diff --git a/lib/jsoncpp/include/json/json.h b/lib/jsoncpp/include/json/json.h
index 1eccbd37c..f9a7948cf 100644
--- a/lib/jsoncpp/include/json/json.h
+++ b/lib/jsoncpp/include/json/json.h
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ license you like.
 // End of content of file: LICENSE
 // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-
+/* own assert() which does not abort... */
+#define assert(x) do { \
+	if (x) \
+		fprintf(stderr, "JSONCPP:%s:%d assert(%s) failed\n", __func__, __LINE__, #x); \
+} while (0)
 
 
 
diff --git a/lib/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp b/lib/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp
index 1ff900de4..be5a16b3b 100644
--- a/lib/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp
+++ b/lib/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static inline void fixNumericLocale(char* begin, char* end) {
 #endif // if !defined(JSON_IS_AMALGAMATION)
 #include <utility>
 #include <cstdio>
-#include <cassert>
+//#include <cassert>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <istream>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -2195,7 +2195,7 @@ ValueIterator& ValueIterator::operator=(const SelfType& other) {
 #include <sstream>
 #include <utility>
 #include <cstring>
-#include <cassert>
+//#include <cassert>
 #ifdef JSON_USE_CPPTL
 #include <cpptl/conststring.h>
 #endif
@@ -3725,7 +3725,7 @@ Value& Path::make(Value& root) const {
 #include <sstream>
 #include <utility>
 #include <set>
-#include <cassert>
+//#include <cassert>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <cstdio>