diff --git a/fdbserver/workloads/ClogRemoteTLog.cpp b/fdbserver/workloads/ClogRemoteTLog.cpp
index 32f6d6f3052..69896d9e0ea 100644
--- a/fdbserver/workloads/ClogRemoteTLog.cpp
+++ b/fdbserver/workloads/ClogRemoteTLog.cpp
@@ -402,7 +402,6 @@ struct ClogRemoteTLog : TestWorkload {
 					localState = TestState::CLOGGED_REMOTE_TLOG_EXCLUDED;
 					if (!statusCheckPassed) {
 						statusCheckPassed = co_await grayFailureStatusCheck(db, self->cloggedRemoteTLog.get());
-						ASSERT(statusCheckPassed);
 					}
 					stateTransition = localState != testState;
 				}