diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index f5922d840..aefb3bcb0 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -4088,7 +4088,7 @@ static bool ActivateBestChainStep(CValidationState &state, CBlockIndex *pindexMo
     //   then pindexFork will be null, and we would need to remove the entire chain including
     //   our genesis block. In practice this (probably) won't happen because of checks elsewhere.
     auto reorgLength = pindexOldTip ? pindexOldTip->GetHeight() - (pindexFork ? pindexFork->GetHeight() : -1) : 0;
-    static_assert(MAX_REORG_LENGTH > 0, "We must be able to reorg some distance");
+    assert(MAX_REORG_LENGTH > 0, "We must be able to reorg some distance");
     if (reorgLength > MAX_REORG_LENGTH)
     {
         int32_t notarizedht,prevMoMheight; uint256 notarizedhash,txid;