diff --git a/src/Routing/Routes.php b/src/Routing/Routes.php
index b498207..f5698a0 100644
--- a/src/Routing/Routes.php
+++ b/src/Routing/Routes.php
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ class Routes implements ContainerInjectionInterface {
   public function __construct(ResourceTypeRepositoryInterface $resource_type_repository, array $authentication_providers, $jsonapi_base_path) {
     $this->resourceTypeRepository = $resource_type_repository;
     $this->providerIds = array_keys($authentication_providers);
-    assert(is_string($jsonapi_base_path));
-    assert($jsonapi_base_path[0] === '/');
-    assert(substr($jsonapi_base_path, -1) !== '/');
     $this->jsonApiBasePath = $jsonapi_base_path;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/StackMiddleware/FormatSetter.php b/src/StackMiddleware/FormatSetter.php
index 56282e0..89c8386 100644
--- a/src/StackMiddleware/FormatSetter.php
+++ b/src/StackMiddleware/FormatSetter.php
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ class FormatSetter implements HttpKernelInterface {
    */
   public function __construct(HttpKernelInterface $http_kernel, $jsonapi_base_path) {
     $this->httpKernel = $http_kernel;
-    assert(is_string($jsonapi_base_path));
-    assert($jsonapi_base_path[0] === '/');
-    assert(substr($jsonapi_base_path, -1) !== '/');
     $this->jsonApiBasePath = $jsonapi_base_path;
   }