diff --git a/libraries/physics/src/ObjectAction.cpp b/libraries/physics/src/ObjectAction.cpp
index f90286845a..d32495e30c 100644
--- a/libraries/physics/src/ObjectAction.cpp
+++ b/libraries/physics/src/ObjectAction.cpp
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ void ObjectAction::activateBody(bool forceActivation) {
     auto rigidBody = getRigidBody();
     if (rigidBody) {
         rigidBody->activate(forceActivation);
-        assert(rigidBody->isActive());
     } else {
         qDebug() << "ObjectAction::activateBody -- no rigid body" << (void*)rigidBody;
     }
diff --git a/libraries/physics/src/ObjectActionSpring.cpp b/libraries/physics/src/ObjectActionSpring.cpp
index 3f2664fb12..dcd77c1010 100644
--- a/libraries/physics/src/ObjectActionSpring.cpp
+++ b/libraries/physics/src/ObjectActionSpring.cpp
@@ -58,16 +58,16 @@ void ObjectActionSpring::updateActionWorker(btScalar deltaTimeStep) {
 
         const float MAX_TIMESCALE = 600.0f; // 10 min is a long time
         if (_linearTimeScale < MAX_TIMESCALE) {
+            btVector3 targetVelocity(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
             btVector3 offset = rigidBody->getCenterOfMassPosition() - glmToBullet(_positionalTarget);
             float offsetLength = offset.length();
-            btVector3 targetVelocity(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
-
-            float speed = (offsetLength > FLT_EPSILON) ? glm::min(offsetLength / _linearTimeScale, SPRING_MAX_SPEED) : 0.0f;
-            targetVelocity = (-speed / offsetLength) * offset;
-            if (speed > rigidBody->getLinearSleepingThreshold()) {
-                rigidBody->activate();
+            if (offsetLength > FLT_EPSILON) {
+                float speed = glm::min(offsetLength / _linearTimeScale, SPRING_MAX_SPEED);
+                targetVelocity = (-speed / offsetLength) * offset;
+                if (speed > rigidBody->getLinearSleepingThreshold()) {
+                    rigidBody->activate();
+                }
             }
-
             // this action is aggresively critically damped and defeats the current velocity
             rigidBody->setLinearVelocity(targetVelocity);
         }