diff --git a/src/path.rs b/src/path.rs
index f4d75d3b8..0183f1739 100644
--- a/src/path.rs
+++ b/src/path.rs
@@ -707,11 +707,6 @@ fn path_remoteness(path: &wstr) -> DirRemoteness {
         // these are in varying headers. Simply hard code them.
         // Note that we treat FUSE filesystems as remote, which means we lock less on such filesystems.
         // NOTE: The cast is necessary for 32-bit systems because of the 4-byte CIFS_MAGIC_NUMBER
-        const _: () = assert!({
-            use std::mem;
-            let f_type = unsafe { mem::zeroed::<libc::statfs>() }.f_type;
-            mem::size_of_val(&f_type) <= mem::size_of::<usize>()
-        });
         match buf.f_type as usize  {
             0x5346414F | // AFS_SUPER_MAGIC - Andrew File System
             0x6B414653 | // AFS_FS_MAGIC - Kernel AFS and AuriStorFS