diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/hermes/reactexecutor/JSITracing.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/hermes/reactexecutor/JSITracing.cpp
index 763ed1ce69a..58f910f2826 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/hermes/reactexecutor/JSITracing.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/hermes/reactexecutor/JSITracing.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 namespace facebook {
 namespace jsi {
 void addNativeTracingHooks(Runtime &rt) {
-  assert(false && "unimplemented");
+  // Unimplemented
 }
 } // namespace jsi
 } // namespace facebook