diff --git a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
index 0d4b3247b7af5f96abbcf645d956e2017fe9185f..a00a0abe839afc417f6aa05e0b915b59f38e5cc9 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
@@ -1163,9 +1163,7 @@ void *acpi_data_push(GArray *table_data, unsigned size)
 
 unsigned acpi_data_len(GArray *table)
 {
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 22, 0)
     assert(g_array_get_element_size(table) == 1);
-#endif
     return table->len;
 }