diff --git a/mockery/generator.go b/mockery/generator.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/mockery/generator.go
+++ b/mockery/generator.go
@@ -249,10 +249,6 @@ func (g *Generator) GeneratePrologueNote(note string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (g *Generator) GenerateInterfaceAssertion() {
-	g.printf("\nvar _ %s = (*%s)(nil)", g.renderType(g.iface.NamedType), g.mockName())
-}
-
 // ErrNotInterface is returned when the given type is not an interface
 // type.
 var ErrNotInterface = errors.New("expression not an interface")
diff --git a/mockery/walker.go b/mockery/walker.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/mockery/walker.go
+++ b/mockery/walker.go
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ func (this *GeneratorVisitor) VisitWalk(iface *Interface) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	gen.GenerateInterfaceAssertion()
-
 	err = gen.Write(out)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
Remove interface assertion

Fixes #<I>