diff --git a/src/journal/journald-server.c b/src/journal/journald-server.c
index 950ec227f8..d1dc4b6ea9 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-server.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-server.c
@@ -3057,7 +3057,6 @@ int config_parse_forward_to_socket(
         SocketAddress* addr = ASSERT_PTR(data);
         int r;
 
-        assert(unit);
         assert(filename);
         assert(rvalue);