diff --git a/stream/mts/psi/op.go b/stream/mts/psi/op.go
index e08d64d5..e78cdac7 100644
--- a/stream/mts/psi/op.go
+++ b/stream/mts/psi/op.go
@@ -106,9 +106,6 @@ func LocationFrom(p []byte) (g string, err error) {
 // LocationStrBytes take a string of location data and converts to a 32 byte slice -
 // easy update of slice representation of a pmt with location descriptor
 func LocationStrBytes(s string) []byte {
-	if len(s) != locationDataSize {
-		panic("Location string not the right size")
-	}
 	var b [locationDataSize]byte
 	copy(b[:], s)
 	return b[:]