diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
index a2bcb95624948e42fe13bb299f5c731af98f047b..7fccf4be75402dfcb88934e246590d8aaa88adf3 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -1169,7 +1169,6 @@ void Arguments::set_cms_and_parnew_gc_flags() {
     set_parnew_gc_flags();
   }
 
-  // MaxHeapSize is aligned down in collectorPolicy
   size_t max_heap = align_size_down(MaxHeapSize,
                                     CardTableRS::ct_max_alignment_constraint());
 
@@ -1207,10 +1206,6 @@ void Arguments::set_cms_and_parnew_gc_flags() {
     }
 
     // Code along this path potentially sets NewSize and OldSize
-
-    assert(max_heap >= InitialHeapSize, "Error");
-    assert(max_heap >= NewSize, "Error");
-
     if (PrintGCDetails && Verbose) {
       // Too early to use gclog_or_tty
       tty->print_cr("CMS set min_heap_size: " SIZE_FORMAT