diff --git a/tools/link.py b/tools/link.py
index 933cef3ea344f..7b14a75e7cf7e 100644
--- a/tools/link.py
+++ b/tools/link.py
@@ -1966,8 +1966,6 @@ def run_embind_gen(wasm_target, js_syms, extra_settings, linker_inputs):
   settings.SINGLE_FILE = False
   # Embind may be included multiple times, de-duplicate the list first.
   settings.JS_LIBRARIES = dedup_list(settings.JS_LIBRARIES)
-  # JS and TS generation expects assert to always be defined.
-  settings.ASSERTIONS = 1
   # Replace embind with the TypeScript generation version.
   embind_index = settings.JS_LIBRARIES.index('embind/embind.js')
   settings.JS_LIBRARIES[embind_index] = 'embind/embind_gen.js'