diff --git a/vyper/venom/basicblock.py b/vyper/venom/basicblock.py
index 1199579b3f..45db8b232f 100644
--- a/vyper/venom/basicblock.py
+++ b/vyper/venom/basicblock.py
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
         "istore",
         "tload",
         "tstore",
-        "assert",
-        "assert_unreachable",
         "mstore",
         "mload",
         "calldatacopy",