diff --git a/include/Config/assert.h b/include/Config/assert.h
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-/*
- * Header file: assert.h
- *
- * Description:
- *	This header file includes the assert.h header file if the
- *	autoconf system has found it.
- */
-
-#ifndef _CONFIG_ASSERT_H
-#define _CONFIG_ASSERT_H
-
-#include "Config/config.h"
-
-/*
- * This is the suggested use by the Autoconf manual.
- *	1) The #pragma is indented so that pre-ANSI C compilers ignore it.
- */
-#ifdef HAVE_ASSERT_H
-#include <assert.h>
-#endif
-
-#endif
-