diff --git a/src/coverlet.core/Reporters/CoberturaReporter.cs b/src/coverlet.core/Reporters/CoberturaReporter.cs
index 57571df9a..e3d299fda 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.core/Reporters/CoberturaReporter.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.core/Reporters/CoberturaReporter.cs
@@ -227,9 +227,6 @@ private static string GetRelativePathFromBase(IEnumerable<string> basePaths, str
                     return path.Substring(basePath.Length);
                 }
             }
-
-            Debug.Assert(false, "Unexpected, we should find at least one path starts with one pre-build roots list");
-
             return path;
         }
     }