diff --git a/src/journal/journald-server.c b/src/journal/journald-server.c
index 1d03350d6a..950ec227f8 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-server.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-server.c
@@ -3012,7 +3012,6 @@ int config_parse_compress(
         JournalCompressOptions* compress = ASSERT_PTR(data);
         int r;
 
-        assert(unit);
         assert(filename);
         assert(rvalue);