diff --git a/src/vrcommon/strtools_public.cpp b/src/vrcommon/strtools_public.cpp
index fbe54a7..d4757d8 100644
--- a/src/vrcommon/strtools_public.cpp
+++ b/src/vrcommon/strtools_public.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <locale>
 #include <codecvt>
-#include <vrcommon/assert.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
 
 #if defined( _WIN32 )
 #include <windows.h>
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ std::string Format( const char *pchFormat, ... )
 	// Something went fairly wrong
 	if ( unSize < 0 )
 	{
-		AssertMsg( false, "Format string parse failure" );
+		//AssertMsg( false, "Format string parse failure" );
 		return "";
 	}
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ std::string Format( const char *pchFormat, ... )
 	// Double check, just in case
 	if ( unSize < 0 )
 	{
-		AssertMsg( false, "Format string parse failure" );
+		//AssertMsg( false, "Format string parse failure" );
 		return "";
 	}