diff --git a/jdk/src/solaris/classes/java/io/UnixFileSystem.java b/jdk/src/solaris/classes/java/io/UnixFileSystem.java
index df070bd0039..2c0feb2d5ef 100644
--- a/jdk/src/solaris/classes/java/io/UnixFileSystem.java
+++ b/jdk/src/solaris/classes/java/io/UnixFileSystem.java
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ class UnixFileSystem extends FileSystem {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            assert canonicalize0(path).equals(res) || path.startsWith(javaHome);
             return res;
         }
     }
diff --git a/jdk/src/windows/classes/java/io/Win32FileSystem.java b/jdk/src/windows/classes/java/io/Win32FileSystem.java
index 510b84abf62..490c411b072 100644
--- a/jdk/src/windows/classes/java/io/Win32FileSystem.java
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/classes/java/io/Win32FileSystem.java
@@ -424,7 +424,6 @@ class Win32FileSystem extends FileSystem {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            assert canonicalize0(path).equalsIgnoreCase(res);
             return res;
         }
     }