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diff --git a/include/xbt/asserts.h b/include/xbt/asserts.h
index 53660d3ebd..455e30883a 100644
--- a/include/xbt/asserts.h
+++ b/include/xbt/asserts.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*  xbt/asserts.h -- assertion mechanism                                    */
 
-/* Copyright (c) 2005-2021. The SimGrid Team. All rights reserved.          */
+/* Copyright (c) 2005-2023. The SimGrid Team. All rights reserved.          */
 
 /* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
@@ -44,12 +44,11 @@ XBT_ATTRIB_NORETURN XBT_PUBLIC void xbt_abort(void);
  *
  * You can pass them a format message and arguments, just as if it where a printf.
  * It is converted to a XBT_CRITICAL logging request.
- * Be careful: the boolean expression that you want to test should not have side effects, because assertions are
- * disabled at compile time if NDEBUG is set.
+ * An execution backtrace is also displayed, unless the option --log=no_loc is given at run-time.
+ *
+ * Unlike the standard assert, xbt_assert is never disabled, even if the macro NDEBUG is defined at compile time.  So
+ * it's safe to have a condition with side effects.
  */
-#ifdef NDEBUG
-#define xbt_assert(...) ((void)0)
-#else
 /** @brief The condition which failed will be displayed.
     @hideinitializer  */
 #define xbt_assert(...) \
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ XBT_ATTRIB_NORETURN XBT_PUBLIC void xbt_abort(void);
       abort();                                                                                                         \
     }                                                                                                                  \
   } while (0)
-#endif
 
 /** @} */
 SG_END_DECL