diff --git a/lisp/gc.c b/lisp/gc.c
index 36ad2a2beb9aa7e645daa37e6ebd698f243b5e48..d8e3556406b2d79ebbdf330a4c226b12c4c6fee3 100644
--- a/lisp/gc.c
+++ b/lisp/gc.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Stop and Copy GC based on Cheney's algorithm.
  *
- * $Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/lisp/gc.c,v 1.18 2000/11/06 17:18:25 dtc Exp $
+ * $Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/lisp/gc.c,v 1.19 2002/01/23 19:04:13 toy Exp $
  * 
  * Written by Christopher Hoover.
  */
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ boolean from_space_p(lispobj object)
 {
 	lispobj *ptr;
 
-	gc_assert(Pointerp(object));
-
 	ptr = (lispobj *) PTR(object);
 
 	return ((from_space <= ptr) &&