diff --git a/src/common/simple_string_dictionary.h b/src/common/simple_string_dictionary.h
index e241aff5..d2ab17fd 100644
--- a/src/common/simple_string_dictionary.h
+++ b/src/common/simple_string_dictionary.h
@@ -181,8 +181,6 @@ class NonAllocatingMap {
         if (!entries_[i].is_active()) {
           entry = &entries_[i];
 
-          assert(strlen(key) < key_size);
-
           strncpy(entry->key, key, key_size);
           entry->key[key_size - 1] = '\0';
 
@@ -205,7 +203,6 @@ class NonAllocatingMap {
     assert(count == 1);
 #endif
 
-    assert(strlen(value) < value_size);
     strncpy(entry->value, value, value_size);
     entry->value[value_size - 1] = '\0';
   }
diff --git a/src/common/simple_string_dictionary_unittest.cc b/src/common/simple_string_dictionary_unittest.cc
index 5fbc481c..34f4b9ef 100644
--- a/src/common/simple_string_dictionary_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/common/simple_string_dictionary_unittest.cc
@@ -290,18 +290,6 @@ TEST(NonAllocatingMapTest, OutOfSpace) {
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 
-TEST(NonAllocatingMapTest, KeyTooLong) {
-  NonAllocatingMap<3, 10, 12> map;
-  map.SetKeyValue("ab", "cdefghi");
-  ASSERT_DEATH(map.SetKeyValue("abcdef", "1"), "");
-}
-
-TEST(NonAllocatingMapTest, ValueTooLong) {
-  NonAllocatingMap<9, 3, 8> map;
-  map.SetKeyValue("abcd", "ab");
-  ASSERT_DEATH(map.SetKeyValue("abcd", "abc"), "");
-}
-
 TEST(NonAllocatingMapTest, NullKey) {
   NonAllocatingMap<4, 6, 6> map;
   ASSERT_DEATH(map.SetKeyValue(NULL, "hello"), "");