diff --git a/src/android/Context.cxx b/src/android/Context.cxx
index 3aa91a487..4d166c6fd 100644
--- a/src/android/Context.cxx
+++ b/src/android/Context.cxx
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ Context::Initialise(JNIEnv *env) noexcept
 AllocatedPath
 Context::GetExternalFilesDir(JNIEnv *env, const char *type) noexcept
 {
-	assert(type != nullptr);
-
 	jobject file = env->CallObjectMethod(Get(), getExternalFilesDir_method,
 					     Java::String::Optional(env, type).Get());
 	if (Java::DiscardException(env) || file == nullptr)