diff --git a/libretro-common/lists/string_list.c b/libretro-common/lists/string_list.c
index 3ba8e7d956..9eedc7ad37 100644
--- a/libretro-common/lists/string_list.c
+++ b/libretro-common/lists/string_list.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ void string_list_set(struct string_list *list,
       unsigned idx, const char *str)
 {
    free(list->elems[idx].data);
-   retro_assert(list->elems[idx].data = strdup(str));
+   list->elems[idx].data = strdup(str);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/menu/menu_display.c b/menu/menu_display.c
index 13e228eb36..72a3a38f64 100644
--- a/menu/menu_display.c
+++ b/menu/menu_display.c
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ void menu_display_deinit(void)
 
 bool menu_display_init(void)
 {
-   retro_assert((menu_display_msg_queue = msg_queue_new(8)) != NULL);
-   menu_disp_ca.allocated              =  0;
+   menu_display_msg_queue  = msg_queue_new(8);
+   menu_disp_ca.allocated  =  0;
    return true;
 }