diff -r 5da12e8a59ba -r f4500abff1fd test/tools/javac/api/TestJavacTaskScanner.java
--- a/test/tools/javac/api/TestJavacTaskScanner.java	Fri Mar 22 12:44:48 2013 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/javac/api/TestJavacTaskScanner.java	Fri Mar 22 10:08:46 2013 -0700
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@
 
         @Override
         public Scanner newScanner(CharSequence input, boolean keepDocComments) {
-            assert !keepDocComments;
             if (input instanceof CharBuffer) {
                 return new MyScanner(this, (CharBuffer)input, test);
             } else {
@@ -190,7 +189,6 @@
 
         @Override
         public Scanner newScanner(char[] input, int inputLength, boolean keepDocComments) {
-            assert !keepDocComments;
             return new MyScanner(this, input, inputLength, test);
         }