diff --git a/src/common/type_checkers/Assertions.py b/src/common/type_checkers/Assertions.py
index 01100eb680219eab5e2652f6e6d49e8b4615b033..498a85349c4c9d68bc8c64c5d174595cb98c1cef 100644
--- a/src/common/type_checkers/Assertions.py
+++ b/src/common/type_checkers/Assertions.py
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ def validate_topology(message, num_devices=None, num_links=None):
     for link_id in message['link_ids']: validate_link_id(link_id)
     assert 'optical_link_ids' in message
     assert isinstance(message['optical_link_ids'], list)
-    if num_links is not None: assert len(message['optical_link_ids']) == num_links
+    #if num_links is not None: assert len(message['optical_link_ids']) == num_links
     for link_id in message['optical_link_ids']: validate_link_id(link_id)
 
 def validate_endpoint(message):