diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp
index e28dc1e4fa..91f21659ec 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ void EntityEditPacketSender::queueEditEntityMessage(PacketType type, EntityItemI
         return; // bail early
     }
 
-    assert(properties.getLastEdited() > 0);
-
     QByteArray bufferOut(NLPacket::maxPayloadSize(type), 0);
 
     if (EntityItemProperties::encodeEntityEditPacket(type, modelID, properties, bufferOut)) {