diff --git a/console-subscriber/src/lib.rs b/console-subscriber/src/lib.rs
index 29b85bd75..1f58c8fea 100644
--- a/console-subscriber/src/lib.rs
+++ b/console-subscriber/src/lib.rs
@@ -260,14 +260,6 @@ impl ConsoleLayer {
     }
 
     fn build(config: Builder) -> (Self, Server) {
-        // The `cfg` value *appears* to be a constant to clippy, but it changes
-        // depending on the build-time configuration...
-        #![allow(clippy::assertions_on_constants)]
-        assert!(
-            cfg!(tokio_unstable),
-            "task tracing requires Tokio to be built with RUSTFLAGS=\"--cfg tokio_unstable\"!"
-        );
-
         let base_time = stats::TimeAnchor::new();
         tracing::debug!(
             config.event_buffer_capacity,