@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
 #define OF_XML_ELEMENT_M
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-#include <assert.h>
-
 #import "OFXMLElement.h"
 #import "OFArray.h"
 #import "OFData.h"
 #import "OFDictionary.h"
 #import "OFStream.h"
@@ -631,11 +629,11 @@
 			i += _name.UTF8StringLength;
 		} else
 			cString[i++] = '/';
 
 		cString[i++] = '>';
-		assert(i == length);
+		OFAssert(i == length);
 
 		objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
 
 		ret = [OFString stringWithUTF8String: cString
 					      length: length];