diff --git a/src/engine/shared/sixup_translate_snapshot.cpp b/src/engine/shared/sixup_translate_snapshot.cpp
index f693b45c8..2b06e5369 100644
--- a/src/engine/shared/sixup_translate_snapshot.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/shared/sixup_translate_snapshot.cpp
@@ -8,17 +8,6 @@ void CSnapshotBuilder::Init7(const CSnapshot *pSnapshot)
 	// but the snap we are building is a 0.6 snap
 	m_Sixup = false;
 
-	if(pSnapshot->m_DataSize + sizeof(CSnapshot) + pSnapshot->m_NumItems * sizeof(int) * 2 > CSnapshot::MAX_SIZE || pSnapshot->m_NumItems > CSnapshot::MAX_ITEMS)
-	{
-		// key and offset per item
-		dbg_assert(m_DataSize + sizeof(CSnapshot) + m_NumItems * sizeof(int) * 2 < CSnapshot::MAX_SIZE, "too much data");
-		dbg_assert(m_NumItems < CSnapshot::MAX_ITEMS, "too many items");
-		dbg_msg("sixup", "demo recording failed on invalid snapshot");
-		m_DataSize = 0;
-		m_NumItems = 0;
-		return;
-	}
-
 	m_DataSize = pSnapshot->m_DataSize;
 	m_NumItems = pSnapshot->m_NumItems;
 	mem_copy(m_aOffsets, pSnapshot->Offsets(), sizeof(int) * m_NumItems);