diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/inline/InlineToAnonymousClassProcessor.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/inline/InlineToAnonymousClassProcessor.java
index 07b674caefaa..21940971ba96 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/inline/InlineToAnonymousClassProcessor.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/inline/InlineToAnonymousClassProcessor.java
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ public class InlineToAnonymousClassProcessor extends BaseRefactoringProcessor {
     PsiClass superClass = aClass.getSuperClass();
     PsiClassType[] interfaceTypes = aClass.getImplementsListTypes();
     if (interfaceTypes.length > 0 && !InlineToAnonymousClassHandler.isRedundantImplements(superClass, interfaceTypes [0])) {
-      assert interfaceTypes.length == 1;
       superType = interfaceTypes [0];
     }
     else {