1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/buffer.js b/lib/buffer.js
index 68f3f17f35..377ee61728 100644
--- a/lib/buffer.js
+++ b/lib/buffer.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 var buffer = process.binding('buffer');
 var smalloc = process.binding('smalloc');
-var assert = require('assert');
 var util = require('util');
 var alloc = smalloc.alloc;
 var sliceOnto = smalloc.sliceOnto;