diff --git a/libswscale/input.c b/libswscale/input.c
index 8016c307c6..919b232231 100644
--- a/libswscale/input.c
+++ b/libswscale/input.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
 
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/libswscale/swscale.c b/libswscale/swscale.c
index c5bba82e88..cec428847b 100644
--- a/libswscale/swscale.c
+++ b/libswscale/swscale.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
 
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/libswscale/x86/yuv2rgb.c b/libswscale/x86/yuv2rgb.c
index 3938e6bae3..cceca49ca8 100644
--- a/libswscale/x86/yuv2rgb.c
+++ b/libswscale/x86/yuv2rgb.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "libswscale/rgb2rgb.h"