1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/perl.c b/perl.c
index 835d77e771..b19578c828 100644
--- a/perl.c
+++ b/perl.c
@@ -2706,11 +2706,6 @@ perl_run(pTHXx)
 #ifndef MULTIPLICITY
     PERL_UNUSED_ARG(my_perl);
 #endif
-    /* perl_parse() may end up starting its own run loops, which might end
-     * up "leaking" PL_restartop from the parse phase into the run phase
-     * which then ends up confusing run_body(). This leakage shouldn't
-     * happen and if it does its a bug. */
-    assert(!PL_restartop);
 
     oldscope = PL_scopestack_ix;
 #ifdef VMS