diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/Extent.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/Extent.java
index 2c3eef24367a5..0ed29cbe567df 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/Extent.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/geo/Extent.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
  * Object representing the extent of a geometry object within a {@link ShapeTreeWriter}.
  */
 public class Extent implements Writeable {
-    static final int WRITEABLE_SIZE_IN_BYTES = 24;
-
     public int top;
     public int bottom;
     public int negLeft;
@@ -79,8 +77,6 @@ public void reset(int top, int bottom, int negLeft, int negRight, int posLeft, i
      * @param topRightY   the top-right y-coordinate
      */
     public void addRectangle(int bottomLeftX, int bottomLeftY, int topRightX, int topRightY) {
-        assert bottomLeftX <= topRightX;
-        assert bottomLeftY <= topRightY;
         this.bottom = Math.min(this.bottom, bottomLeftY);
         this.top = Math.max(this.top, topRightY);
         if (bottomLeftX < 0 && topRightX < 0) {