remove debug assertion

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branch : _ast_compat

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/nodes.py b/nodes.py
index d7ff3b62..1a766208 100644
--- a/nodes.py
+++ b/nodes.py
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ class NodeNG:
 
     def get_children(self):
         d = self.__dict__
-        assert hasattr(self, '_astng_fields'), (self, self.lineno)
         for f in self._astng_fields:
             attr = d[f]
             if attr is None: