diff --git a/lib/ObjectYAML/ELFYAML.cpp b/lib/ObjectYAML/ELFYAML.cpp
index 4707a44..1a2e183 100644
--- a/lib/ObjectYAML/ELFYAML.cpp
+++ b/lib/ObjectYAML/ELFYAML.cpp
@@ -663,8 +663,7 @@
 
 void ScalarEnumerationTraits<ELFYAML::ELF_DYNTAG>::enumeration(
     IO &IO, ELFYAML::ELF_DYNTAG &Value) {
-  const auto *Object = static_cast<ELFYAML::Object *>(IO.getContext());
-  assert(Object && "The IO context is not initialized");
+  assert(IO.getContext() && "The IO context is not initialized");
 
 // TODO: For simplicity we do not handle target specific flags. They are
 // still supported and will be shown as a raw numeric values in the output.