diff --git a/src/modules/uavcan/uavcan_main.cpp b/src/modules/uavcan/uavcan_main.cpp
index 58fe68dbd7..84a5b25760 100644
--- a/src/modules/uavcan/uavcan_main.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/uavcan/uavcan_main.cpp
@@ -622,7 +622,6 @@ void UavcanNode::fill_node_info()
 	// Extracting the first 8 hex digits of the git hash and converting them to int
 	char fw_git_short[9] = {};
 	std::memmove(fw_git_short, px4_firmware_version_string(), 8);
-	assert(fw_git_short[8] == '\0');
 	char *end = nullptr;
 	swver.vcs_commit = std::strtol(fw_git_short, &end, 16);
 	swver.optional_field_flags |= swver.OPTIONAL_FIELD_FLAG_VCS_COMMIT;
diff --git a/src/modules/uavcanesc/uavcanesc_main.cpp b/src/modules/uavcanesc/uavcanesc_main.cpp
index f7222c168c..93c57e44e2 100644
--- a/src/modules/uavcanesc/uavcanesc_main.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/uavcanesc/uavcanesc_main.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ void UavcanEsc::fill_node_info()
 	// Extracting the first 8 hex digits of the git hash and converting them to int
 	char fw_git_short[9] = {};
 	std::memmove(fw_git_short, px4_firmware_version_string(), 8);
-	assert(fw_git_short[8] == '\0');
 	char *end = nullptr;
 	swver.vcs_commit = std::strtol(fw_git_short, &end, 16);
 	swver.optional_field_flags |= swver.OPTIONAL_FIELD_FLAG_VCS_COMMIT;
diff --git a/src/modules/uavcannode/uavcannode_main.cpp b/src/modules/uavcannode/uavcannode_main.cpp
index cb3bc798b8..79864a1a19 100644
--- a/src/modules/uavcannode/uavcannode_main.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/uavcannode/uavcannode_main.cpp
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ void UavcanNode::fill_node_info()
 	// Extracting the first 8 hex digits of the git hash and converting them to int
 	char fw_git_short[9] = {};
 	std::memmove(fw_git_short, px4_firmware_version_string(), 8);
-	assert(fw_git_short[8] == '\0');
 	char *end = nullptr;
 	swver.vcs_commit = std::strtol(fw_git_short, &end, 16);
 	swver.optional_field_flags |= swver.OPTIONAL_FIELD_FLAG_VCS_COMMIT;