diff --git a/src/switch_event.c b/src/switch_event.c
index ed2b38466a..c2cbc7cb2e 100644
--- a/src/switch_event.c
+++ b/src/switch_event.c
@@ -581,7 +581,12 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_init(switch_memory_pool_t *pool)
 {
 	switch_threadattr_t *thd_attr;;
 
-	switch_assert(switch_arraylen(EVENT_NAMES)  == SWITCH_EVENT_ALL + 1);
+	/* 
+	   This statement doesn't do anything commenting it out for now.
+
+	   switch_assert(switch_arraylen(EVENT_NAMES)  == SWITCH_EVENT_ALL + 1);
+	 */
+	
 
 	switch_assert(pool != NULL);
 	THRUNTIME_POOL = RUNTIME_POOL = pool;