diff --git a/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp b/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp
index ca58d8275be911118b7e7c83a7c2fb3a4d3f3d8b..69173d26f402e5fe38d2a46f9e8da5cdeb53ec2f 100755
--- a/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp
@@ -1021,7 +1021,6 @@ S32 LLPipeline::getMaxLightingDetail() const
 S32 LLPipeline::setLightingDetail(S32 level)
 {
 	LLMemType mt_ld(LLMemType::MTYPE_PIPELINE_LIGHTING_DETAIL);
-	assertInitialized();
 
 	if (level < 0)
 	{