diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a8dd41d..6d02397 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2002-11-16  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>
 
+	* Source/x11/XGGLContext.m (-initWithFormat:shareContext:): Remove
+	assert.
+
 	* Source/x11/XGServerWindow.m ([XGServer -setinputstate::]): Return
 	if window is NULL.
 
diff --git a/Source/x11/XGGLContext.m b/Source/x11/XGGLContext.m
index fe7f021..ec604d3 100644
--- a/Source/x11/XGGLContext.m
+++ b/Source/x11/XGGLContext.m
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static XGGLContext *currentGLContext;
 {
   [super init];
   glx_context = None;
-  NSParameterAssert(format);
+  
   if( _format && [_format isKindOfClass: [XGGLPixelFormat class]])
     {
       MAKE_DISPLAY(dpy);