diff --git a/VulkanHppGenerator.cpp b/VulkanHppGenerator.cpp
index d222ccb..edd26e0 100644
--- a/VulkanHppGenerator.cpp
+++ b/VulkanHppGenerator.cpp
@@ -3899,7 +3899,6 @@ void writeThrowExceptions( std::ostream & os, EnumData const& enumData)
   os << 
 R"(  VULKAN_HPP_INLINE void throwResultException( Result result, char const * message )
   {
-    assert ( static_cast<long long int>(result) < 0 );
     switch ( result )
     {
 )";
diff --git a/vulkan/vulkan.hpp b/vulkan/vulkan.hpp
index 68a3474..84c2777 100644
--- a/vulkan/vulkan.hpp
+++ b/vulkan/vulkan.hpp
@@ -819,7 +819,6 @@ namespace VULKAN_HPP_NAMESPACE
 
   VULKAN_HPP_INLINE void throwResultException( Result result, char const * message )
   {
-    assert ( static_cast<long long int>(result) < 0 );
     switch ( result )
     {
     case Result::eErrorOutOfHostMemory: throw OutOfHostMemoryError ( message );