diff --git a/java/execution/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/JavaRunConfigurationModule.java b/java/execution/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/JavaRunConfigurationModule.java
index 16bee2e60be4..7ddc48b70336 100644
--- a/java/execution/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/JavaRunConfigurationModule.java
+++ b/java/execution/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/JavaRunConfigurationModule.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+// Copyright 2000-2022 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.execution.configurations;
 
 import com.intellij.execution.ExecutionBundle;
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ public class JavaRunConfigurationModule extends RunConfigurationModule {
     }
 
     if (packageName.isEmpty()) {
-      assert false : "Default package doesn't exist";
       return null;
     }