@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include <math.h>
 
-#include <assert.h>
-
 #import "OFString+JSONParsing.h"
 #import "OFArray.h"
 #import "OFDictionary.h"
 #import "OFNumber.h"
 #import "OFNull.h"
@@ -651,14 +649,10 @@
 	const char *pointer = self.UTF8String;
 	const char *stop = pointer + self.UTF8StringLength;
 	id object;
 	size_t line = 1;
 
-#ifdef __clang_analyzer__
-	assert(pointer != NULL);
-#endif
-
 	object = nextObject(&pointer, stop, &line, depthLimit);
 	skipWhitespacesAndComments(&pointer, stop, &line);
 
 	if (pointer < stop || object == nil)
 		@throw [OFInvalidJSONException exceptionWithString: self