diff --git a/CEP/DP3/DPPP/src/SolTab.cc b/CEP/DP3/DPPP/src/SolTab.cc
index 992080624c412e6130458b0fc90b6f5c25ea6e21..b0daf4a133471e1e168df2358a9cf3a4a97897a6 100644
--- a/CEP/DP3/DPPP/src/SolTab.cc
+++ b/CEP/DP3/DPPP/src/SolTab.cc
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ namespace LOFAR {
     hsize_t count[_axes.size()];
     hsize_t stride[_axes.size()];
 
-    bool timeAxisFound = false;
     for (uint i=0; i<_axes.size(); ++i) {
       stride[i] = 1;
       count[i] = 1;
@@ -225,7 +224,6 @@ namespace LOFAR {
         stride[i] = timestep;
         count[i] = ntime;
         memdims[i] = ntime;
-        timeAxisFound = true;
       } else if (_axes[i].name=="freq") {
         offset[i] = startfreq;
         stride[i] = freqstep;
@@ -243,8 +241,6 @@ namespace LOFAR {
       }
     }
 
-    ASSERT(timeAxisFound);
-
     H5::DataSpace dataspace = val.getSpace();
 
     dataspace.selectHyperslab(H5S_SELECT_SET, count, offset, stride);