diff -r 75d56a822caa -r 3efb259b8d2c src/keymanagement.c
--- a/src/keymanagement.c	Fri Jan 06 10:23:51 2017 +0100
+++ b/src/keymanagement.c	Fri Jan 13 15:37:35 2017 +0100
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@
     status = PEP_STATUS_OK;
 
     if (temp_id->comm_type != PEP_ct_unknown && !EMPTYSTR(temp_id->user_id)) {
-        assert(!EMPTYSTR(temp_id->username)); // this should not happen
 
         if (EMPTYSTR(temp_id->username)) { // mitigate
             free(temp_id->username);