diff --git a/core/rio/jsonld/src/main/java/org/eclipse/rdf4j/rio/jsonld/JSONLDParser.java b/core/rio/jsonld/src/main/java/org/eclipse/rdf4j/rio/jsonld/JSONLDParser.java
index 379e806162..646b47958d 100644
--- a/core/rio/jsonld/src/main/java/org/eclipse/rdf4j/rio/jsonld/JSONLDParser.java
+++ b/core/rio/jsonld/src/main/java/org/eclipse/rdf4j/rio/jsonld/JSONLDParser.java
@@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ private void parse(InputStream in, Reader reader, String baseURI)
 						BasicParserSettings.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_LANGUAGES);
 			}
 
-			assert checkSupportedRioSettings(getParserConfig());
-
 			boolean secureMode = getParserConfig().get(JSONLDSettings.SECURE_MODE);
 			Set<String> whitelist = getParserConfig().get(JSONLDSettings.WHITELIST);
 			boolean documentLoaderCache = getParserConfig().get(JSONLDSettings.DOCUMENT_LOADER_CACHE);
@@ -273,24 +271,6 @@ public Literal createLangString(String value, String lang) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private boolean checkSupportedRioSettings(RioConfig config) {
-		Map<RioSetting<Object>, Object> settings = config.getSettings();
-
-		for (RioSetting<Object> objectRioSetting : settings.keySet()) {
-			if (objectRioSetting.equals(BasicParserSettings.PROCESS_ENCODED_RDF_STAR))
-				continue;
-			if (objectRioSetting.equals(BasicWriterSettings.ENCODE_RDF_STAR))
-				continue;
-			if (objectRioSetting.equals(BasicWriterSettings.BASE_DIRECTIVE))
-				continue;
-
-			assert getSupportedSettings().contains(objectRioSetting) : "Setting " + objectRioSetting.getKey()
-					+ " is not supported.";
-		}
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * This method is overridden by the NDJSONLDParser
 	 *
diff --git a/core/rio/jsonld/src/main/java/org/eclipse/rdf4j/rio/jsonld/JSONLDWriter.java b/core/rio/jsonld/src/main/java/org/eclipse/rdf4j/rio/jsonld/JSONLDWriter.java
index 03b1c85870..5633a9c6fc 100644
--- a/core/rio/jsonld/src/main/java/org/eclipse/rdf4j/rio/jsonld/JSONLDWriter.java
+++ b/core/rio/jsonld/src/main/java/org/eclipse/rdf4j/rio/jsonld/JSONLDWriter.java
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@
 import org.eclipse.rdf4j.model.impl.SimpleValueFactory;
 import org.eclipse.rdf4j.rio.RDFFormat;
 import org.eclipse.rdf4j.rio.RDFHandlerException;
-import org.eclipse.rdf4j.rio.RioConfig;
 import org.eclipse.rdf4j.rio.RioSetting;
 import org.eclipse.rdf4j.rio.WriterConfig;
 import org.eclipse.rdf4j.rio.helpers.AbstractRDFWriter;
-import org.eclipse.rdf4j.rio.helpers.BasicParserSettings;
 import org.eclipse.rdf4j.rio.helpers.BasicWriterSettings;
 import org.eclipse.rdf4j.rio.helpers.StatementCollector;
 
@@ -150,8 +148,6 @@ public void endRDF() throws RDFHandlerException {
 			JsonLdOptions opts = new JsonLdOptions();
 			WriterConfig writerConfig = getWriterConfig();
 
-			assert checkSupportedRioSettings(writerConfig);
-
 			if (writerConfig.get(JSONLDSettings.HIERARCHICAL_VIEW)) {
 				throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
 						"Hierarchical view is not supported by this JSON-LD processor. Use org.eclipse.rdf4j.rio.jsonld.legacy.JSONLDWriter instead.");
@@ -300,24 +296,6 @@ public int size() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private boolean checkSupportedRioSettings(RioConfig config) {
-		Map<RioSetting<Object>, Object> settings = config.getSettings();
-
-		for (RioSetting<Object> objectRioSetting : settings.keySet()) {
-			if (objectRioSetting.equals(BasicParserSettings.PROCESS_ENCODED_RDF_STAR))
-				continue;
-			if (objectRioSetting.equals(BasicWriterSettings.ENCODE_RDF_STAR))
-				continue;
-			if (objectRioSetting.equals(BasicWriterSettings.CONVERT_RDF_STAR_TO_REIFICATION))
-				continue;
-
-			assert getSupportedSettings().contains(objectRioSetting) : "Setting " + objectRioSetting.getKey()
-					+ " is not supported.";
-		}
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	private JSONLDMode mapJsonLdMode(Object jsonldMode) {
 		if (jsonldMode instanceof JSONLDMode) {
 			return (JSONLDMode) jsonldMode;