diff --git a/g10/ChangeLog b/g10/ChangeLog
index 4aae34ab9..9c468a8e0 100644
--- a/g10/ChangeLog
+++ b/g10/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-02-09  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
+
+	* delkey.c (delete_key): Removed that silly assert which rendered
+	the whole new stuff meaningless.
+
 2001-02-08  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
 	* getkey.c (key_byname): I can happe that we have both, sk and pk
diff --git a/g10/delkey.c b/g10/delkey.c
index a19e58067..d535ab329 100644
--- a/g10/delkey.c
+++ b/g10/delkey.c
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ delete_key( const char *username, int secret, int allow_both )
 
     rc = do_delete_key (username, secret, &avail );
     if ( rc && avail ) { 
-        assert (secret);
         if ( allow_both ) {
             rc = do_delete_key (username, 1, &avail );
             if ( !rc )