1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/compile.c b/compile.c
index 3ad7192ca0..ebb58bba8d 100644
--- a/compile.c
+++ b/compile.c
@@ -2379,15 +2379,11 @@ compile_array_(rb_iseq_t *iseq, LINK_ANCHOR *ret, NODE* node_root,
 			rb_ary_push(ary, node->nd_head->nd_lit);
 			node = node->nd_next;
 		    }
-		    while (node && nd_type(node->nd_head) == NODE_LIT &&
-			   node->nd_next && nd_type(node->nd_next->nd_head) == NODE_LIT) {
-			rb_ary_push(ary, node->nd_head->nd_lit);
-			node = node->nd_next;
+		    while (node && nd_type(node->nd_head) == NODE_LIT) {
 			rb_ary_push(ary, node->nd_head->nd_lit);
 			node = node->nd_next;
 			len++;
 		    }
-		    assert(RARRAY_LEN(ary) % 2 == 0);
 
 		    OBJ_FREEZE(ary);