1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/hb-shape.cc b/src/hb-shape.cc
index c06b9a46..8a985839 100644
--- a/src/hb-shape.cc
+++ b/src/hb-shape.cc
@@ -371,11 +371,6 @@ hb_shape_full (hb_font_t          *font,
 	       unsigned int        num_features,
 	       const char * const *shaper_list)
 {
-  if (unlikely (!buffer->len))
-    return true;
-
-  assert (buffer->content_type == HB_BUFFER_CONTENT_TYPE_UNICODE);
-
   hb_shape_plan_t *shape_plan = hb_shape_plan_create_cached (font->face, &buffer->props, features, num_features, shaper_list);
   hb_bool_t res = hb_shape_plan_execute (shape_plan, font, buffer, features, num_features);
   hb_shape_plan_destroy (shape_plan);