diff --git a/indra/newview/llface.cpp b/indra/newview/llface.cpp
index 15e887519..17ac4ef1a 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llface.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llface.cpp
@@ -791,9 +791,9 @@ BOOL LLFace::genVolumeBBoxes(const LLVolume &volume, S32 f,
 
 		// Catch potential badness from normalization before it happens
 		//
-		llassert(mat_normal.mMatrix[0].isFinite3() && (mat_normal.mMatrix[0].dot3(mat_normal.mMatrix[0]).getF32() > F_APPROXIMATELY_ZERO));
-		llassert(mat_normal.mMatrix[1].isFinite3() && (mat_normal.mMatrix[1].dot3(mat_normal.mMatrix[1]).getF32() > F_APPROXIMATELY_ZERO));
-		llassert(mat_normal.mMatrix[2].isFinite3() && (mat_normal.mMatrix[2].dot3(mat_normal.mMatrix[2]).getF32() > F_APPROXIMATELY_ZERO));
+		//llassert(mat_normal.mMatrix[0].isFinite3() && (mat_normal.mMatrix[0].dot3(mat_normal.mMatrix[0]).getF32() > F_APPROXIMATELY_ZERO));
+		//llassert(mat_normal.mMatrix[1].isFinite3() && (mat_normal.mMatrix[1].dot3(mat_normal.mMatrix[1]).getF32() > F_APPROXIMATELY_ZERO));
+		//llassert(mat_normal.mMatrix[2].isFinite3() && (mat_normal.mMatrix[2].dot3(mat_normal.mMatrix[2]).getF32() > F_APPROXIMATELY_ZERO));
 
 		mat_normal.mMatrix[0].normalize3fast();
 		mat_normal.mMatrix[1].normalize3fast();