diff --git a/src/libfetchers/tarball.cc b/src/libfetchers/tarball.cc
index 56c014a8c..b8d7d2c70 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/tarball.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers/tarball.cc
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ DownloadFileResult downloadFile(
 
     if (res.cached) {
         assert(cached);
-        assert(request.expectedETag == res.etag);
         storePath = std::move(cached->storePath);
     } else {
         StringSink sink;