diff --git a/libavformat/tls_gnutls.c b/libavformat/tls_gnutls.c
index fe2fd53291..e4fe53318c 100644
--- a/libavformat/tls_gnutls.c
+++ b/libavformat/tls_gnutls.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "os_support.h"
 #include "url.h"
 #include "tls.h"
-#include "libavutil/avassert.h"
 #include "libavutil/opt.h"
 #include "libavutil/thread.h"
 
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@ static int tls_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags, AVDictionary **op
     TLSShared *s = &c->tls_shared;
     uint16_t gnutls_flags = 0;
     int ret;
-    av_assert0(s);
 
     ff_gnutls_init();
 
@@ -262,7 +260,6 @@ static int dtls_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags, AVDictionary **o
 {
     TLSContext *c = h->priv_data;
     TLSShared *s = &c->tls_shared;
-    av_assert0(s);
     s->is_dtls = 1;
     return tls_open(h, uri, flags, options);
 }
diff --git a/libavformat/tls_openssl.c b/libavformat/tls_openssl.c
index 86b4d21799..5fc0b639d7 100644
--- a/libavformat/tls_openssl.c
+++ b/libavformat/tls_openssl.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
 
-#include "libavutil/avassert.h"
 #include "libavutil/mem.h"
 #include "network.h"
 #include "os_support.h"
@@ -746,7 +745,6 @@ static int dtls_start(URLContext *h, const char *url, int flags, AVDictionary **
     TLSContext *c = h->priv_data;
     TLSShared *s = &c->tls_shared;
     int ret = 0;
-    av_assert0(s);
     s->is_dtls = 1;
 
     c->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(s->listen ? DTLS_server_method() : DTLS_client_method());
@@ -847,7 +845,6 @@ static int tls_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags, AVDictionary **op
     TLSShared *s = &c->tls_shared;
     int ret;
 
-    av_assert0(s);
     if ((ret = ff_tls_open_underlying(s, h, uri, options)) < 0)
         goto fail;