diff --git a/src/coders/vec3.cpp b/src/coders/vec3.cpp
index d6fb5c08..63edc21e 100644
--- a/src/coders/vec3.cpp
+++ b/src/coders/vec3.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ static model::Mesh load_mesh(
     if (flags == FLAG_ZLIB) {
         throw std::runtime_error("compression is not supported yet");
     }
-    assert(flags == 0);
     std::vector<VertexAttribute> attributes;
     for (int i = 0; i < attributeCount; i++) {
         attributes.push_back(load_attribute(reader));