diff --git a/Algorithms/DouglasPeucker.cpp b/Algorithms/DouglasPeucker.cpp
index 0e43feda5..344bf7c8a 100644
--- a/Algorithms/DouglasPeucker.cpp
+++ b/Algorithms/DouglasPeucker.cpp
@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@ DouglasPeucker::DouglasPeucker()
 
 void DouglasPeucker::Run(RandomAccessIt begin, RandomAccessIt end, const unsigned zoom_level)
 {
-    // check if input data is invalid
-    BOOST_ASSERT_MSG(begin != end, "geometry invalid");
-
     unsigned size = std::distance(begin, end);
     if (size < 2)
     {