diff --git a/backend/scripts/build.sh b/backend/scripts/build.sh
index faff4b7ed..c1ea40621 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/backend/scripts/build.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if [ -f ./environ ]; then
 fi
 
 set -x
-exec \$JAVA_CMD \$JVM_OPTS -Dapp.enable-asserts=false -classpath \$CP -Dlog4j.configurationFile=./log4j2.xml "\$@" clojure.main -m app.main
+exec \$JAVA_CMD \$JVM_OPTS -classpath \$CP -Dlog4j.configurationFile=./log4j2.xml "\$@" clojure.main -m app.main
 EOF
 
 chmod +x ./target/dist/run.sh