diff --git a/controller_interface/include/semantic_components/semantic_component_command_interface.hpp b/controller_interface/include/semantic_components/semantic_component_command_interface.hpp
index 0e3f545d2d..287df8f53c 100644
--- a/controller_interface/include/semantic_components/semantic_component_command_interface.hpp
+++ b/controller_interface/include/semantic_components/semantic_component_command_interface.hpp
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ class SemanticComponentCommandInterface
    */
   const std::vector<std::string> & get_command_interface_names() const
   {
-    assert(!interface_names_.empty());
     return interface_names_;
   }