diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8028a9833d..795a01e5e5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-10-06  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@lyx.org>
+
+	* src/support/lyxstring.C (helper): removed bogus Assert. strlen
+	does not allow '\0' chars but lyxstring and std::string does.
+
 1999-10-05  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@lyx.org>
 
 	* configure.in (Check for programs): Added a check for kpsewhich,
diff --git a/src/support/lyxstring.C b/src/support/lyxstring.C
index 197aeebade..7ce142daf3 100644
--- a/src/support/lyxstring.C
+++ b/src/support/lyxstring.C
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ void lyxstringInvariant::helper() const
 	Assert(object->rep);
 	Assert(object->rep->s);    // s is never 0
 	Assert(object->rep->res);  // always some space allocated
-	Assert(strlen(object->c_str()) == object->size());
 	Assert(object->size() <= object->rep->res);
 	Assert(object->rep->ref >= 1);  // its in use so it must be referenced
 	Assert(object->rep->ref < (1 << 8*sizeof(lyxstring::Srep::ref)) - 1);