diff --git a/include/engine/datafacade_factory.hpp b/include/engine/datafacade_factory.hpp
index a4ff57f38..799f8150a 100644
--- a/include/engine/datafacade_factory.hpp
+++ b/include/engine/datafacade_factory.hpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ template <template <typename A> class FacadeT, typename AlgorithmT> class DataFa
                              "The exclude prefix needs to be a valid data path.");
             std::size_t index =
                 std::stoi(exclude_prefix.substr(index_begin + 1, exclude_prefix.size()));
-            BOOST_ASSERT(index >= 0 && index < facades.size());
+            BOOST_ASSERT(index < facades.size());
             facades[index] = std::make_shared<const Facade>(allocator, metric_name, index);
         }