diff --git a/db/version_set.cc b/db/version_set.cc
index dd76e8c57..bc8860882 100644
--- a/db/version_set.cc
+++ b/db/version_set.cc
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ void DoGenerateLevelFilesBrief(LevelFilesBrief* file_level,
         const std::vector<FileMetaData*>& files,
         Arena* arena) {
   assert(file_level);
-  assert(files.size() >= 0);
   assert(arena);
 
   size_t num = files.size();
diff --git a/table/plain_table_key_coding.cc b/table/plain_table_key_coding.cc
index 08d16f191..4b2da6d55 100644
--- a/table/plain_table_key_coding.cc
+++ b/table/plain_table_key_coding.cc
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ Status PlainTableKeyDecoder::NextPrefixEncodingKey(
         if (seekable != nullptr) {
           *seekable = false;
         }
-        assert(prefix_len_ >= 0);
         cur_key_.Reserve(prefix_len_ + size);
 
         Slice tmp_slice;