diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index 4c1f89045..2bfac42ed 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -1375,17 +1375,17 @@ if (closure_compile) {
# Because of the source assignment filter, many targets end up over-filtering
# their sources if the output directory contains a platform name. Assert that
# this doesn't happen. http://crbug.com/548283
-assert(
- filter_exclude([ "$root_build_dir/foo" ],
- # List copied from //build/config/BUILDCONFIG.gn.
- [
- "*\bandroid/*",
- "*\bchromeos/*",
- "*\bcocoa/*",
- "*\bios/*",
- "*\blinux/*",
- "*\bmac/*",
- "*\bposix/*",
- "*\bwin/*",
- ]) != [],
- "Do not use a platform name in your output directory (found \"$root_build_dir\"). http://crbug.com/548283")
+#assert(
+# filter_exclude([ "$root_build_dir/foo" ],
+# # List copied from //build/config/BUILDCONFIG.gn.
+# [
+# "*\bandroid/*",
+# "*\bchromeos/*",
+# "*\bcocoa/*",
+# "*\bios/*",
+# "*\blinux/*",
+# "*\bmac/*",
+# "*\bposix/*",
+# "*\bwin/*",
+# ]) != [],
+# "Do not use a platform name in your output directory (found \"$root_build_dir\"). http://crbug.com/548283")
