diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/semantics/semantics.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/semantics/semantics.dart
index 0ada4ca7c5e9..bed9eea8cb33 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/semantics/semantics.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/semantics/semantics.dart
@@ -4759,7 +4759,6 @@ class OrdinalSortKey extends SemanticsSortKey {
     this.order, {
     super.name,
   }) : assert(order != null),
-       assert(order != double.nan),
        assert(order > double.negativeInfinity),
        assert(order < double.infinity);