diff --git a/src/kauth/kalocalcell.c b/src/kauth/kalocalcell.c
index c28cb4abad..7c2f4994c5 100644
--- a/src/kauth/kalocalcell.c
+++ b/src/kauth/kalocalcell.c
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ ka_CellToRealm(char *cell, char *realm, int *local)
 {
     int code = 0;
 
-    opr_Assert(realm != NULL);
-
     LOCK_GLOBAL_MUTEX;
     code = ka_ExpandCell(cell, realm, local);
     ucstring(realm, realm, MAXKTCREALMLEN);
diff --git a/src/opr/casestrcpy.c b/src/opr/casestrcpy.c
index 37f5c4cabc..8cfe37d993 100644
--- a/src/opr/casestrcpy.c
+++ b/src/opr/casestrcpy.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ lcstring(char *d, const char *s, int n)
     char *original_d = d;
     char c;
 
-    opr_Assert(s != NULL && d != NULL);
     while (n) {
 	c = *s++;
 	if (isupper(c))
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ ucstring(char *d, const char *s, int n)
     char *original_d = d;
     char c;
 
-    opr_Assert(s != NULL && d != NULL);
     while (n) {
 	c = *s++;
 	if (islower(c))
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ strcompose(char *buf, size_t len, ...)
     char *str;
     size_t slen;
 
-    opr_Assert(buf != NULL);
     if (len <= 0)
 	return NULL;