diff --git a/runtime/src/software_interrupt.c b/runtime/src/software_interrupt.c
index 7a93a8a..e857e3d 100644
--- a/runtime/src/software_interrupt.c
+++ b/runtime/src/software_interrupt.c
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ software_interrupt_handle_signals(int signal_type, siginfo_t *signal_info, void
 
 		/* Extra checks to verify that preemption properly set context state */
 		assert(current_sandbox->ctxt.variant == ARCH_CONTEXT_SLOW);
-		assert(current_sandbox->ctxt.regs[UREG_RSP] == 0);
-		assert(current_sandbox->ctxt.regs[UREG_RIP] == 0);
 
 		software_interrupt_SIGUSR_count++;
 		debuglog("usr1:%d\n", software_interrupt_SIGUSR_count);