diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index 2e4beb65f..6535974a9 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -246,8 +246,6 @@ void OMW::Engine::enableFSStrict(bool fsStrict)
 
 void OMW::Engine::setDataDirs (const Files::PathContainer& dataDirs)
 {
-    /// \todo remove mDataDir, once resources system can handle multiple directories
-    assert (!dataDirs.empty());
     mDataDirs = dataDirs;
     mFileCollections = Files::Collections (dataDirs, !mFSStrict);
 }