diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index 177db54d7..7ef972308 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -3696,9 +3696,6 @@ cmTargetLinkInterface* cmTarget::ComputeLinkInterface(const char* config)
 cmComputeLinkInformation*
 cmTarget::GetLinkInformation(const char* config)
 {
-  // Link information does not make sense for static libraries.
-  assert(this->GetType() != cmTarget::STATIC_LIBRARY);
-
   // Lookup any existing information for this configuration.
   std::map<cmStdString, cmComputeLinkInformation*>::iterator
     i = this->LinkInformation.find(config?config:"");