diff --git a/projects/apache-httpd/Dockerfile b/projects/apache-httpd/Dockerfile
index 4acfe8101..7fe951bb2 100644
--- a/projects/apache-httpd/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/apache-httpd/Dockerfile
@@ -39,4 +39,3 @@ RUN git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/apache/httpd
 WORKDIR httpd
 COPY build.sh $SRC/
 COPY fuzz_*.c $SRC/
-#COPY patches.diff $SRC/
diff --git a/projects/apache-httpd/build.sh b/projects/apache-httpd/build.sh
index 4584bfedb..d56d7ff6a 100755
--- a/projects/apache-httpd/build.sh
+++ b/projects/apache-httpd/build.sh
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@ unset CPP
 unset CXX
 export LDFLAGS="-l:libbsd.a"
 
-# We used to patch out assert statements. But since https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/a6e5a92b0d0e74ead5a43f20f81f5cf880ea4fb8
-# This does not seem to be relevant anymore.
-# I will keep the lines and let the fuzzers runs for a while, then remove the patch entirely
-# if it proves no longer needed.
-#git apply  --ignore-space-change --ignore-whitespace $SRC/patches.diff
-
 # Download apr and place in httpd srclib folder. Apr-2.0 includes apr-utils
 svn checkout https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/trunk/ srclib/apr
 
diff --git a/projects/apache-httpd/patches.diff b/projects/apache-httpd/patches.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index d93b12b98..000000000
--- a/projects/apache-httpd/patches.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/server/apreq_parser_header.c b/server/apreq_parser_header.c
-index 19588be..7067e58 100644
---- a/server/apreq_parser_header.c
-+++ b/server/apreq_parser_header.c
-@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static apr_status_t split_header_line(apreq_param_t **p,
-         if (s != APR_SUCCESS)
-             return s;
- 
--        assert(nlen >= len);
-+	if (!(nlen >= len)) { return APR_EBADARG; } assert(nlen >= len);
-         end->iov_len = len;
-         nlen -= len;
- 
-@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ static apr_status_t split_header_line(apreq_param_t **p,
-         if (s != APR_SUCCESS)
-             return s;
- 
--        assert(glen >= dlen);
-+	if (!(glen >= dlen)) { return APR_EBADARG; } assert(glen >= dlen);
-         glen -= dlen;
-         e = APR_BUCKET_NEXT(e);
-     }
- 
-     /* copy value */
--    assert(vlen > 0);
-+    if (!(vlen > 0)) { return APR_EBADARG; } assert(vlen > 0);
-     dest = v->data;
-     while (vlen > 0) {
- 
-@@ -119,12 +119,12 @@ static apr_status_t split_header_line(apreq_param_t **p,
- 
-         memcpy(dest, data, dlen);
-         dest += dlen;
--        assert(vlen >= dlen);
-+	if (!(vlen >= dlen)) { return APR_EBADARG; } assert(vlen >= dlen);
-         vlen -= dlen;
-         e = APR_BUCKET_NEXT(e);
-     }
- 
--    assert(dest[-1] == '\n');
-+    if (!(dest[-1] == '\n')) { return APR_EBADARG; } assert(dest[-1] == '\n');
- 
-     if (dest[-2] == '\r')
-         --dest;