diff --git a/indra/llrender/llvertexbuffer.cpp b/indra/llrender/llvertexbuffer.cpp
index b515e4fcabec5d12bfcf86886a564e42fb67f80b..1beb74eca6d7282cfcc98b133254cee9880c3258 100644
--- a/indra/llrender/llvertexbuffer.cpp
+++ b/indra/llrender/llvertexbuffer.cpp
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void LLVertexBuffer::initClass(bool use_vbo, bool no_vbo_mapping)
 	sEnableVBOs = use_vbo && gGLManager.mHasVertexBufferObject ;
 	if(sEnableVBOs)
 	{
-		llassert_always(glBindBufferARB) ; //double check the extention for VBO is loaded.
+		//llassert_always(glBindBufferARB) ; //double check the extention for VBO is loaded.
 
 		llinfos << "VBO is enabled." << llendl ;
 	}