diff --git a/Code/Common/mvdVectorImageModel.cxx b/Code/Common/mvdVectorImageModel.cxx
index 69ab7f7d421fdf674914521f3351940ecde86d52..fa9c07a3680eb56771ec91907019f4459f15534d 100644
--- a/Code/Common/mvdVectorImageModel.cxx
+++ b/Code/Common/mvdVectorImageModel.cxx
@@ -636,8 +636,6 @@ void
 VectorImageModel
 ::virtual_SetCurrentLod( CountType lod )
 {
-  assert( lod<GetNbLod() );
-
   // new filename if lod is not 0
   QString lodFilename( m_Filename );