diff --git a/imgui.cpp b/imgui.cpp
index 9b998bd1..1d302dd3 100644
--- a/imgui.cpp
+++ b/imgui.cpp
@@ -1264,7 +1264,6 @@ static const char* ImAtoi(const char* src, TYPE* output)
 
 int ImFormatString(char* buf, size_t buf_size, const char* fmt, ...)
 {
-    IM_ASSERT(fmt != NULL);
     va_list args;
     va_start(args, fmt);
     int w = vsnprintf(buf, buf_size, fmt, args);
@@ -1279,7 +1278,6 @@ int ImFormatString(char* buf, size_t buf_size, const char* fmt, ...)
 
 int ImFormatStringV(char* buf, size_t buf_size, const char* fmt, va_list args)
 {
-    IM_ASSERT(fmt != NULL);
     int w = vsnprintf(buf, buf_size, fmt, args);
     if (buf == NULL)
         return w;