diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
index 91a9c869940..b1ab89ec725 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ QString QLatin1StringView::toString() const { return *this; }
 //
 
 QString QStringView::toString() const
-{ return Q_ASSERT(size() == size()), QString(data(), size()); }
+{ return QString(data(), size()); }
 
 qint64 QStringView::toLongLong(bool *ok, int base) const
 { return QString::toIntegral_helper<qint64>(*this, ok, base); }