diff --git a/src/snmalloc/override/libc.h b/src/snmalloc/override/libc.h
index 05a82eca0..c06ccd22e 100644
--- a/src/snmalloc/override/libc.h
+++ b/src/snmalloc/override/libc.h
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ namespace snmalloc::libc
 
   inline void* aligned_alloc(size_t alignment, size_t size)
   {
-    SNMALLOC_ASSERT((size % alignment) == 0);
     return memalign(alignment, size);
   }