diff --git a/lasp/c/lasp_pyarray.h b/lasp/c/lasp_pyarray.h
index b73c5f5..0d8c88a 100644
--- a/lasp/c/lasp_pyarray.h
+++ b/lasp/c/lasp_pyarray.h
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ static inline PyObject *data_to_ndarray(void *data, int n_rows, int n_cols,
         dims[0] = n_rows;
         dims[1] = n_cols;
     }
-    assert(n_rows > 0);
-    assert(n_cols > 0);
+    /* assert(n_rows > 0); */
+    /* assert(n_cols > 0); */
 
     PyArrayObject *arr =
         (PyArrayObject *)PyArray_SimpleNewFromData(2, dims, typenum, data);