diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/backend/level_zero.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/backend/level_zero.hpp
index d9e369feac5f7..7ff2845f6bde4 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/backend/level_zero.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/backend/level_zero.hpp
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ inline std::optional<sycl::device> find_matching_descendent_device(
           return maybe_device;
       }
     }
-
-    assert(false && "Unexpected partitioning scheme for a Level-Zero device!");
   }
 
   return {};