diff --git a/py/test/plugin/pytest_pocoo.py b/py/test/plugin/pytest_pocoo.py
index 78534fa96..0244705c0 100644
--- a/py/test/plugin/pytest_pocoo.py
+++ b/py/test/plugin/pytest_pocoo.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ class PocooPlugin:
             help="send failures to %s" %(url.base,))
 
     def getproxy(self):
-        assert 0
         return py.std.xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(url.xmlrpc).pastes
 
     def pytest_terminal_summary(self, terminalreporter):