diff --git a/src/libstd/rt/sched.rs b/src/libstd/rt/sched.rs
index 1d1c3aae1f1a..df231f6d88ae 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rt/sched.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/rt/sched.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ pub impl Scheduler {
         }
 
         let sched = Local::take::<Scheduler>();
-        assert!(sched.work_queue.is_empty());
+        // XXX: Reenable this once we're using a per-task queue. With a shared
+        // queue this is not true
+        //assert!(sched.work_queue.is_empty());
         rtdebug!("scheduler metrics: %s\n", sched.metrics.to_str());
         return sched;
     }