diff --git a/src/WaveTrack.cpp b/src/WaveTrack.cpp
index a73bbfd2d..a8863c76f 100644
--- a/src/WaveTrack.cpp
+++ b/src/WaveTrack.cpp
@@ -2273,8 +2273,7 @@ bool WaveTrack::MergeClips(int clipidx1, int clipidx2)
    WaveClip* clip1 = GetClipByIndex(clipidx1);
    WaveClip* clip2 = GetClipByIndex(clipidx2);
 
-   wxASSERT(clip2);
-   if(clip2 == NULL) // could happen if one track of a linked pair had a split and the other didn't
+   if (!clip2) // Could happen if one track of a linked pair had a split and the other didn't.
       return false;
    
    // Append data from second clip to first clip