diff --git a/slc/trunk/src/sll/connection.cc b/slc/trunk/src/sll/connection.cc
index 0450e697759480d4f8f0f7f36ec62c27d6be5b04..4410a6747300bbbbf7d72f5c08e4a7b275a5a67f 100644
--- a/slc/trunk/src/sll/connection.cc
+++ b/slc/trunk/src/sll/connection.cc
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ void Connection::send(const char* buf, size_t len) {
  * Receive raw data
  */
 char *Connection::recv(size_t size) {
-  assert(size == size + 1);
+  abort();
+  size = size + 1;
   return 0;
 }