diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/makestep.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/makestep.cpp
index 13f9d7c1e0fe8704eb13c1f27f7108db5d229743..ad4882af48a2d7046ae478d9d9af59dfa6bbc603 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/makestep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/makestep.cpp
@@ -255,9 +255,6 @@ void MakeStepConfigWidget::init(const QString &buildConfiguration)
 {
     m_buildConfiguration = buildConfiguration;
 
-    Qt4Project *pro = qobject_cast<Qt4Project *>(m_makeStep->project());
-    Q_ASSERT(pro);
-
     if (!m_makeStep->value(buildConfiguration, "cleanConfig").isValid() && m_makeStep->value("clean").isValid() && m_makeStep->value("clean").toBool()) {
         // Import old settings
         m_makeStep->setValue(buildConfiguration, "cleanConfig", true);