diff --git a/ELFIOTest/ELFIOTest1.cpp b/ELFIOTest/ELFIOTest1.cpp
index 46669f403a42b24f87ad1d2ac59dfc4d67cded67..efb49e0c2506abcea39ab23d78443ec089ddf686 100644
--- a/ELFIOTest/ELFIOTest1.cpp
+++ b/ELFIOTest/ELFIOTest1.cpp
@@ -436,3 +436,50 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( elf_exe_loadsave_ppc32big3 )
     checkExeAreEqual( in, out, SEG_ALIGN );
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( get_symbol_32 )
+{
+    elfio            elf;
+    std::string      name;
+    ELFIO::Elf_Xword size;
+    unsigned char    bind;
+    unsigned char    type;
+     ELFIO::Elf_Half section_index;
+    unsigned char    other;
+    std::string      in = "../elf_examples/hello_32";
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL( elf.load(in), true );
+    section* psymsec = elf.sections[ ".symtab" ];
+    const symbol_section_accessor symbols( elf, psymsec );
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( true, 
+        symbols.get_symbol( 0x08048478, name, size, bind,
+                                        type, section_index, other) );
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( "_IO_stdin_used", name );
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( 14, section_index );
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( 4, size );
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( get_symbol_64 )
+{
+    elfio            elf;
+    std::string      name;
+    ELFIO::Elf_Xword size;
+    unsigned char    bind;
+    unsigned char    type;
+     ELFIO::Elf_Half section_index;
+    unsigned char    other;
+    std::string      in = "../elf_examples/hello_64";
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL( elf.load(in), true );
+    section* psymsec = elf.sections[ ".symtab" ];
+    const symbol_section_accessor symbols( elf, psymsec );
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( true, 
+        symbols.get_symbol(0x00400498, name, size, bind,
+                                       type, section_index, other) );
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( "main", name );
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( 12, section_index );
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( 21, size );
+}
diff --git a/elfio/elfio.hpp b/elfio/elfio.hpp
index b8c9150e572b378f31e8f3a8c98377ea46e12fcf..0ab85523dc93efacb50a787910a6f456e4e43705 100644
--- a/elfio/elfio.hpp
+++ b/elfio/elfio.hpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 #include <deque>
 #include <iterator>
 #include <typeinfo>
-#include <cassert>
 
 #include <elfio/elf_types.hpp>
 #include <elfio/elfio_utils.hpp>
diff --git a/elfio/elfio_symbols.hpp b/elfio/elfio_symbols.hpp
index 7d86d2ecc2c59f9ee6bc9b04d1f74be2dec94bbd..3a0689ac48aaf62de0325b9450d9ab976f6d9948 100644
--- a/elfio/elfio_symbols.hpp
+++ b/elfio/elfio_symbols.hpp
@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ class symbol_section_accessor_template
             Elf_Word nchain  = *(const Elf_Word*)( hash_section->get_data() +
                                    sizeof( Elf_Word ) );
             Elf_Word val     = elf_hash( (const unsigned char*)name.c_str() );
-
-            Elf_Word y   = *(const Elf_Word*)( hash_section->get_data() +
-                               ( 2 + val % nbucket ) * sizeof( Elf_Word ) );
+            Elf_Word y       = *(const Elf_Word*)( hash_section->get_data() +
+                                ( 2 + val % nbucket ) * sizeof( Elf_Word ) );
             std::string   str;
             get_symbol( y, str, value, size, bind, type, section_index, other );
             while ( str != name && STN_UNDEF != y && y < nchain ) {
@@ -125,9 +124,9 @@ class symbol_section_accessor_template
         const endianess_convertor& convertor = elf_file.get_convertor();
         section* string_section = elf_file.sections[get_string_table_index()];
 
-        Elf_Xword  idx = 0;
-        bool match = false;
-        Elf64_Addr v = 0;
+        Elf_Xword  idx   = 0;
+        bool       match = false;
+        Elf64_Addr v     = 0;
 
         if ( elf_file.get_class() == ELFCLASS32 ) {
             match = generic_search_symbols<Elf32_Sym>([&convertor, &value](const Elf32_Sym* sym) {
@@ -139,11 +138,8 @@ class symbol_section_accessor_template
                 }, idx);
         }
 
-        if (match) {
-	    bool found = get_symbol( idx, name, v, size, bind, type, section_index, other );
-	    assert(found);
-	    assert(v == value);
-            return true;
+        if ( match ) {
+            return get_symbol( idx, name, v, size, bind, type, section_index, other );
         }
 
         return false;