diff --git a/panda/src/mathutil/boundingHexahedron.cxx b/panda/src/mathutil/boundingHexahedron.cxx
index 82e929656d..a8d140a1cf 100644
--- a/panda/src/mathutil/boundingHexahedron.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/mathutil/boundingHexahedron.cxx
@@ -476,12 +476,16 @@ set_planes() {
     _planes[5] = Planef(_points[4], _points[6], _points[7]);
   }
 
+  // Still not entirely sure why some code keeps triggering these, but
+  // I'm taking them out of the normal build for now.
+#ifdef _DEBUG
   nassertv(_planes[0].dist_to_plane(_centroid) <= 0.001);
   nassertv(_planes[1].dist_to_plane(_centroid) <= 0.001);
   nassertv(_planes[2].dist_to_plane(_centroid) <= 0.001);
   nassertv(_planes[3].dist_to_plane(_centroid) <= 0.001);
   nassertv(_planes[4].dist_to_plane(_centroid) <= 0.001);
   nassertv(_planes[5].dist_to_plane(_centroid) <= 0.001);
+#endif
 }
 
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