diff --git a/mozilla/xpcom/io/nsFileSpecMac.cpp b/mozilla/xpcom/io/nsFileSpecMac.cpp
index 00697d61a58..dc0bd501520 100644
--- a/mozilla/xpcom/io/nsFileSpecMac.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/xpcom/io/nsFileSpecMac.cpp
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ nsFileSpec::nsFileSpec(const nsFileSpec& inSpec)
 nsFileSpec::nsFileSpec(const char* inNativePathString, PRBool inCreateDirs)
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 {
-	NS_ASSERTION(0, "nsFileSpec is unsupported - use nsIFile!");
+//  NS_ASSERTION(0, "nsFileSpec is unsupported - use nsIFile!");
     Clear();		// this sets mError to NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED
 
 	if (inNativePathString)
diff --git a/mozilla/xpcom/io/nsFileSpecOS2.cpp b/mozilla/xpcom/io/nsFileSpecOS2.cpp
index fb3d70d4419..e9fa381ca57 100644
--- a/mozilla/xpcom/io/nsFileSpecOS2.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/xpcom/io/nsFileSpecOS2.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ nsFilePath::nsFilePath( const nsFileSpec &inSpec)
 
 nsFileSpec::nsFileSpec( const nsFilePath &inPath)
 {
-   NS_ASSERTION(0, "nsFileSpec is unsupported - use nsIFile!");
+// NS_ASSERTION(0, "nsFileSpec is unsupported - use nsIFile!");
    *this = inPath;
 }