diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 566db745..73ae4ee9 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-10-30  Giuseppe Scrivano  <gscrivan@redhat.com>
+
+	* http.c (skip_short_body): Remove assert which is always true.
+	Reported by: David Binderman <dcb314@hotmail.com>
+
 2013-10-17  Andrea Urbani  <matfanjol@mail.com>
 
 	* ftp.c (getftp): force "LIST" or "LIST -a"
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index 6b042a7e..dbfcdfbf 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -924,8 +924,6 @@ skip_short_body (int fd, wgint contlen, bool chunked)
   char dlbuf[SKIP_SIZE + 1];
   dlbuf[SKIP_SIZE] = '\0';        /* so DEBUGP can safely print it */
 
-  assert (contlen != -1 || contlen);
-
   /* If the body is too large, it makes more sense to simply close the
      connection than to try to read the body.  */
   if (contlen > SKIP_THRESHOLD)