diff --git a/extern/vulkan_memory_allocator/vk_mem_alloc_impl.cc b/extern/vulkan_memory_allocator/vk_mem_alloc_impl.cc
index dbf5bb2dfc4..1acee6fc6f7 100644
--- a/extern/vulkan_memory_allocator/vk_mem_alloc_impl.cc
+++ b/extern/vulkan_memory_allocator/vk_mem_alloc_impl.cc
@@ -8,13 +8,4 @@
 
 #define VMA_IMPLEMENTATION
 
-/* 
- * Disabling internal asserts of VMA. 
- * 
- * Blender can destroy logical device before all the resources are freed. This is because static
- * resources are freed as a last step during quiting. As long as Vulkan isn't feature complete
- * we don't want to change this behavior. So for now we just disable the asserts.
- */
-#define VMA_ASSERT(test)
-
 #include "vk_mem_alloc.h"