--- a/khronosfws/openmax_al/src/engine/xathreadsyncitf.c	Fri Sep 03 19:34:12 2010 -0500
+++ b/khronosfws/openmax_al/src/engine/xathreadsyncitf.c	Tue Sep 21 11:38:43 2010 -0500
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <assert.h>
-
 #include "xathreadsyncitf.h"
 
 /**
@@ -130,7 +128,6 @@
     DEBUG_API("->XAThreadSyncItfImpl_Free");
     if(self)
         {
-        assert(self==self->self);
         XAImpl_DeleteMutex(self->engCriticalSection);
         free(self);
         }