diff --git a/include/fc/container/flat.hpp b/include/fc/container/flat.hpp
index 5cac53e..5012c5d 100644
--- a/include/fc/container/flat.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/container/flat.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ namespace fc {
          --_max_depth;
          unsigned_int size; unpack( s, size, _max_depth );
          value.clear();
-         FC_ASSERT( size.value*sizeof(T) < MAX_ARRAY_ALLOC_SIZE );
          value.reserve( std::min( size.value, FC_MAX_PREALLOC_SIZE ) );
          for( uint32_t i = 0; i < size.value; ++i )
          {
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ namespace fc {
          --_max_depth;
          unsigned_int size; unpack( s, size, _max_depth );
          value.clear();
-         FC_ASSERT( size.value*(sizeof(K)+sizeof(V)) < MAX_ARRAY_ALLOC_SIZE );
          value.reserve( std::min( size.value, FC_MAX_PREALLOC_SIZE ) );
          for( uint32_t i = 0; i < size.value; ++i )
          {
diff --git a/include/fc/io/raw.hpp b/include/fc/io/raw.hpp
index a2ecbc8..c9d344d 100644
--- a/include/fc/io/raw.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/io/raw.hpp
@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@ namespace fc {
        --_max_depth;
        unsigned_int size; fc::raw::unpack( s, size, _max_depth );
        value.clear();
-       FC_ASSERT( size.value*sizeof(T) < MAX_ARRAY_ALLOC_SIZE );
        value.reserve( std::min( size.value, FC_MAX_PREALLOC_SIZE ) );
        for( uint32_t i = 0; i < size.value; ++i )
        {
@@ -474,7 +473,6 @@ namespace fc {
        --_max_depth;
        unsigned_int size; fc::raw::unpack( s, size, _max_depth );
        value.clear();
-       FC_ASSERT( size.value*(sizeof(K)+sizeof(V)) < MAX_ARRAY_ALLOC_SIZE );
        value.reserve( std::min( size.value, FC_MAX_PREALLOC_SIZE ) );
        for( uint32_t i = 0; i < size.value; ++i )
        {
@@ -502,7 +500,6 @@ namespace fc {
        --_max_depth;
        unsigned_int size; fc::raw::unpack( s, size, _max_depth );
        value.clear();
-       FC_ASSERT( size.value*(sizeof(K)+sizeof(V)) < MAX_ARRAY_ALLOC_SIZE );
        for( uint32_t i = 0; i < size.value; ++i )
        {
           std::pair<K,V> tmp;
@@ -529,7 +526,6 @@ namespace fc {
        FC_ASSERT( _max_depth > 0 );
        --_max_depth;
        unsigned_int size; fc::raw::unpack( s, size, _max_depth );
-       FC_ASSERT( size.value*sizeof(T) < MAX_ARRAY_ALLOC_SIZE );
        value.resize( std::min( size.value, FC_MAX_PREALLOC_SIZE ) );
        for( uint64_t i = 0; i < size; i++ )
        {
@@ -557,7 +553,6 @@ namespace fc {
        FC_ASSERT( _max_depth > 0 );
        --_max_depth;
        unsigned_int size; fc::raw::unpack( s, size, _max_depth );
-       FC_ASSERT( size.value*sizeof(T) < MAX_ARRAY_ALLOC_SIZE );
        value.resize( std::min( size.value, FC_MAX_PREALLOC_SIZE ) );
        for( uint64_t i = 0; i < size; i++ )
        {
diff --git a/include/fc/io/raw_variant.hpp b/include/fc/io/raw_variant.hpp
index bf4ad08..aa44c95 100644
--- a/include/fc/io/raw_variant.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/io/raw_variant.hpp
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ namespace fc { namespace raw {
        --_max_depth;
        unsigned_int vs;
        unpack( s, vs, _max_depth );
-       FC_ASSERT( vs.value*sizeof(variant_object::entry) < MAX_ARRAY_ALLOC_SIZE );
        mutable_variant_object mvo;
        mvo.reserve( std::min( vs.value, FC_MAX_PREALLOC_SIZE ) );
        for( uint32_t i = 0; i < vs.value; ++i )