diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java
index 3ed9687da..1fbb66ec4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java
@@ -560,10 +560,6 @@ final class ReplicatedChronicleMap<K, KI, MKI extends MetaBytesInterop<K, ? supe
             @NotNull Bytes source) {
 
         final long bootstrapTime = source.readLong();
-       /* assert bootstrapTime > currentTime() - TimeUnit.MINUTES
-                .toMillis(1) && bootstrapTime <= currentTime()
-                : "bootstrapTime=" + bootstrapTime;
-*/
 
         final long keySize = keySizeMarshaller.readSize(source);
         final long valueSize = valueSizeMarshaller.readSize(source);