checks CC='${{matrix.cc}}' CFLAGS='${{matrix.opt}}'
+        run: ./configure --enable-checks CC='${{matrix.cc}}' CFLAGS='${{matrix.opt}}'
       - name: make
         run: make
       - name: check
@@ -106,9 +105,6 @@ jobs:
 
   freestanding:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        assert: ['--disable-assert', '--enable-assert']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: apt update
@@ -118,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: autogen
         run: ./autogen.sh
       - name: configure
-        run: ./configure --host='i386-elf' ${{matrix.assert}} --enable-freestanding --with-libc CC="$(which i686-linux-gnu-gcc)"
+        run: ./configure --host='i386-elf' --enable-freestanding --with-libc CC="$(which i686-linux-gnu-gcc)"
       - name: make
         run: make
 
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ff8e46f..f40fe90 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/make/shared.am
 include $(top_srcdir)/make/checks.am
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
-EXTRA_DIST = autogen.sh CONTRIBUTING.md sha256sums.txt src/assert.h
+EXTRA_DIST = autogen.sh CONTRIBUTING.md sha256sums.txt
 
 SUBDIRS = include
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b761ac..3f8ab06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ stable options.
 
 #### Features
 
-* `--(enable|disable)-assert` - assertions
 * `--(enable|disable)-float` - floating-point arithmetic
 * `--(enable|disable)-werror` - fail on warning (`CFLAGS+='-Werror'`)
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fba0291..5876979 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ AC_SUBST([PACKAGE_VERSION_SO], m4_normalize(m4_include([VERSION_SO])))
 ###############
 
 dnl Features (enabled by default)
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([assert],          AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-assert],         [disable assertions]))
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([float],           AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-float],          [disable floating-point arithmetic]))
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([werror],          AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-werror],         [disable -Werror]))
  
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ AS_IF([test "$enable_checks_all" = yes], do_enable_checks_all)
 ##################
 
 dnl Features (enabled by default)
-AS_IF([test "$enable_assert"          = no ], [enable_assert=no],           [enable_assert=yes])
 AS_IF([test "$enable_float"           = no ], [enable_float=no],            [enable_float=yes])
 AS_IF([test "$enable_werror"          = no ], [enable_werror=no],           [enable_werror=yes])
 
@@ -123,7 +121,6 @@ dnl Architecture (additional)
 AM_CONDITIONAL([ASM_X86],                [test "$host_cpu" = i386 -o "$host_cpu" = x86_64])
 
 dnl Features (enabled by default)
-AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_ASSERT],          [test "$enable_assert"          = yes])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_FLOAT],           [test "$enable_float"           = yes])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_WERROR],          [test "$enable_werror"          = yes])
 
@@ -155,7 +152,6 @@ AS_IF([test "$host_cpu" = i386],              [AC_DEFINE([ASM_X86],
 AS_IF([test "$host_cpu" = x86_64],            [AC_DEFINE([ASM_X86],                [1], [architecture is x86])])
 
 dnl Features (enabled by default)
-AS_IF([test "$enable_assert"          = yes], [AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_ASSERT],          [1], [enabled assertions])])
 AS_IF([test "$enable_float"           = yes], [AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_FLOAT],           [1], [enabled floating-point arithmetic])])
 AS_IF([test "$enable_werror"          = yes], [AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_WERROR],          [1], [enabled -Werror])])
 
diff --git a/src/assert.h b/src/assert.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c2c3a4e..0000000
--- a/src/assert.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef KERNAUX_INCLUDED_ASSERT
-#define KERNAUX_INCLUDED_ASSERT
-
-#define KERNAUX_PANIC(msg) ((void)0)
-#define KERNAUX_ASSERT(cond) ((void)0)
-#define KERNAUX_NOTNULL(cond) KERNAUX_ASSERT(cond)
-
-#endif