Index: libcfa/src/concurrency/io.cfa
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--- libcfa/src/concurrency/io.cfa	(revision 8bb239df378146339bf3c3905dc4d0e40cc788e3)
+++ libcfa/src/concurrency/io.cfa	(revision b9237fe0edfbccbac4d39fccfd57c962f750768e)
@@ -794,7 +794,4 @@
 			// We got the lock
 			unsigned to_submit = __collect_submitions( ring );
-			// /* paranoid */ verify( to_submit > 0 );
-			if( to_submit == 0 ) abort();
-
 			const uint32_t smask = *ring.submit_q.mask;
 			uint32_t shead = *ring.submit_q.head;