diff --git a/lib/bcoin/chain.js b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
index 00583224..65ec53a6 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/chain.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
@@ -798,10 +798,6 @@ ChainDB.prototype.count = function count() {
 };
 
 ChainDB.prototype.cache = function cache(entry) {
-  // Could use this.count() - 1 here as
-  // long as we're not using saveAsync.
-  // if (this.tip !== -1)
-  //   assert.equal(this.tip, this.count() - 1);
   if (entry.height > this.tip) {
     this.tip = entry.height;
     delete this._cache[entry.height - this._cacheWindow];
@@ -925,8 +921,6 @@ ChainDB.prototype.saveAsync = function saveAsync(entry, callback) {
   return this._writeAsync(raw, offset, function(err, success) {
     var item = self._queue[entry.height];
 
-    assert(item);
-
     // Something tried to write here but couldn't.
     // Synchronously write it and get it over with.
     try {