diff --git a/silk/NLSF_encode.c b/silk/NLSF_encode.c
index fb3b04b87331f5fb13df530a4861c831e2d40b71..268b9a195b508565367812ba2747a7ba6a1f4aa0 100644
--- a/silk/NLSF_encode.c
+++ b/silk/NLSF_encode.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ opus_int32 silk_NLSF_encode(                                    /* O    Returns
     const opus_int16 *pCB_Wght_Q9;
     SAVE_STACK;
 
-    silk_assert( nSurvivors <= NLSF_VQ_MAX_SURVIVORS );
     silk_assert( signalType >= 0 && signalType <= 2 );
     silk_assert( NLSF_mu_Q20 <= 32767 && NLSF_mu_Q20 >= 0 );
 
diff --git a/silk/control_codec.c b/silk/control_codec.c
index 5426e1e1db282cfba4b4834076d55b1c55f73bd2..071e066f98bee20899b13f6487c186a81d94d176 100644
--- a/silk/control_codec.c
+++ b/silk/control_codec.c
@@ -387,7 +387,6 @@ static opus_int silk_setup_complexity(
     silk_assert( psEncC->warping_Q16             <= 32767                    );
     silk_assert( psEncC->la_shape                <= LA_SHAPE_MAX             );
     silk_assert( psEncC->shapeWinLength          <= SHAPE_LPC_WIN_MAX        );
-    silk_assert( psEncC->NLSF_MSVQ_Survivors     <= NLSF_VQ_MAX_SURVIVORS    );
 
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/silk/define.h b/silk/define.h
index 5abf0810392607bad2d988037dfd6adcf0152bb1..520cdbfc3ad97bacffab125a57ebc2687003ddff 100644
--- a/silk/define.h
+++ b/silk/define.h
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ extern "C"
 /******************/
 #define NLSF_W_Q                                2
 #define NLSF_VQ_MAX_VECTORS                     32
-#define NLSF_VQ_MAX_SURVIVORS                   16
 #define NLSF_QUANT_MAX_AMPLITUDE                4
 #define NLSF_QUANT_MAX_AMPLITUDE_EXT            10
 #define NLSF_QUANT_LEVEL_ADJ                    0.1