diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/ruleutils_13.c b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/ruleutils_13.c
index 484fd524f..3363692d1 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/ruleutils_13.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/ruleutils_13.c
@@ -3349,8 +3349,6 @@ get_update_query_targetlist_def(Query *query, List *targetList,
 				next_ma_cell = lnext(ma_sublinks, next_ma_cell);
 				remaining_ma_columns = count_nonjunk_tlist_entries(
 																   ((Query *) cur_ma_sublink->subselect)->targetList);
-				Assert(((Param *) expr)->paramid ==
-					   ((cur_ma_sublink->subLinkId << 16) | 1));
 				appendStringInfoChar(buf, '(');
 			}
 		}