diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 560877071..7cb14f504 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -471,7 +471,10 @@ wildcard_dependencies = "warn"
 or_fun_call = "warn"
 unnecessary_lazy_evaluations = "warn"
 # as_conversions = "warn"
-assertions_on_result_states = "warn"
+
+# seems to be broken
+#assertions_on_result_states = "warn"
+
 default_union_representation = "warn"
 deref_by_slicing = "warn"
 empty_drop = "warn"