diff --git a/src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp b/src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp
--- a/src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp
+++ b/src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp
@@ -1230,7 +1230,6 @@
     for (; it != end; ++it) {
         const QString name = (*it).stringValue(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_NAME);
 
-        Q_ASSERT(!name.isEmpty());
         if (name.isEmpty()) {
             continue;
         }